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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 564

Sirte

Jihadists accused of being members of the Islamic State (IS) group sit in the defendant booth during their trial, in the northwestern Libyan city of Misrata on May 29, 2023. (Mahmud Turkia / AFP)
May 29, 2023, 8:57 pm
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
By AFP
A picture taken on December 25, 2018, shows a firetruck and security officers at the scene of an attack outside the Libyan foreign ministry headquarters in the capital Tripoli. (Mahmud Turkia/AFP)
December 26, 2018, 10:56 pm
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
By Imed Lamloum
Soldiers from the Libyan National Army fire towards jihadist positions in the area of Qanfudah, south of Benghazi, on November 30, 2016, after they retook the area from jihadist fighters. (AFP PHOTO / Abdullah DOMA)
December 5, 2016, 5:28 pm
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
By Rim Taher
Forces loyal to Libya's UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) gather in the coastal city of Sirte, east of the capital Tripoli, during their military operation to clear IS jihadists from the city, on October 14, 2016. (AFP/Mahmud Turkia)
October 22, 2016, 6:23 pm
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
By AFP
Libyan pro-government forces walk on the roof of a building in Sirte as they comb through residential neighborhoods taken from the Islamic State (IS) group on August 22, 2016. (AFP/Mahmud Turkia)
October 3, 2016, 9:52 am
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
By AP
Members of the forces loyal to Libya's UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) gather in the coastal city of Sirte, east of the capital Tripoli, prior to their military operation to clear the Islamic State group's (IS) jihadists from the city on August 28, 2016. (AFP/Mahmud Turkia)
August 29, 2016, 12:00 am
Libyan forces retake Islamic State stronghold of Sirte
Backed by US airstrikes, pro-government troops besiege strategic jihadist-held city after 3-month offensive
By Mahmud Turkia
A US F-15E Strike Eagle during a training run in Utah in 2010. (US Air Force)
August 1, 2016, 8:00 pm
US planes hit Islamic State in Libya for first time
American jets strike jihadist bastion, inflicting ‘heavy losses,’ Libyan prime minister says
By AFP
A man loyal to the Libyan armed forces sits in a tank during clashes with Islamic State group militants west of Benghazi, Libya, on Monday, March 7, 2016. (AP/Mohammed el-Shaiky, File)
June 12, 2016, 11:30 am
Libyan forces brace for street battles against IS in Sirte
Jihadists barricade themselves in core of coastal city in anticipation of government forces’ advance
By RAMI MUSA
File: An image made available by Jihadist media outlet al-Itisam Media on June 29, 2014, allegedly shows members of the IS (Islamic State), including military leader and Georgian native Abu Omar al-Shishani (Tarkhan Batirashvili) (L) and Sheikh Abu Mohammed al-Adnani (C), whose picture was blurred by the source to protect his identity, speaking at an unknown location between the Iraqi Nineveh province and the Syrian town of Al-Hasakah. (AFP photo/HO/Al-Itisam Media)
May 22, 2016, 1:04 am
IS urges terror attacks on American soil during Ramadan
Spokesman tries to rally support in new audio message
By AFP
Libyans celebrate ahead of the fourth anniversary of the Libyan revolution which toppled dictator Muammar Gaddafi, on February 17, 2015. (MAHMUD TURKIA / AFP)
February 16, 2016, 1:26 pm
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
By Rim Taher
Islamic State fighters pass by a convoy in the town of Tel Abyad in northeast Syria, May 4, 2015. (Jihadist website via AP)
August 17, 2015, 9:47 am
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
By AFP
Illustrative photo of men holding up an Islamic State flag. (AFP/Tauseef Mustafa)
From the WebFebruary 20, 2015, 7:42 am
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
Illustrative image of Islamist fighters in Libya (YouTube screenshot)
January 5, 2015, 9:01 pm
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
By AFP
Libyan followers of Ansar al-Shariah Brigades and other Islamic militias, hold a demonstration against a film and a cartoon denigrating the Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)
January 4, 2015, 12:26 am
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
By AFP
Men in civilian attire administer lashings to a man in Sirte. (photo credit: MEMRI)
March 26, 2013, 7:51 am
Lashings make a comeback in post-Gaddafi Libya
Clip shows men in Sirte being beaten by self-styled enforcers of Islamic law
By Ron Friedman
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