Says militants have been striving to regain foothold in the region by carrying out sporadic attacks on security forces

Ashmawy was captured in the eastern Libyan city of Derna in late 2018

An attempt was made to breach security at Manda Air Strip says Kenya's army spokesperson

Think tank says civilians continue to bear brunt of terror attacks

They have already handed over dozens of armoured vehicles, radio systems, armoured containers

US-led coalition airstrikes force more than 1,400 IS fighters, their families to surrender

Undermining a months-long ceasefire agreement brokered by Russia

As militants battle for power with the North African UN-recognised govt

As a missile fired by regime forces crashes near a maternity facility at a makeshift camp for the displaced

He marked Veterans' Day by celebrating the killing of the militants' former leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdad