| 5,974,075 |
31.94979 |
19.94594 |
Libya |
|
Loyalist forces managed to seize Mreisa port in western Benghazi and Al-Hawari hospital in the south. 3 soldiers and 15 militants were killed in the clashes (fatalities split between Al Hawari and Mreisa). The Al-Tawheed Salafist battalion was involved in the fighting. |
| 5,974,079 |
32.79335 |
12.48845 |
Libya |
|
There are unconfirmed reports that an unidentified warplane destroyed a vessel carrying IS fighters and munitions off the Libyan coast near Sabratha. |
| 5,974,083 |
31.20892 |
16.58866 |
Libya |
|
The authorities in Tripoli have been reporting that aircraft taking off from Misrata attacked IS positions in Sirte. |
| 5,974,086 |
32.7571 |
12.72764 |
Libya |
|
Zawias oil refinery was forced to close for several hours as a result of a protest against the abduction of local House of Representatives (HoR) member Abdulnabi Abdulmuali. Protesting his kidnapping, family and friends decided to blockade the entrance to the refinery, forcing it to suspend operations. |
| 5,976,410 |
-6.16543 |
39.19562 |
Tanzania |
|
Homemade explosive device detonated in Michenzani, Zanzibar. No casualties reported. |
| 5,974,091 |
32.09835 |
20.17669 |
Libya |
|
Fighting was reported in Buatni between forces loyal to the internationally-recognised government and Islamic State and Ansar al-Shariah. One militant (Umar Nubs) reported killed. The Pepsi factory in Buatni, lost by the army in a militant counterattack on 4 February, has now also been recaptured by Sai'qah Special Forces. |
| 5,974,096 |
32.06478 |
20.14933 |
Libya |
|
It was claimed that a tank seized by militants when they overran Saiqa's 319 camp in July 2014 was destroyed in fighting in Hawari. A source close to Dignity Operation said that 9 of Libyan national Army Battalion 302 died, while 20 members of the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council (BRSC) died. |
| 5,974,101 |
32.76704 |
22.63669 |
Libya |
|
An Islamic State (IS) unit from Fataieh attempted a new incursion into Derna but they were beaten back by the local Mujahideen forces. These were backed up by helicopter support from the Libyan National Army (LNA), despite the fact that the two are, officially, not cooperating. Six Mujahideen fighters died inclasheswith IS, and a senior member of the Islamic State group was also killed. |
| 5,974,107 |
31.94979 |
19.94594 |
Libya |
|
Fighting continued near the key supply port of Mreisa between forces loyal to the internationally-recognised government and Islamic State and Ansar al-Shariah. |
| 5,974,110 |
32.76704 |
22.63669 |
Libya |
|
Following the IS retreat from Derna, there were unconfirmed reports that a former Ansar Al-Sharia commander who had switched to IS but still living in the town was killed when a bomb exploded in his car. It is not known if he was targeted or was transporting the bomb. |
