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Libya unity govt seeks talks after rival seizes oil ports ASIA

Libya unity govt seeks talks after rival seizes oil ports

The head of Libya's UN-backed unity government called for urgent talks Wednesday after forces loyal to a rival administration seized the main eastern oil ports in defiance of world powers.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Libya forces push into last IS-held areas of Sirte ASIA

Libya forces push into last IS-held areas of Sirte

Forces loyal to Libya's UN-backed unity government pushed Sunday into the last areas of Sirte held by the Islamic State group in what was the jihadists' coastal stronghold, a spokesman said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
US deploys attack helicopters to strike IS in Libya ASIA

US deploys attack helicopters to strike IS in Libya

The United States has begun using attack helicopters to target the Islamic State group in the jihadists' Libyan former stronghold of Sirte, a defense official said Tuesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
IS launches wave of suicide attacks on Libya forces ASIA

IS launches wave of suicide attacks on Libya forces

Islamic State group jihadists in Libya have carried out nine suicide bombings in one day in a failed bid to hold a central district of Sirte, pro-government forces said Wednesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Libyan forces claim capture of district in Sirte from Islamic State ASIA

Libyan forces claim capture of district in Sirte from Islamic State

Libyan forces backed by US air strikes said on Tuesday that they had taken control of one of the last districts in central Sirte occupied by Islamic State fighters.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Renzi under fire over 'special forces in Libya' ASIA

Renzi under fire over 'special forces in Libya'

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi came under fire on Thursday for reportedly sending special forces to help the fight against the Islamic State group in Libya without proper clearance from parliament.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Libyan unity forces fight IS in Sirte ASIA

Libyan unity forces fight IS in Sirte

Libyan pro-government forces battled to seize more territory from Islamic State group jihadists in their stronghold Sirte on Wednesday but their offensive was hindered by mines and snipers.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Car bomb targeting security forces in Libya's Benghazi kills 22 ASIA

Car bomb targeting security forces in Libya's Benghazi kills 22

A car bomb targeting security forces on Tuesday in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi killed 22 people and wounded 20, a spokesman for the forces and medical officials said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Libyan forces advance in IS bastion as US keeps up air strikes ASIA

Libyan forces advance in IS bastion as US keeps up air strikes

Libyan forces said Tuesday they were advancing inside the jihadist bastion of Sirte, as Washington conducted a second straight day of air strikes on Islamic State group positions in the city.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
US conducts anti-IS strikes in Libya after official request: Pentagon ASIA

US conducts anti-IS strikes in Libya after official request: Pentagon

The US military conducted air strikes in Libya on Monday following a government request to target the Islamic State group's Libyan stronghold of Sirte, the Pentagon announced.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
120 migrant bodies washed up in Libya's Sabratha in July ASIA

120 migrant bodies washed up in Libya's Sabratha in July

More than 120 bodies of migrants who died trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe have washed up around Sabratha in western Libya this month ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Morocco arrests 52 suspected militants, foils several attacks ASIA

Morocco arrests 52 suspected militants, foils several attacks

Morocco said on Wednesday that it had arrested 52 suspected militants inspired by Islamic State and that it had foiled several attacks in the North African kingdom by seizing weapons and bomb-making materials.

4:45 AM November 25 2016