Check it out: ISIS now in complete control of Libyan city

Robert Spencer Nov 20, 2014 at 10:04pm Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Libya 12 Comments

On November 9 I posted here about how jihad factions in the Libyan city of Derna (aka Darna) had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. Now they are in complete control of the city, as the caliphate expands its sphere of influence outside Iraq and Syria.

“ISIS comes to Libya,” by Paul Cruickshank, Nic Robertson, Tim Lister and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN, November 18, 2014:

(CNN) — The black flag of ISIS flies over government buildings. Police cars carry the group’s insignia. The local football stadium is used for public executions. A town in Syria or Iraq? No. A city on the coast of the Mediterranean, in Libya.

Fighters loyal to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria are now in complete control of the city of Derna, population of about 100,000, not far from the Egyptian border and just about 200 miles from the southern shores of the European Union.

http://jihadwatch.org/

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