Militants target civil activists in Libya

Members of forces loyal to former general Khalifa Haftar ride in a truck in the Benina area, east of Benghazi October 24, 2014. Violent clashes have taken place over the past few weeks between these forces loyal to Haftar and both the Islamist group, the Shura Council of Libyan Revolutionaries, and an alliance of former anti-Gaddafi rebels Ansar al-Sharia, for control of the airport nearby. The two latter groups have now withdrawn and the area is being controlled by these forces loyal to Haftar. Libya's ar

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A view of an annex of the U.S. embassy in Tripoli during a media tour organised by Operation Dawn, a group of Islamist-leaning forces mainly from Misrata, August 31, 2014, after the group took over the annex. Members of the group have taken over the annex but have not broken into the main compound where the United States evacuated all of its staff last month, U.S. officials said on Sunday. A YouTube video showed the breach of the vacated diplomatic facility by the group, with dozens of fighters seen crowdin

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Militants target civil activists in Libya

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