No green light in Green Mountains for General Suleiman Obeidi
By Libya Herald reporters. Benghazi, 20 November: General Sulaiman Mahmoud Al-Obeidi, was in charge of the revolutionary army forces in ...
Tag: Derna
Foreign fighters reported slain in Derna air attacks
Ajnadin Mustafa Tripoli, 13 November 2014: Foreign fighters appear to have died as Derna was hit by two further air ...
Fourth beheading, this time of a captured soldier
By Libya Herald reporters. Ahmed el-Nazihi, speaking before his murder Tripoli, 13 November 2014: A fourth man has been beheaded ...
Clashes reported in Derna; headless bodies found
By Libya Herald reporter. Tobruk, 10 November 2014: Clashes have been reported in Derna between Islamists and local members of ...
Army colonel gunned down in Derna as he mourns his brother
By Libya Herald Reporters. Col Benali (Photo: social media) Tripoli, 2 November 2014: An army colonel who returned to Derna ...
Ansar Al-Sharia moves to consolidate power in Derna as locals look to liberation by Libyan army
By Libya Herald staff. Benghazi, 26 October 2014: Following last week’s opening of an Islamic Court in Derna, the Shoura ...
Derna militants kill 2 men from Shahat in failed prisoner exchange
By Libya Herald staff. Tripoli, 23 October 2014: Two men from the Cyrenaican town of Shahat died at the hands of ...
Ansar Al-Sharia tightens hold in Derna and formally establishes Islamic Court
By Libya Herald staff. The new Islamic Court in Derna (Photo: Social media) 22 October 2014: Following its declaration of ...
Public lashings follow Derna “Sharia Court” verdicts
By Libya Herald staff. Public lashing in Derna (Photo: Social Media) Tripoli, 20 October 2014: The “Sharia Court” of Derna, ...
Terror groups Daesh (IS) and Boko Haram are present in Libya: PM Thinni
By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli, 18 October 2014: Asked if the terrorist group Daesh (IS/ISIL) had a presence in Libya, Prime ...
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