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(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) ISIS militants carried out three suicide car bombs targeting Albinyan Almarsos (Operation Strong Foundation) forces on Sunday in the coastal city of Sirte. The operation room’s media bureau announced that one of the car bombs went off near a field hospital in the west of …
Read More »Seven People Killed in Benghazi Shellings
(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Seven People Killed in Benghazi Shellings At least seven people were killed and eight wounded after shellings that took place in residential areas on Thursday and Friday in Benghazi, Libya’s second largest city. On Saturday, an official from a hospital in Benghazi said the civilian …
Read More »Unity Government Forces Recapture Sea Port in Sirte
(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Albinyan Almarsos (Operation Strong Foundation) forces announced on Saturday that their troops took over Sirte’s seaport following heavy clashes with the ISIS militants, which killed two people and wounded at least eight. The operations room media bureau said that the air force carried out 6 …
Read More »2,000 Migrants Rescued Off the Coast of Libya in a Single Day
(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) In another busy day of rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea, over 2,000 migrants were intercepted off the coast of Libya on Thursday. “The coast guards have coordinated 15 rescue operations, some 2,000 migrants are safe and sound,” said a spokesman for the Italian coast …
Read More »Three Killed, Including Two Children, in Airstrikes by Haftar’s Forces in Derna
(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) General Khalifa Haftar’s Operation Volcano forces carried out airstrikes on Thursday in civilian populated area in the coastal city of Derna which killed three people, a mother and her two children, and wounded seven. While the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) has spent …
Read More »Top ISIS Commander Killed in Sirte
(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Hamid Malouqa Al-Zliteni, a top ISIS commander known as the “Emir of ISIS,” was reportedly killed on Thursday, among other high ranking ISIS commanders, after heavy clashes with Operation Strong Foundation (Albinyan Almarsous) forces. In addition, five ISIS fighters who were captured by Government of …
Read More »Operation Strong Foundation Forces to Liberate ISIS Held Sirte in Two Days
(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Government of National Accord (GNA) forces announced on Thursday that Sirte will be liberated in two days after the Libyan army advanced to the centre of ISIS stronghold and the navy took full control of the coast. “The battle for Sirte has been won by …
Read More »Haftar Too Busy Waging War Against Derna and Benghazi Puts Battle Against ISIS in Sirte on Hold
(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) While forces loyal to the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) have been busy battling to eradicate ISIS in Sirte, General Khalifa Haftar continues to dismiss calls to unify his forces in the fight against the extremist group, and instead is focusing on waging war …
Read More »GNA Forces Seize Two Military Camp in Sirte
(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Operation Strong Foundation (Albinyan Almarsous) forces captured the Taqrift and the Al Jalet military camps in Sirte, as the Libyan army advanced further inside the ISIS stronghold on Wednesday. General Mohamed Al-Ghasri told the Associated Press that Libyan forces have also seized the Al-Gharibat bridge, …
Read More »EU Urges UN to Allow Operation Sophia Vessels to Enforce Libya Arms Embargo at Sea
(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini speaks to journalists at the UN headquarters in New York, June 6, 2016. On Monday, European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini urged the United Nations Security Council to adopt a resolution which allows Operation Sophia vessels to help …
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