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$FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2021 file photo, Libyan Prime Minister-designate Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dbeibah speaks during a news conference in Tripoli, Libya. Lawmakers in Libya have begun consultations aimed at confirming a newly appointed government that would lead the war-wrecked country through elections late this year. More than 130 members of the fractured House of Representatives were meeting Monday, March 8, 2021 in the coastal city of Sirte. Dbeibah presented his proposed Cabinet to Speaker Aguila Saleh last week.(AP Photo/Hazem Ahmed, File)$

Libya: Lawmakers begin consultations on new government

By RAMI MUSA - Associated Press

UN approves advance team for Libya for cease-fire monitoring

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

UN chief recommends Libya cease-fire monitors based in Sirte

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

US military: Russia ships more military supplies to Libya

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US military: Russian mercenaries planted land mines in Libya

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Eastern Libya urges Egypt to send troops if Sirte attacked

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Libya’s east-based forces say key coastal city captured

By RAMI MUSA - Associated Press

This image made from video released by militants in Libya claiming loyalty to the Islamic State group purportedly shows Egyptian Coptic Christians in orange jumpsuits being led along a beach, each accompanied by a masked militant. Libyan officials found a mass grave on Dec. 23, 2018, with 34 Ethiopian Christians slain by ISIS terrorists in 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Mass grave of Christians slain by Islamic State in 2015 uncovered in Libya

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Libyan official says militants kill 5 in separate incidents

Associated Press

American fighter jets are pounding Islamic State areas in Libya. The terrorist group is gaining a new foothold in the North African nation, particularly the strategically located city of Sirte. (Associated Press)

ISIS draws battle to Libya; U.S. military responds

By Carlo Muñoz and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Nearly a half-year after the U.S. boasted of Libyan militias closing in on the Islamic State-held city of Sirte, the campaign has largely stalled out. (Associated Press)

U.S. pulled deeper into Libya’s ISIS conflict as Sirte offensive stalls

By Carlo Muñoz and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Defense Misrata brigade fighter Abdallah Karim watches for jihadi militants amid the destruction of his city. "I don't care," he says. "I just want the Islamic State men to be dead." (Mathieu Galtier/Special to the Washington Times)

Libya braces for chaos as ISIS retreats

By Mathier Galtier and John Dyer - Special to The Washington Times

An AH-1Z Viper Super Cobra helicopter lands aboard the USS Makin Island in the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 5, 2010. (U.S. Marine Corps) ** FILE **

Cobra attack helicopters enter Libya to pound ISIS, U.S. confirms

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

"There will be no foreign intervention without the authorization of this government," said Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj of the U.N.-backed Government of National Accord. "This decision is an activation of Libya's role in both Islamic and international alliances to fight terrorism." (Associated Press)

Libya discord threatens to overshadow military successes against ISIS

By Reda Elhadi Fhelboom and Jacob Wirtschafter - Special to The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speak to reporters during a joint news conference with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

Obama: Libya airstrikes critical to U.S. security

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

White House officials, wary of pursuing a new military engagement in the region so close to the end of President Obama's final term in office, have adopted a wait-and-see approach to combating the Islamic State in Libya. (Associated Press)

Military leaders press Obama to ramp up U.S. action against ISIS in Libya

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Libyan forces loyal to the unity government have been waging an offensive since last month to dislodge Islamic State militants from the coastal city of Sirte. Emadeddin Zahri Muntasser, an entrepreneur and founding board member of the Libyan American Public Affairs Council, said the U.S. must send medical aid or risk missing the "incredible opportunity" to defeat the terrorist group in the North African nation. (Associated Press)

Islamic State gains in Libya aimed to be turned back with U.S. help

By Erica Brosnan - The Washington Times

An Iraqi special operations soldier monitors radio traffic in Fallujah, which has been under siege by the Islamic State group for two years. U.S. advisers say major battlefield losses to the militant group could trigger headline-grabbing terrorist attacks during the holy month of Ramadan.

ISIS losing territory, foreign fighters as coalition forces attack on multiple fronts

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Saturday, July 26, 2014, file frame grab from video obtained from a freelance journalist traveling with the Misarata brigade, fighters from the Islamist Misarata brigade fire towards Tripoli airport in an attempt to wrest control from a powerful rival militia, in Tripoli, Libya. (AP Photo/AP video, File)

ISIS beheadings, crucifixions in Libyan city documented by rights group

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Saturday, July 26, 2014, file frame grab from video obtained from a freelance journalist traveling with the Misarata brigade, fighters from the Islamist Misarata brigade fire towards Tripoli airport in an attempt to wrest control from a powerful rival militia, in Tripoli, Libya. (AP Photo/AP video, File)

Human Rights Watch documents ISIS atrocities in Libyan city of Sirte

By Maggie Michael - Associated Press