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Lashings make a comeback in post-Gaddafi Libya

Clip shows men in Sirte being beaten by self-styled enforcers of Islamic law

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Libya Islamists said to abduct 20 Egypt Christians

Tripoli believes victims were targeted for their religion amid spate of violent attacks against Copts in region

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Egyptian Christians held in Libya freed, tribal leader says

Muftah Marzuq denies 13 captives were kidnapped by Islamists, claims they were detained by human traffickers

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Pro-Islamic State militants seize Libyan university: residents

Reuters: Sirte, hometown of former dictator Muammar Gaddafi, taken over by jihadists after Egypt, Libya call for lift of arms embargo

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US, other nations condemn ‘barbaric’ IS acts in Libya’s Sirte

Joint statement expresses ‘deep concern’ after jihadists behead 12 local militiamen, hang their bodies on crosses; Arab League to meet on situation Tuesday

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Five years after uprising, gloom and chaos cast pall over Libya

Disorder, weapons and oil make Libya the ideal breeding ground for Islamic State, which may see it as a base for a possible attack on Europe

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IS urges terror attacks on American soil during Ramadan

Spokesman tries to rally support in new audio message

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Libyan forces brace for street battles against IS in Sirte

Jihadists barricade themselves in core of coastal city in anticipation of government forces’ advance

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US planes hit Islamic State in Libya for first time

American jets strike jihadist bastion, inflicting ‘heavy losses,’ Libyan prime minister says

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Libyan forces retake Islamic State stronghold of Sirte

Backed by US airstrikes, pro-government troops besiege strategic jihadist-held city after 3-month offensive

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Dutch journalist killed in Libyan city of Sirte, an IS bastion

Jeroen Oerlemans shot by a sniper while accompanying teams clearing mines from areas liberated from jihadists

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Libya says it freed 13 foreigners held by IS

Eleven Eritrean women among those released as troops fight last jihadists left in city of Sirte

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IS loses Libya bastion in major blow to jihadists

US-backed government forces seize ‘total control’ of Sirte after months of battling over key coastal city

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Libya’s chaos continues to feed jihadist threat by Islamic State

Extremist group is exploiting political divide between Libyan leaders to rebuild and launch attacks

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Libyan court sentences 35 people to death for fighting for Islamic State

The accused, who have been in custody since late 2016, are Palestinian, Sudanese and Libyan, and were convicted of joining a terrorist group as well as of murder The post Libyan court sentences 35...

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