North Africa
Libya sees explosive growth of ISIS
ISIS forces in Libya have doubled over the past year, now reaching up to 6,000 fighters, according to Gen. David M. Rodriguez, head of US Africa Command.
Tag: Libya
North Africa
ISIS attacks Tunisia in cross-border raid
In a surprise dawn raid, ISIS forces attacked Ben Guerdane, the first Tunisian city west of the border with Libya, in an apparent attempt to establish an "emirate" there.
North Africa
Britain prepares Libya intervention
The UK is preparing to send troops to Tunisia to help prevent ISIS fighters from entering the country from Libya—and has broached direct intervention in Libya itself.
North Africa
Libya: UN report sees possible war crimes
A UN High Commissioner for Human Rights report details a "litany of violations and abuses" committed by both state and non-state actors in Libya that may amount to war crimes.
North Africa
Libya: Europe’s looming ‘Vietnam’?
Amid continued confused multi-factional warfare in Libya, the hard-right UK Independence Party warned that the North African country could be the "EU's Vietnam."
North Africa
US warplanes strike ISIS targets in Libya
US warplanes hit an ISIS camp at Sabratha, about 70 kilometers west of Tripoli, killing at least 49—said to be mostly foreign fighters who were preparing an attack in Europe.
Greater Middle East
Pseudo-left ‘monsterphilia’ hits bottom
Actively embracing monstrous regimes such as that of Bashar Assad, the contemporary "left" has thrown in its lot with fascism rather than revolution—and is in fact no longer a "left."
North Africa
Libya: ISIS downing regime warplanes?
ISIS claimed responsibility for downing a MiG-23 from Libya's internationally recognized government as it carried out air-strikes in Benghazi—the third warplane lost in a week.
North Africa
Libya: mysterious air-strikes on Derna
Unidentified warplanes carried out air-strikes on Libya's Islamist-controlled eastern city of Derna—reportedly claiming civilian lives when a hospital was struck.
North Africa
Libyan parliament rejects unity government
The internationally-recognized Libyan parliament, exiled to the country's east, voted to reject a UN-brokered pact with the rebel regime in Tripoli to form a unity government.
North Africa
Libya: ISIS attacks oil export terminals
At least two members of Libya's Petroleum Facilities Guard were killed as ISIS militants launched coordinated attacks on the Sidra and Ras Lanouf oil export terminals.
North Africa
US Special Forces repulsed in Libya: report
Libya's rival regimes agreed to form a national unity government, but a contingent of US Special Forces sent to fight ISIS withdrew after being confronted by a local militia.