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.
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.
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.
Algeria's new constitution instates presidential term limits and officially recognizes the Berber language—but the opposition rejects the changes as inadequate.
Unidentified warplanes carried out air-strikes on Libya's Islamist-controlled eastern city of Derna—reportedly claiming civilian lives when a hospital was struck.
The conflict over Western Sahara spilled into Morocco as clashes between Berber and Sahrawi Arab students at universities in Marrakech and Agadir left two dead.
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.
Thousands of Berbers marched in Algeria's Kabylia region to oppose a constitutional revision they say fails to respect their language rights, and assert their right to independence.
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.
French special forces carried out a raid in northern Mali targeting the jihadist group al-Murabitoon—but a pro-government Arab militia said four of its fighters were killed.
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.
Human Rights Watch says that thousands of people, including children, have been arbitrarily detained for years in Libya, facing torture and other ill-treatment.
A UN Security Council report warns that ISIS is preparing a "retreat zone" in Libya as coalition air-strikes threaten the group's territory in Iraq and Syria.