Author Archives: Lisa Lundquist

The Islamist coalition Libya Dawn claimed to have taken over Tripoli airport; heavy fighting resulted in numerous casualties on both sides. Earlier today, Operation Dignity aircraft attacked Islamist forces in Tripoli, reportedly killing 10 people and injuring dozens more. Fighting also flared up in Benghazi, and Operation Dignity dismissed rumors that it had lost Benina […]

Police fired at a car that was ignoring signals to stop at a checkpoint in Kasserine, killing two children who were passengers in the vehicle; the Interior Ministry said the roadblock had been set up to intercept an armed group that was traveling by car to Kasserine. Security forces seized nine Tunisian vehicles at the […]

A top adviser to President Obama said the administration is considering its response to the Islamic State threat, will do “what is necessary” to protect Americans, and will not be “restricted by borders.” Joint Chiefs Chair General Dempsey floated the idea of containment. Senator James Inhofe, the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, […]

Security is being stepped up in Lamu county after 20 heavily armed attackers blocked a road, forced riders out of their cars, and killed at least two of them. The suspected Shabaab attackers beheaded at least one of the victims and kidnapped others, and stole two cars.

Fighting between Islamist militias and pro-government forces continued in Tripoli and in Benghazi, where a Salafist cleric who commands an Operation Dignity unit was shot and wounded yesterday. An estimated 43,500 Tripoli residents have been displaced by the fighting, and over 100,000 Libyans fled into Tunisia in July. The Grand Mufti, Sheikh Sadik Al-Ghariani, who […]