Al-Qaeda Leader Killed in Drone Strike, Says Libya
- Libya’s official news agency reported that Abu Talha al-Hassnawi, a senior al-Qaeda leader, was killed in a drone strike (AP)
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ICC Committed to Investigations in Libya in 2017
- The chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, has committed to making Libya a priority for ICC investigations in 2017, in particular crimes by the self-proclaimed Islamic State (AP)
Islamic State Group Prepared to Establish Functioning State in Libya
- New documents show how the self-proclaimed Islamic State prepared to establish a functioning state based in Sirte, Libya, with the closure of schools, restrictions on social life, and the training and recruitment of new members (Wall Street Journal)
Libyan Unity Government Oil Ports Fall to Rivals
- Fighters who oppose the UN-backed national unity government in Libya seizedthree oil ports along the Mediterranean on Sunday and Monday (AFP)
Last of Chemical Weapons in Libya to be Destroyed
- The final batch of Libyan chemical weapons arrived in Germany on Thursday and will be prepared for destruction, according to the UN-backed Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (AFP)
Libyan Forces Close to Pushing ISIS Out of Sirte
- U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said on September 7 that U.S.-backed Libyan forces were close to defeating fighters of the self-proclaimed Islamic State in the northern coastal city of Sirte (Reuters)
Closing in on Islamic State in Sirte
- At least 34 Libyan fighters were killed and more than 180 were wounded as they closed in on the last Islamic State holdouts in Sirte, according to field hospitals. Forces aligned with Libya’s U.N.-backed government, supported since August 1 by U.S. air strikes, have pushed Islamic State militants back into a small residential area in central Sirte (Reuters)
Libyan Forces Advance Against Islamic State
- Fighters loyal to Libya’s central government captured a central district of Sirte from the Islamic State and are advancing on the last neighborhood in the city still under the group’s control (Al Jazeera)
Suicide Bombing Kills at Least Fifteen in Benghazi
- A car bomb detonated in a residential area of the Guwarsha district in Benghazi that killed at least fifteen people and wounded more than thirty others. The Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries claimed responsibility for the attack (France24)
Libyan Forces Advance on Islamic State After U.S. Air Strikes
- Libyan fighters loyal to the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord advanced inside the jihadist stronghold of Sirte following U.S. air strikes on Islamic State positions in the city (AFP)