ROME-- Nations fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) discussed Tuesday how to prevent the extremist group from gaining a stranglehold in resource-rich Libya, though no one appeared resolved just yet to launch a second military intervention in the North African country this decade. ...
The official, Western-backed government was uprooted in the capital of Tripoli and has since tried to consolidate power in the country's east. Tripoli, meanwhile, is now held by a rival government known as Libya Dawn, which has rumored links to some of the Islamic extremist groups in the c...
ISIS in Libya and beyond, 2014–2016Andrea Beccaro
Roughly 200 members of the Islamic State group remaining in Libya are pinned down in three neighborhoods in the port city of Sirte, and U.S. military officials predict their defeat is certain. "They don't have any place else to retreat to at this point," Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. Je...
Sebha is controlled by forces loyal to rebel field Marshall Khalifa Haftar who holds a sway on eastern Libya. The city has been the scene of several extremist attacks in recent years. The oil-rich North African country is unstable despite October truce deal signed between Haftar a...
“It is really a political statement, a call to action, to draw attention to what is happening in Syria and Iraq and now Libya,” said Roger Michel, executive director of the IDA. “We are saying to them if you destroy something we can rebuild it again. The symbolic value of these si...
Retaliation was swift, as Egyptian warplanes bombed ISIS training camps and arms depots in Libya overnight. Alex Ortiz reports from Cairo.Feb 16, 2015 embed code copied Around The Web America Decides Election '24 Trump's impact on Republicans in 2024 Harris gives first major speech since ...
Stability and security remain the two most important objectives in the post-Gaddafi era since no accord has established a legitimate government in Libya yet. The rivalry of the Tripoli and Tobruk governments has resulted in unabating state insecurity in Libya. This article focuses on the strategic...
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Now it is clear that the illicit trade also extends to Libya, where the Italian gangs have been trying to make inroads into the lucrative terror-supply business for years and where, according toLa Stampa, special militias in Libya have enslaved local archeologists to do the digging and dirty ...