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President Thabo Mbeki Wednesday left Pretoria for Libya to attend the OAU's extra-ordinary summit of Heads of State and Government. ... (AU) begins in Sirte, Libya on Thursday.
Tripoli, Libya — The just-ended three-day 73rd extraordinary session of OAU Council of foreign ministers wound up early Tuesday with the adoption of some 20 decisions on administrative ...
US-backed government militia in Libya are pushing forward in their battle to expel ISIS from the coastal Libyan city of Sirte despite ... US-backed government militia in Libya are pushing forward ...
Libya: Sirte Offensive Against ISIS May Spell End for Fragile Unity Government. Published Jul 11, 2016 at 3:00 AM EDT Updated Jul 16, 2016 at 3:15 AM EDT.
The fall of Sirte to pro-government forces is a significant setback for the Islamic State group in Libya, but will not spell the end of the jihadists in the strife-torn country, experts say. The ...
Libya conflict: Sirte-Jufra ‘red line’ set to be next major flashpoint Tommy Hilton, Al Arabiya English Published: 22 June ,2020: 09:17 AM GST Updated: 23 June ,2020: 10:38 AM GST ...
Dozens of families fled Libya's coastal city of Sirte on Monday after two days of clashes between Islamic State militants and fighters loyal to a government based in Tripoli, with violence likely ...
Sirte, where Libyan pro-government forces are battling Islamic State group militants with American air support, has been in the hands of the jihadists ... Libya’s Sirte, from Kadhafi to IS. By. AFP.
SIRTE, Libya - Bending over the mixing desk in a sparsely furnished studio lined with empty shelves, radio DJ and engineer Abdulsalam bin Sharada fiddles with a few buttons. The 80s song Live Is ...
Libya: Airstrikes reported in Tripoli, Sirte. March 27, 2011 / 4:07 PM EDT / CBS/AP TRIPOLI, Libya - Several explosions and bursts of anti-aircraft fire were reported in the Libyan capital Sunday. ...
Smoke billows at the entrance of Sirte as forces loyal to Libya's UN-backed unity government advance to recapture the city from the Islamic State (IS) group jihadists on June 10, 2016.
“Commanders on the ground in Sirte need to make sure that their forces protect civilians and allow them to flee the combat zone,” said Fred Abrahams, special advisor at Human Rights Watch.