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Libyan troops clearing Sirte of remaining ISIL fighters

(Al Jazeera)- Forces aligned to Libya's UN-backed national unity government said they were hunting down the last remaining ISIL fighters in Sirte after the group's ouster from its former bastion. Soldiers were said to be "chasing the last jihadists hiding in fewer than 10 houses" on Tuesday...

Thousands of Tunisian lawyers protest 2017 draft budget

More than 2,000 lawyers protested in Tunisia's capital on Tuesday against a draft budget for 2017 stipulating a new tax for their profession, AFP reporters said. "With our souls and our blood, we will defend the lawyer's profession!" chanted protesters in black court robes after a silent...

Egypt says international organs trade network arrested

Egyptian authorities announced Tuesday the arrest of 25 members of an international network allegedly trafficking in human organs, including university professors and doctors. "Today at dawn, the largest international network for trading human organs has been captured," the country's...

ISIS control over Libya’s Sirte collapsing

The Daesh terrorist group’s control over Libya’s coastal city of Sirte has "completely broken down", forces loyal to the Libyan unity government’s presidential council -- dubbed "Al-Bunyan al-Marsous" -- announced Monday. "The terrorists are on the run; dozens have surrendered,"...