Libya

A Free Syrian Army fighter stands in front of a painting left by Islamic State militants in Jarablus, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016. (AP Photo)

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Pentagon: Islamic State cornered in Libya, trapped in Syria

Jamie McIntyre · September 1, 2016 5:47 pm

The battle to liberate Sirte has been going on for three months, but the U.S. airstrikes began Aug. 1. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo, File)

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60 U.S. airstrikes have pounded Libya so far this month

Jamie McIntyre · August 17, 2016 5:39 pm

Libertarian nominee agrees: Obama, Clinton created ISIS

Libertarian nominee agrees: Obama, Clinton created ISIS

Anna Giaritelli · August 11, 2016 10:43 pm

"They are not on the front lines, nor are they on the ground in Sirte," Trowbridge said. (AP Photo/Mohammed el-Shaiky, File)

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Pentagon denies U.S. troops in direct combat role in Libya

Jamie McIntyre · August 10, 2016 5:32 pm

An accounting of airstrikes released by U.S. Africa Command showed the relatively modest scope of the effort. (AP Photo/Mohammed el-Shaiky, File)

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In Libya, defeating ISIS one recoilless rifle at a time

Jamie McIntyre · August 4, 2016 5:11 pm

The Pentagon is describing the mission as short-term but open-ended. (AP Video via AP)

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U.S. says Libyan forces ‘spectacularly successful’ fighting ISIS

Jamie McIntyre · August 2, 2016 7:04 pm

Obama conceded that "all of us collectively were not sufficiently attentive" to what happened in Libya. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama undermines Clinton’s foreign affairs record from White House

Susan Crabtree · August 2, 2016 5:01 pm

U.S. bombs Islamic State targets in Libya

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U.S. bombs Islamic State targets in Libya

Jamie McIntyre · August 1, 2016 3:48 pm

Military veterans and advocates will take the stage Monday to attack Hillary Clinton on her handling of Benghazi. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans to focus on Benghazi during first night of convention

Sarah Bedford · July 18, 2016 7:08 pm

In early 2011 President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, for disproven reasons, decided to remove Moammar Gadhafi from power. (AP Photo/ Abdel Magid Al Fergany, File)

A final footnote on Gadhafi

Pete Hoekstra · July 12, 2016 4:03 am

Benghazi Victim’s Widow Blasts Hillary’s Suggestion to ‘Move On’

Shoshana Weissmann · July 1, 2016 4:50 pm

The Obama-Clinton war in Libya was disastrous because it tried to be half a war — a drive-by war. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Obama was running on Libya success until Benghazi

Timothy P. Carney · June 30, 2016 8:43 pm