North Africa
Libya parties sign UN peace deal —sans Tripoli
Warring parties in Libya signed a preliminary UN-sponsored peace agreement—but without the Islamist-led Libya Dawn coalition that continues to hold Tripoli.
Tag: Libya
North Africa
Libya: ISIS driven out of Derna —by rival jihadis
ISIS loyalists were driven out of Libya's eastern city of Derna by a coalition of rival jihadists, signaling a struggle between ISIS and al-Qaeda for control of the local franchise.
Iraq
Benghazi suspect killed in Iraq: Pentagon
The Pentagon announced that Ali Awni al-Harzi, a suspect in the Sept. 11, 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, was killed by a US air-strike in Mosul, Iraq.
North Africa
Libya: US air-strike targets jihadist leaders
US warplanes carried out air-strikes on Ajdabiya, Libya, killing several leading members of the Ansar al-Sharia militant network which had recently proclaimed for ISIS.
North Africa
ISIS in Libya: now a three-sided war
Both the Islamist-led Libyan Dawn coalition that controls Tripoli and the more secular "official" government now exiled to Tobruk are battling ISIS forces in Libya.
Europe
British ship embarks on migrant rescue mission
A British warship in the Mediterranean launched a mission to rescue over 500 migrants stranded at sea, but no word was given on what would be their fate after "rescue."
North Africa
Libya: ISIS abducts Eritrean Christians
As Libyan peace talks open in Morocco, ISIS militants abduced 86 Eritrean Christian migrants—including 12 women and several children—at a roadblock outisde Tripoli.
North Africa
Libya: ISIS tightens grip on Sirte
ISIS forces are in control of most of Moammar Qaddafi's hometown of Sirte, sucessfully repulsing an effort to retake the town by forces aligned with the Libya Dawn coalition.
North Africa
Amnesty: Libya migrants facing rape and torture
Refugees and migrants in Libya face rights abuses including torture and rape, causing many to risk their lives crossing the Mediterranean to escape, Amnesty International reports.
Iraq
ISIS franchise: Nigeria to Yemen to Pakistan
Over the past two months, the ISIS international franchise has made gains from West Africa to the Indian subcontinent, with militants in several countries proclaiming for the "caliphate."
North Africa
Egypt air-strike on Libya may amount to war crime
Amnesty International charged that the Egyptian military failed to take adequate precautionary measures to avoid civilian casualties in its attack on the Libyan city of Derna.
Greater Middle East
Morsi goes on trial over espionage allegations
An Egyptian court put ex-president Mohammed Morsi on trial over accusations of spying and endangering national security by leaking information to Qatar.