Derna (/ˈdɜːrnə/; Arabic: درنة Darnah) is a port city in eastern Libya. With a population of around 90,000, Derna was once the seat of one of the wealthiest...
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The Derna dam collapses were the catastrophic failures of two dams in Derna, Libya, on the night of 10–11 September 2023, in the aftermath of Storm Daniel...
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buildings, security vehicles and local landmarks in the Eastern Libyan coastal city of Derna. Although some media outlets reported the control as being absolute...
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Storm Daniel (redirect from Derna dam)
recorded storm for the country. Libya was hit the hardest, with torrential rains causing two dams near the city of Derna to fail. This resulted in over...
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Egypt, to the eastern port city of Derna, Libya, which was defended by a much larger force. The Battle of Derna and the broader First Barbary War highlighted...
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in Derna (Arabic: مجلس شورى مجاهدين درنة) was a coalition of Islamist militias that advocated the implementation of Sharia law within Derna, Libya. Besides...
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the killings. Warplanes acting under orders from the Libyan government also struck targets in Derna, reportedly in coordination with Egypt. The air strikes...
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(ISIL's) Libyan provinces; the Shura Council of Mujahideen in Derna which expelled ISIL from Derna in July 2015 and was later itself defeated in Derna by the...
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Look up derna in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Derna may refer to: Derna District, a district in eastern Libya Derna, Libya, a port city in that district...
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Battle of Derna was a military campaign by the Libyan National Army to recapture the city of Derna from the Shura Council of Mujahideen in Derna, which lasted...
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Derna (Arabic: درنة Darnah) is one of the districts of Libya. It is in the northeast of the country, in the historical region of Cyrenaica. Its capital...
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The Derna Protection Force (DPF; Arabic: قوة حماية درنة), also known as the Derna Security Force, was a Libyan militia formed by Ateyah Al-Shaari on 11...
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forested, fertile upland area in northeastern Libya. It is located in the modern shabiyahs or districts of Derna, Jabal al Akhdar, and Marj. The Jebel Akhdar...
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Ansar al-Sharia is the Derna based branch of a larger Libyan group; the branch is headed by Abu Sufian bin Qumu. In 2011 bin Qumu became the leader of...
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Wadi Derna is a river valley in Libya which leads down from the Jebel Akhdar mountains to the port city of Derna. Like many other wadis in North Africa...
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Abu Habib al-Libi (category People from Derna, Libya)
Abu Habib al-Libi, is a Libyan man who has been a senior Islamic State leader in both Iraq and Libya. He was born in Derna, Libya in 1975. After the 2003...
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al-Sharia (Mali) Ansar al-Sharia (Egypt) Ansar al-Sharia (Libya) (until 2017) Ansar al-Sharia (Derna, Libya) (until 2018) Ansar al-Sharia (Mauritania) (until...
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territories in Libya that it considered Italy's Fourth Shore with Libya's four coastal provinces of Tripoli, Misurata, Bengazi, and Derna becoming an integral...
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Human Rights Watch in November 2014 accused ISIL groups in control of Derna, Libya of war crimes and human rights abuses and of terrorising residents. Human...
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driven from holding Libyan territory, and US strikes ceased. On 13 November 2015, the United States launched an airstrike in Derna, Libya. Two U.S. F-15E...
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Iraq. In early 2014, up to 300 Battar Brigade veterans returned to Libya. In Derna, they formed a new faction called the Islamic Youth Shura Council,...
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Abu Sufian bin Qumu (category People from Derna, Libya)
in Derna, Libya. Bin Qumu was transferred to Libya on 28 September 2007. In 2011, he was the leader of a band of fighters in his hometown of Derna during...
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siege of Derna was a military campaign by the Libyan National Army (LNA) to capture the city of Derna, which began after the end of the Derna campaign...
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July - A court in Derna convicts 12 city officials for mismanagement, negligence and other offences that contributed to the Derna dam collapses in 2023...
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Derna Stadium (Arabic: ملعب درنة) is a multi-use stadium in Derna, Libya. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Darnes...
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humanitarian aid in Derna and environs. Since the storm many of the hospitals and primary health facilities in Derna and eastern Libya have been rendered...
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itself with the Khalifa Haftar-aligned Libyan National Army (LNA), and fought alongside it in the Battle of Derna (2018–2019), losing several fighters in...
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The Battle of Derna, also known as the Battle of Sidi Abdullah (Arabic: معركة سيدي عبد الله), occurred near Derna on 3 March 1912, during the Italo-Turkish...
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of Derna. The LNA then launched a major offensive in April 2019 in an attempt to seize Tripoli. On 5 June 2020, the GNA captured all of western Libya, including...
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Missile Over Derna Port City". defenseworld.net. Retrieved 10 April 2019. "France says three military officials killed in Libya". Libya Herald. Retrieved...
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