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Libya Court Sentences 23 People To Death For Islamic State Campaign
A Libyan court sentenced 23 people to death and another 14 to life in prison on Monday for their role in a deadly Islamic State militant campaign that included beheading a group of Egyptian Christians and seizing the city of Sirte in 2015.
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Islamic State Eyeing Oil Targets Beyond Syria Stronghold: US Official
Islamic State is looking at potentially vulnerable oil assets in Libya and elsewhere outside its Syria stronghold, where the militant group controls about roughly 80 percent of the oil and gas fields, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.
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Risk of Huge ISIS Influx Into Libya, France Warns
There is an increasing risk of Libya becoming a haven for combatants from Islamic State, even as western nations target the extremist jihadist group in Iraq and Syria, the French defence minister warned in comments published Sunday.
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Libyan Air Strikes Hit ISIS Forces Pushing Eastward: Government
Warplanes from Libya's internationally recognised government have hit positions of the Islamic State group pushing eastward from their stronghold in Sirte toward the oil hub of Ajdabiya, a senior officer said Tuesday.
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US Strike Kills Head of ISIS in Libya: Pentagon
The head of the Islamic State group in Libya was killed in an air strike overnight, the Pentagon announced Saturday.
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Odisha Engineer Abducted by Islamic State Comes Back Home
Biochemical engineer Prabhas Samal, who was abducted by the Islamic State terrorist group in Libya last month, reached Odisha today.
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'10 Dead' in Benghazi Clashes Between Libya Army, Jihadists
Seven jihadists of the Islamic State group and three soldiers of Libya's recognised government died in weekend clashes in the eastern city of Benghazi, military and medical sources said Sunday.
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Islamic State Says It Executed Tunisian in Libya for Spying
The Libyan branch of the Islamic State group has released a video purportedly showing the execution of a Tunisian for spying on behalf of Libya's internationally recognised government.
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Islamic State Executes 4 People in Central Libyan City: Residents
Islamic State has executed four people in the central Libyan city of Sirte, including at least one member of a rival group whose body was put on display, according to residents and a video published on social media on Monday.
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'They Admitted Kidnapping Us a Mistake,' Says Indian Released From IS Captivity in Libya
For an Indian who returned from Libya today after being freed by the Islamic State terror group, memories of his captivity are most innocuous. "The sheikh of the captors brought me chappals when I wanted to go to the washroom," Lakshmikant Ramakrishna shared.
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Abducted Indian Professors Meet Students in Islamic State Camp, Get Released
Two of four Indian professors -- abducted by militants of the Islamic State in war-torn Libya last week -- are expected to return to India by Tuesday. What apparently secured their release was that their "captors" happened to be a group of their former students.
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Efforts for Release of Captive Nationals in Libya On: Centre
India is making all efforts to ensure the safe release of two teachers still held captive by Islamic State (IS) terror group in Libya, even as the two others freed were on their way to Tunis.
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'Is India Doing Business With IS in Libya?' Congress's Manish Tewari Taunts Sushma Swaraj
Former Union Minister and Congress leader Manish Tewari today took a dig at Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, saying she seemed to have a "direct 'hotline' to the ISIS in Libya", and asked whether India is "doing business" with the extremist group in that country.
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Family of Professor Who is Kidnapped by Islamic State Members Seek Centre's Intervention
The family members of a teacher, who has been kidnapped in Libya, allegedly by Islamic State (IS) terror group, has sought the Centre's urgent intervention to secure his release.
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Islamic State Admits Losing Control of Libya City
The jihadist Islamic State group acknowledged losing control of the city of Derna in eastern Libya, promising to 'avenge' its fighters, in a video posted on Twitter.
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Libya Court Sentences 23 People To Death For Islamic State Campaign
A Libyan court sentenced 23 people to death and another 14 to life in prison on Monday for their role in a deadly Islamic State militant campaign that included beheading a group of Egyptian Christians and seizing the city of Sirte in 2015.
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Islamic State Eyeing Oil Targets Beyond Syria Stronghold: US Official
Islamic State is looking at potentially vulnerable oil assets in Libya and elsewhere outside its Syria stronghold, where the militant group controls about roughly 80 percent of the oil and gas fields, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.
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Risk of Huge ISIS Influx Into Libya, France Warns
There is an increasing risk of Libya becoming a haven for combatants from Islamic State, even as western nations target the extremist jihadist group in Iraq and Syria, the French defence minister warned in comments published Sunday.
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Libyan Air Strikes Hit ISIS Forces Pushing Eastward: Government
Warplanes from Libya's internationally recognised government have hit positions of the Islamic State group pushing eastward from their stronghold in Sirte toward the oil hub of Ajdabiya, a senior officer said Tuesday.
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US Strike Kills Head of ISIS in Libya: Pentagon
The head of the Islamic State group in Libya was killed in an air strike overnight, the Pentagon announced Saturday.
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Odisha Engineer Abducted by Islamic State Comes Back Home
Biochemical engineer Prabhas Samal, who was abducted by the Islamic State terrorist group in Libya last month, reached Odisha today.
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'10 Dead' in Benghazi Clashes Between Libya Army, Jihadists
Seven jihadists of the Islamic State group and three soldiers of Libya's recognised government died in weekend clashes in the eastern city of Benghazi, military and medical sources said Sunday.
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Islamic State Says It Executed Tunisian in Libya for Spying
The Libyan branch of the Islamic State group has released a video purportedly showing the execution of a Tunisian for spying on behalf of Libya's internationally recognised government.
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Islamic State Executes 4 People in Central Libyan City: Residents
Islamic State has executed four people in the central Libyan city of Sirte, including at least one member of a rival group whose body was put on display, according to residents and a video published on social media on Monday.
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'They Admitted Kidnapping Us a Mistake,' Says Indian Released From IS Captivity in Libya
For an Indian who returned from Libya today after being freed by the Islamic State terror group, memories of his captivity are most innocuous. "The sheikh of the captors brought me chappals when I wanted to go to the washroom," Lakshmikant Ramakrishna shared.
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Abducted Indian Professors Meet Students in Islamic State Camp, Get Released
Two of four Indian professors -- abducted by militants of the Islamic State in war-torn Libya last week -- are expected to return to India by Tuesday. What apparently secured their release was that their "captors" happened to be a group of their former students.
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Efforts for Release of Captive Nationals in Libya On: Centre
India is making all efforts to ensure the safe release of two teachers still held captive by Islamic State (IS) terror group in Libya, even as the two others freed were on their way to Tunis.
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'Is India Doing Business With IS in Libya?' Congress's Manish Tewari Taunts Sushma Swaraj
Former Union Minister and Congress leader Manish Tewari today took a dig at Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, saying she seemed to have a "direct 'hotline' to the ISIS in Libya", and asked whether India is "doing business" with the extremist group in that country.
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Family of Professor Who is Kidnapped by Islamic State Members Seek Centre's Intervention
The family members of a teacher, who has been kidnapped in Libya, allegedly by Islamic State (IS) terror group, has sought the Centre's urgent intervention to secure his release.
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Islamic State Admits Losing Control of Libya City
The jihadist Islamic State group acknowledged losing control of the city of Derna in eastern Libya, promising to 'avenge' its fighters, in a video posted on Twitter.
