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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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Libyan Forces Edge Forward Against ISIS Holdouts In Sirte
Libyan forces resumed their advance on Thursday against ISIS militants holding out in a few streets in their former stronghold of Sirte, saying they had captured 25 houses and a stash of arms.
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As ISIS Closed In, Officials Raced To Remove Chemical-Weapon Materials
Late last year, as Islamic State fighters battled to expand their stronghold on Libya's coast, militants came within 45 miles of the country's sole remaining chemical-weapons site, unnerving Libyan and American officials who feared that potentially deadly chemicals could fall into extremist hands.
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ISIS Claims Libyan Police Centre Bombing
Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a suicide truck bombing on a Libyan police training centre on Thursday that killed at least 47 people in the worst militant attack since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
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Eye On Islamic State, Western Powers Coax Libyans To Accord
After a year of UN talks to end Libya's conflict, Western powers are coaxing the warring factions closer to a deal they hope can help stop the spread of Islamic State militancy in the North African country.
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Islamic State in Libya Fights to Emulate Iraq, Syria Success
The attack bore all the traits of Islamic State in Iraq. A small unit of militants, armed with Kalashnikov rifles and suicide belts, hit the Tripoli prison just before sunrise.
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7 Libyan Soldiers Killed in Clashes With Islamic State
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.
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Hillary Clinton Ally Praised Her Libya 'Success' Year Before Benghazi Attacks: Emails
An unofficial adviser to Hillary Clinton when she was US Secretary of State told her during the 2011 rebellion that ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi that history had "vindicated" her and the "successful strategy" of the United States, emails released on Monday showed.
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Rival Libya Militants Fight Islamic State Amid Suicide Bombings
A Libyan Islamist militant alliance joined forces with local people in Derna to drive back Islamic State fighters, capturing the group's Yemeni commander and retaking a city courthouse, local residents said on Saturday.
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9 Killed in Clashes Between Islamic State and Other Militants in Eastern Libya
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.
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Islamic State Video Shows 2 Warplanes Blowing Up at Libyan Base
The militant group Islamic State's Libya wing released a video today purportedly showing it blowing up two warplanes at an air base while its fighters paraded heavy weapons in a show of force.
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Islamic State Militants Claim Attacks on Embassies in Libya
A bomb exploded at the gate of the Moroccan embassy in the Libyan capital early on Monday, causing some damage but hurting nobody, a security official said, only hours after gunmen attacked South Korea's mission in Tripoli.
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Islamic State Releases Bangladeshi Hostages in Libya Oilfield Attack
Two Bangladeshi citizens, among a group of foreign workers taken hostage by the Islamic State militant group in an attack on a Libyan oilfield, have been released after more than two weeks, the Bangladeshi foreign ministry said today.
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Islamic State Claims Suicide Bombing in Libya's Benghazi
Islamic State militants claimed a suicide bombing that killed seven people at an army checkpoint in the Libyan city of Benghazi on Tuesday and triggered retaliatory air strikes by army forces.
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Islamic State Claims Tripoli Attack, Car Bomb in Misrata
Militants loyal to Islamic State claimed a bomb attack on a police checkpoint in the Libyan capital on Sunday, the latest in a series of attacks in Tripoli.
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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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Libyan Forces Edge Forward Against ISIS Holdouts In Sirte
Libyan forces resumed their advance on Thursday against ISIS militants holding out in a few streets in their former stronghold of Sirte, saying they had captured 25 houses and a stash of arms.
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As ISIS Closed In, Officials Raced To Remove Chemical-Weapon Materials
Late last year, as Islamic State fighters battled to expand their stronghold on Libya's coast, militants came within 45 miles of the country's sole remaining chemical-weapons site, unnerving Libyan and American officials who feared that potentially deadly chemicals could fall into extremist hands.
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ISIS Claims Libyan Police Centre Bombing
Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a suicide truck bombing on a Libyan police training centre on Thursday that killed at least 47 people in the worst militant attack since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
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Eye On Islamic State, Western Powers Coax Libyans To Accord
After a year of UN talks to end Libya's conflict, Western powers are coaxing the warring factions closer to a deal they hope can help stop the spread of Islamic State militancy in the North African country.
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Islamic State in Libya Fights to Emulate Iraq, Syria Success
The attack bore all the traits of Islamic State in Iraq. A small unit of militants, armed with Kalashnikov rifles and suicide belts, hit the Tripoli prison just before sunrise.
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7 Libyan Soldiers Killed in Clashes With Islamic State
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.
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Hillary Clinton Ally Praised Her Libya 'Success' Year Before Benghazi Attacks: Emails
An unofficial adviser to Hillary Clinton when she was US Secretary of State told her during the 2011 rebellion that ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi that history had "vindicated" her and the "successful strategy" of the United States, emails released on Monday showed.
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Rival Libya Militants Fight Islamic State Amid Suicide Bombings
A Libyan Islamist militant alliance joined forces with local people in Derna to drive back Islamic State fighters, capturing the group's Yemeni commander and retaking a city courthouse, local residents said on Saturday.
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9 Killed in Clashes Between Islamic State and Other Militants in Eastern Libya
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.
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Islamic State Video Shows 2 Warplanes Blowing Up at Libyan Base
The militant group Islamic State's Libya wing released a video today purportedly showing it blowing up two warplanes at an air base while its fighters paraded heavy weapons in a show of force.
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Islamic State Militants Claim Attacks on Embassies in Libya
A bomb exploded at the gate of the Moroccan embassy in the Libyan capital early on Monday, causing some damage but hurting nobody, a security official said, only hours after gunmen attacked South Korea's mission in Tripoli.
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Islamic State Releases Bangladeshi Hostages in Libya Oilfield Attack
Two Bangladeshi citizens, among a group of foreign workers taken hostage by the Islamic State militant group in an attack on a Libyan oilfield, have been released after more than two weeks, the Bangladeshi foreign ministry said today.
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Islamic State Claims Suicide Bombing in Libya's Benghazi
Islamic State militants claimed a suicide bombing that killed seven people at an army checkpoint in the Libyan city of Benghazi on Tuesday and triggered retaliatory air strikes by army forces.
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Islamic State Claims Tripoli Attack, Car Bomb in Misrata
Militants loyal to Islamic State claimed a bomb attack on a police checkpoint in the Libyan capital on Sunday, the latest in a series of attacks in Tripoli.
