Libyan Islamic Fighting Group

Fighting raged between the Islamic State group and Libyan forces on Tuesday as the jihadists pushed on the country's crucial coastal oil terminals.

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.

An al-Qaeda-inspired group in Libya said Monday it will fight troops loyal to a renegade general behind an attack on the country's parliament the day before and join forces with Islamic militias who were targeted by the general's secular followers.

Libya has released 37 Islamists, including a former driver of Al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden and members of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG).Wearing white traditional robes, the mostly young detainees were assembled in a tent put up in Tripoli's Abu Salim prison on Tuesday where they were joined by their families.Bin Laden's former driver, ...

Fighting raged between the Islamic State group and Libyan forces on Tuesday as the jihadists pushed on the country's crucial coastal oil terminals.

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.

An al-Qaeda-inspired group in Libya said Monday it will fight troops loyal to a renegade general behind an attack on the country's parliament the day before and join forces with Islamic militias who were targeted by the general's secular followers.

Libya has released 37 Islamists, including a former driver of Al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden and members of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG).Wearing white traditional robes, the mostly young detainees were assembled in a tent put up in Tripoli's Abu Salim prison on Tuesday where they were joined by their families.Bin Laden's former driver, ...