| 5,651,441 |
32.88167 |
13.35056 |
Libya |
|
A fighter with the Islamic State (IS), is reported to have blown himself up in the east Tripoli suburb of Tajoura when cornered following a police chase. One of two other Tunisians with him surrendered and the third escaped. |
| 5,651,446 |
27.03766 |
14.42832 |
Libya |
|
Gunmen ambushed and seized a Turkish national in Sebha, wounding his Libyan driver in the process. He was later released unharmed. |
| 5,651,451 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
|
The head of Tripoli Central Hospital, was abducted on 17 May. He was held in the Habda district of Tripoli by the Abu Salim Brigade. |
| 5,658,865 |
18.44 |
1.41 |
Mali |
|
Took place in Tinasalak |
| 5,651,456 |
31.20892 |
16.58866 |
Libya |
|
Fierce clashes erupted on Monday in the central Libyan city of Sirte between Islamic State (IS) militants and forces loyal to the Tripoli-based government. The forces reported they had killed an as-yet-unspecified number of IS militants during the confrontations. |
| 5,651,461 |
26.59206 |
12.78049 |
Libya |
|
A total of 17 people were killed and 16 others injured in clashes between Tabu and Tuareg tribes in the southern Libyan city of Ubari. |
| 5,651,464 |
32.08361 |
23.97639 |
Libya |
|
A group of pensioners demonstrated outside the naval base in Tobruk. |
| 5,651,469 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
|
172 Tunisians were detained in the district of Salaheddine (in the Tripoli region) by a militia that is part of the Libya Dawn alliance which controls the capital Tripoli and third city Misrata. |
| 5,651,474 |
30.75545 |
20.22626 |
Libya |
|
In Ajdabiya, the commander of the pro-Islamist Ajdabiya Revolutionaries Shoura Council was killed. A Tebu man is said to have been involved. |
| 5,651,479 |
32.11766 |
20.12928 |
Libya |
|
At least 46 fighters loyal to the Libyan army chief Khalifah Haftar were killed and 60 others injured over the past 48 hours in fighting in various parts of the eastern city of Benghazi, Al-Jazeera reported on 19 May. 5 of these fatalities recorded in an event on the 17th of May. |
