| 5,652,741 |
32.69036 |
22.67273 |
Libya |
|
Explosives found near Al-Hila checkpoint [near Al-Fatayah area] were diffused. They apparently had been left by IS forces during a fight there in which the Mujahideen say they captured a number of vehicles. |
| 5,652,745 |
32.09835 |
20.17669 |
Libya |
|
One of the Islamic State (IS) of Barqa's (Cyrenaica) leading commanders, Imad Zway, was killed during fighting with Libyan National Army (LNA) forces led by [Lt-Gen Khalifah] Haftar in Benghazi. IS said that Zway had died during fighting in the Bu-Atni district of Benghazi. |
| 5,652,750 |
32.69036 |
22.67273 |
Libya |
|
It was reported that the Shura Council of Derna Mujahidin made advances against Islamic State [IS, also known as ISIS/ISIL] forces based in the Fatayah farmland area behind the town of Derna. |
| 5,652,756 |
32.74944 |
22.66639 |
Libya |
|
A car driven by a Sudanese suicide bomber with the Islamic State group reportedly exploded in Darnah killing between eight and nine guards attached to the [Al-Qa'idah-linked Islamist ] Darnah Mujahidin Shura Council and wounding fourteen others. The vehicle is said to have blown up at a checkpoint in Darnah's Al-Sahil al-Sharqiyah (east coast) district manned by a youth contingent attached to the Darnah Mujahidin Shura Council. |
| 5,652,761 |
32.73139 |
22.67917 |
Libya |
|
The Darnah Mujahidin Shura Council said it repelled anattackby IS on its positions in the area if Ayn Bint, east of Darnah. The council said it captured 12 IS fighters during thebattle. |
| 5,652,765 |
32.69036 |
22.67273 |
Libya |
|
Although reports of collaboration between the Shura Council of Derna Mujahidin and the Libyan National Army (LNA) have been vigorously denied by both sides, LNA aircraft are said to have targeted IS positions in Fatayah on the 8 August and 9 August. |
| 5,652,769 |
32.86972 |
13.10778 |
Libya |
|
Roads in the west Tripoli suburb of Gargaresh were again closed by angry residents following the discovery of the body of a local resident dumped in the area. Rada (deterrence) forces moved in and arrested a number of people, accusing them of being drugs dealers. |
| 5,652,774 |
32.37535 |
15.09254 |
Libya |
|
After negotiations between Misrata and Zliten, the former Qaddafi regime grand mufti Madani Shweref was released after serving one and a half years of a seven-year jail sentence. An appeal court had ordered his release on grounds of ill health and old age, but the authorities in Misrata had not done so. They claimed that his release could provoke public protests and they were also concerned for his safety that once freed, someone might try to kill him. |
| 5,652,778 |
32.80194 |
12.87917 |
Libya |
|
An ambulance driver and a passenger narrowly escaped death when guards at a checkpoint near Maya, west of Tripoli, fired a missile at their vehicle, blowing it up. Both men are now being treated in Zawia hospital. |
| 5,652,784 |
32.43502 |
13.6332 |
Libya |
|
There are reports that local Libya Dawn forces in Tarhouna rocketed a district in the town. The local Kani brigade, backed by units from Tajoura and Suq Al-Juma, tried to enter the district to arrest youths believed to have been involved in the pro-Qaddafi protests. However, local residents prevented them getting in. Confronted with the blockage, it is reported they started firing Grad missiles into the area. Casualties are unknown. |
