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US Navy and Marines Intensify Airstrikes against ISIS in Libya

Dec 10, 2016 08:40 PM EST

Wasp initially used AV-8B Harrier jump jets as strike aircraft and added AH-1W SuperCobra attack helicopters to provide close air support on these strike missions.

US Launching Four Airstrikes a Day against ISIL in Libya

Arthur Dominic Villasanta |

Oct 22, 2016 06:54 PM EDT

The San Antonio will continue providing precision airstrikes in support of Libyan forces and government of national accord-aligned forces.

Italian Border Patrols Pick Up Boatloads Of Illegal Immigrants

Migrant Boat Sinks off Libyan Coast, Dozens Dead, Missing

Kat De Guzman |

May 27, 2016 11:53 AM EDT

Migrants have been rescued off the coast of Libya on their way to Italy after their boat capsized. It is feared that dozens have died in the ferry accident.

Bomb Explodes At Spanish Embassy In Libya

Geann Pineda |

Apr 21, 2015 09:56 AM EDT

A bomb has exploded in front of the Spanish Embassy in Tripoli, Libya Monday night, in a latest attack against foreign entities in the country.

New IS Video Purportedly Shows Beheading Of Ethiopian Christians In Libya

Geann Pineda |

Apr 20, 2015 03:05 AM EDT

A new IS (Islamic State) video was released on Sunday, purportedly showed the shooting and beheading of captured Ethiopian Christians in Libya.

New IS Video Purportedly Shows Beheading Of Ethiopian Christians In Libya

Geann Pineda |

Apr 20, 2015 03:05 AM EDT

A new IS (Islamic State) video was released on Sunday, purportedly showed the shooting and beheading of captured Ethiopian Christians in Libya.

South Korean Embassy Shooting Kills Two In Libya

Geann Pineda |

Apr 13, 2015 08:06 AM EDT

Two people were killed, while another was injured after gunmen opened fire at the South Korean Embassy in Tripoli, Libya on Sunday.

Foreigners Feared Kidnapped After Oil Field Attack In Libya

Geann Pineda |

Mar 08, 2015 11:45 PM EDT

Nearly a dozen foreign nationals are feared to have been held hostage by militants following an oil field attack in Libya.

ISIS Releases Video Purportedly Showing Beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians

Geann Pineda |

Feb 16, 2015 03:58 AM EST

The Islamic terror group ISIS has released a video purportedly showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya.

UNHCR Reports Rise in Migrant Deaths Trying to Cross Mediterranean Sea

Vittorio Hernandez |

Feb 12, 2015 10:56 PM EST

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that in 2014, about 3,500 migrants, out of the 218,000 who attempted, perished while sailing to Europe via the Mediterranean Sea.

Libya Hotel Attack Kills At Least 8, Including Foreigners

Geann Pineda |

Jan 27, 2015 09:51 PM EST

Armed gunmen attacked a luxury hotel in the Libya's capital Tripoli, killing at least eight people.

U.S. Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina

Republican Senator Blasts GOP Report On Benghazi Attack

Christl Leong |

Nov 24, 2014 08:20 AM EST

A Republican senator on Sunday lambasted a House GOP report that has, for the most part, cleared the Obama administration of any wrongdoing over its handling of a deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya in 2012. The attack claimed the lives of four U.S. citizens, including Ambassador Chris Stevens.

Derna Seized As Islamic State Expands To Libya

Christl Leong |

Nov 18, 2014 11:33 PM EST

The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has seized control of Derna, a port city in eastern Libya just about 200 miles east of the Egyptian border.

Supreme Court In Libya Rejects Elected Assembly, Causes Chaos

Kat De Guzman |

Nov 07, 2014 01:25 AM EST

The Supreme Court in Libya has rejected the country's internationally recognized parliament on Thursday, pressing that it was unconstitutional resulting to fuel more chaos in the country.