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,"...

Gunfire could be heard over Tripoli on Thursday as armed groups mobilized heavy weapons and took up positions in several parts of the Libyan capital. Militias that hold effective power across the city clash frequently, but the shooting was heavier than usual and tanks and armed convoys could...

The leader of Tunisia’s Ennahda movement, Rached Ghannouchi, met late Monday with a high-level Turkish delegation led by Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Nurettin Canikli. The delegation -- which also included Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu -- is visiting Tunis to participate in an...

An airport security official says Egyptian authorities have banned a prominent human rights activist, who heads a center investigating police abuses, from leaving the country. Aida Seif el-Dawla, a psychiatrist and co-founder of the Nadeem Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence,...