May 31 Michel Cousins

Harawa negotiates surrender to IS: report

By Ajnadin Mustafa.Tripoli, 31 May 2015:In a further blow to attempts to contain and crush the Islamic State (IS) in Libya, elders in the town of Hara...

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May 15 Nigel Ash

Condemnation for Ansar's Harawa beheadings

By Libya Herald staff.The Ansar Al-Sharia bannerTripoli, 15 May 2015: The government has condemned  as barbaric the beheading of two young men seized...

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Mar 24 Michel Cousins

IS claims responsibility for second Misrata car bomb

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 24 March 2015:The Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for Sunday’s car bomb explosion outside the security ad...

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Final battle against IS expected in Sirte soon: report
Mar 23 Michel Cousins

Final battle against IS expected in Sirte soon: report

By Libya Herald reporter.Sirte, 23 March 2015:Libya Dawn forces and Islamic State (IS) followers have been fighting in Sirte since 14 March and the ba...

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Mar 19 Callum Paton

Beida and Tripoli authorities condemn Tunis museum killings

By Libya Herald staff. Tripoli, 19 March 2015: The official government in Beida and the Hassi administration in Tripoli have condemned yesterday’s k...

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Islamic State vows to make Sirte a ‘hell like Fallujah’ in anti-Misrata propaganda video
Mar 19 Callum Paton

Islamic State vows to make Sirte a ‘hell like Fallujah’ in anti-Misrata propaganda video

By Saber Ayyub. Tripoli, 19 March 2015: In its most recent propaganda video, Islamic State (IS) has said it will make Misrata a new Libyan Mosul and...

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Mar 18 Callum Paton

Tunisian IS leader shot dead in Sirte clashes

By Libya Herald staff. Tripoli, 18 March 2015: A high-ranking Islamic State (IS) leader from Tunisia has been killed in clashes between the extremis...

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