Libya Clashes

Nine people were killed on Monday when militiamen attacked the Libyan capital's international airport, the unity government's health ministry said.

Clashes broke out Thursday in Tripoli hours after armed groups signed a ceasefire deal ending a four-day battle for control of the Libyan capital.

Oil prices rose by 2 per cent on Monday after Venezuela hinted that OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) and other major oil producers could agree to a market support deal and as clashes in Libya disrupted attempts to boost crude exports.

Libya has shipped the last of its chemical weapons stocks out of the country, officials said today, under a UN-backed plan to ensure the arsenal could not fall into the wrong hands.

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.

Seven Libyan soldiers were killed on Friday when Islamic State militants stormed a checkpoint manned by forces loyal to the official government, military officials said.

At least 40 people have been killed in a week of ethnic clashes in southern Libya between rival gunmen from the Toubou and Tuareg minorities, a local official said.

Dozens have been killed in clashes between two tribes in the biggest city in southern Libya, officials said on today as a security vacuum grew in a remote corner of the oil producer.

At least nine fighters were killed in clashes on Friday between Islamic State and another Islamist force in the eastern Libyan city of Derna, a source in one group said.

At least 20 fighters were killed in clashes in eastern Libya between Islamic State and another Islamist force that later declared jihad against its hardline rival, residents and medical sources said today.

At least 12 militiamen in Libya were killed Wednesday in clashes with jihadists of the Islamic State group near the central city of Sirte, sources said.

Families fled Libya's coastal city of Sirte in their dozens today after two days of clashes between Islamic State militants and fighters loyal to a government based in Tripoli, with the violence set to escalate, according to witnesses.

Islamic State group jihadists again clashed with fighters from the powerful Fajr Libya militia alliance in the central city of Sirte on Sunday, a local official said.

Clashes erupted in central Libya on Saturday between Islamic State fighters and a force loyal to a Tripoli-based faction, a military official and residents said.

Rare clashes between jihadists from the Islamic State group and fighters from the Fajr Libya militia coalition erupted Saturday in the central city of Sirte, security and militia officials said.

Nine people were killed on Monday when militiamen attacked the Libyan capital's international airport, the unity government's health ministry said.

Clashes broke out Thursday in Tripoli hours after armed groups signed a ceasefire deal ending a four-day battle for control of the Libyan capital.

Oil prices rose by 2 per cent on Monday after Venezuela hinted that OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) and other major oil producers could agree to a market support deal and as clashes in Libya disrupted attempts to boost crude exports.

Libya has shipped the last of its chemical weapons stocks out of the country, officials said today, under a UN-backed plan to ensure the arsenal could not fall into the wrong hands.

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.

Seven Libyan soldiers were killed on Friday when Islamic State militants stormed a checkpoint manned by forces loyal to the official government, military officials said.

At least 40 people have been killed in a week of ethnic clashes in southern Libya between rival gunmen from the Toubou and Tuareg minorities, a local official said.

Dozens have been killed in clashes between two tribes in the biggest city in southern Libya, officials said on today as a security vacuum grew in a remote corner of the oil producer.

At least nine fighters were killed in clashes on Friday between Islamic State and another Islamist force in the eastern Libyan city of Derna, a source in one group said.

At least 20 fighters were killed in clashes in eastern Libya between Islamic State and another Islamist force that later declared jihad against its hardline rival, residents and medical sources said today.

At least 12 militiamen in Libya were killed Wednesday in clashes with jihadists of the Islamic State group near the central city of Sirte, sources said.

Families fled Libya's coastal city of Sirte in their dozens today after two days of clashes between Islamic State militants and fighters loyal to a government based in Tripoli, with the violence set to escalate, according to witnesses.

Islamic State group jihadists again clashed with fighters from the powerful Fajr Libya militia alliance in the central city of Sirte on Sunday, a local official said.

Clashes erupted in central Libya on Saturday between Islamic State fighters and a force loyal to a Tripoli-based faction, a military official and residents said.

Rare clashes between jihadists from the Islamic State group and fighters from the Fajr Libya militia coalition erupted Saturday in the central city of Sirte, security and militia officials said.