Three car bombs exploded on Nov. 9 in the eastern city of Sharat, where the prime minister was set to meet a UN envoy. Three security officers and two journalists were wounded in the attack; two suspects from the city of Derna were arrested. Jihadists controlling Derna have recently pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. Libya’s parliament reconvened despite being ruled invalid by the country’s supreme court; the body in turn voted to dissolve Libya’s top religious authority after its mufti denied the legitimacy of the parliament. Residents of Tripoli have been protesting the rule of the Islamist Libya Dawn in the city, resulting in some clashes. A pack of baboons have escaped the Benghazi Zoo and are now “running riot” in the streets, as fighting continues between Islamist militias and pro-government forces.
