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The defense committee at the Tobruk-based House of Representatives has summoned the US Ambassador to Libya to come to Tobruk and explain the motives of the airstrikes on ISIS in Sirte.In a statement on Tuesday, the defense committee…

President Barack Obama said on Tuesday it is in the U.S. national security interest to support Libya's emerging government's fight against Islamic State, a day after his administration said it launched air attacks there.The air…

A helicopter dropped containers of toxic gas overnight on a town in Syria's Idlib province, a rescue service operating in rebel-held territory said on Tuesday.Raed Saleh, head of the Syrian Civil Defense group, told Al Jazeera that…

The bodies of 120 migrants believed to have been trying to reach Italy by boat from Libya have been found off the Libyan coast over the past 10 days, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday."We are getting…

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday warned Egyptians that strict economic measures would get implemented to turn the country’s deficit around, as the government is in talks with the International Monetary Fund for a $12bn loan…

The United States’ latest airstrikes against the outlawed Daesh jihadist group in Libya should strictly adhere to international law, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday, reiterating the call for joint anti-terrorist efforts.…

The spokesman of Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous operation, led by Misurata forces, Muhammed Al-Ghasri, announced that they busted an ISIS senior leader while he was trying to escape through the sea from Sirte.In a statement, Al-Ghasri…