Libya Terrorism Events

Associated States: libya;

Libyan army forces restart the offensive to capture Benghazi after ISIS occupy suburb

10 Nov, 2017

Fresh clashes erupted in Benghazi city as the Libyan National Army (LNA) entered and retook most of the Khreibish district after ISIS sleeper cells were...

ISIL - ISIS

Associated States: india; italy; libya;

Italian police seize 24 million opioid tablets linked to ISIS terrorist group

3 Nov, 2017

Italian police have seized 50 million euros worth of tablets of a synthetic opiate destined to be sold by the Islamic State (IS) group in...

ISIL - ISIS / Terrorism

Associated States: afghanistan; austria; libya;

Turkish police foiled large-scale bomb attack planned by ISIS

31 Oct, 2017

Turkish police and intelligence officials collapsed two terrorist cells in Istanbul over the weekend, preventing a large-scale bomb attack by ISIS. A car loaded with

ISIL - ISIS / Terrorism / Terrorist Attack

Origin from: libya

Islamic State takes credit for Libya checkpoint attack that left two soldiers dead

25 Oct, 2017

Two soldiers were killed and three wounded at a military checkpoint in northeastern Libya on Wednesday, witnesses and officials said, in an attack claimed by...

ISIL - ISIS

Associated States: burkina faso; chad; congo; ethiopia; france; kenya; libya; mali; mauritania; rwanda; somalia; south africa; uganda; united states;

Pentagon looks at stepped-up Africa role to counter ISIS terrorists

24 Oct, 2017

The United States is considering a stepped-up military presence in Africa to pursue Islamic State group jihadists looking for new havens after the fall of...

Terrorism

Associated States: burkina faso; chad; france; iran; north korea; south korea; libya; mali; mauritania; nigeria; somalia; south africa; united states; venezuela; yemen;

America should beware a Chadian military scorned

19 Oct, 2017

Stung by its inclusion on the Trump administration’s travel ban, Chad is already making life harder for U.S. troops in Africa. For reasons that remain...