alleged daesh gunmen in libya seize radio station
Last Updated : GMT 09:07:40
Egypt Today, egypt today
Egypt Today, egypt today
Last Updated : GMT 09:07:40
Egypt Today, egypt today

Alleged Daesh gunmen in Libya seize radio station

Egypt Today, egypt today

Egypt Today, egypt today Alleged Daesh gunmen in Libya seize radio station

Image shows fire and smoke rising in front of the Corinthia hotel in Tripoli
Tripoli - AFP

Gunmen claiming to be members of Daesh have seized control of a state-run radio station in Libya's coastal city of Sirte, residents said Friday.
Jihadist websites also posted pictures showing armed men sitting in front of microphones in a broadcasting studio and brandishing Kalashnikov assault rifles.
"They took Radio Sirte yesterday (Thursday). Since then they have been broadcasting (verses from) the Koran and speeches by (Daesh chief Abu Bakr) al-Baghdadi," a resident of the central city told AFP by telephone.
The resident said speeches of Daesh spokesman Abu Mohammed al-Adnani were also being played on the air.
A former local administration official said the gunmen have set up a headquarters in the centre of the city, and voiced concern that they could declare an Islamic emirate in Sirte.
"They could take advantage of the absence of any central government authority to transform the city into an Islamic emirate as they did in Derna," an eastern city held by jihadist groups including Daesh.
The man, who declined to be named, said the gunmen apparently seized the radio "as a first step to communicate with the population".
"The situation in Sirte is very complex," he said, because many radical groups have a foothold there.
Since the 2011 uprising that toppled and killed dictator Moamer Kadhafi, Sirte, the former strongman's hometown has become a stronghold of extremist groups.
Sirte is a bastion of Ansar al-Sharia, an Islamist blacklisted by the United Nations and the United States.
And militias of the Islamist-backed Fajr Libya (Libya Dawn) coalition control some parts of Sirte, and launched attacks against key oil installations nearby in December.
On Friday, gunmen raided the Al-Bahi oil installation south of Sirte, causing heavy damage but no casualties before being repelled, guards at the privately run site said.
The security spokesman for Libya's oil facilities, Ali al-Hassi, pointed a finger of blame at Daesh, whose militants attacked the nearby Al-Mabrouk field on February 3.
Powerful militias, backing rival governments and parliaments, have been battling for control of key cities and the country's oil riches since the uprising four years ago.
Taking advantage of the chaos, Daesh has claimed a string of deadly attacks. The latest targeted a luxury hotel in Tripoli on January 27, when nine people were killed, five of them foreigners.
 

 

egypttoday
egypttoday

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

alleged daesh gunmen in libya seize radio station alleged daesh gunmen in libya seize radio station



GMT 13:17 2017 Saturday ,01 April

New podcast 'S-Town'

GMT 11:32 2017 Wednesday ,22 March

Radio, TV production in focus

GMT 12:02 2017 Monday ,20 March

Launch of Talal AbuGhazaleh Business

GMT 18:35 2017 Wednesday ,01 March

NRJ Radio to be Launched in Morocco

GMT 12:51 2017 Saturday ,25 February

Pop music ban a hit with Bulgarian radio audience

GMT 01:13 2017 Friday ,24 February

Spain’s PM falls prey to practical joke on radio

GMT 10:14 2019 Monday ,19 August

Love a special date with you

GMT 12:03 2017 Wednesday ,19 July

Saudi tourism chief applauds festive

GMT 18:05 2017 Thursday ,27 April

Damascus blast consistent with Israeli policy

GMT 16:16 2015 Tuesday ,29 September

Kuwaiti folklore delights crowd at Expo Milano 2015

GMT 13:52 2017 Friday ,31 March

UK economy grows 0.7% in final quarter of 2016

GMT 06:11 2017 Thursday ,02 November

Riyadh, Kiev cement relations with Saudi visit

GMT 22:38 2011 Saturday ,23 April

Picnic with pachyderm: enjoy Nepal safari with kids

GMT 08:43 2018 Monday ,08 January

Messi marks new milestone in Barcelona

GMT 13:33 2017 Saturday ,11 November

Buzzing with 1920s Tokyo design and flavour

GMT 19:38 2017 Monday ,02 October

Report: Bahrain's labour market stable

GMT 10:40 2016 Thursday ,15 September

Dwarfs stand tall at Rio Paralympics

GMT 07:21 2017 Friday ,17 March

Chinese president receives Saudi king
 
 Egypt Today Facebook,egypt today facebook  Egypt Today Twitter,egypt today twitter Egypt Today Rss,egypt today rss  Egypt Today Youtube,egypt today youtube  Egypt Today Youtube,egypt today youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

egypttoday egypttoday egypttoday egypttoday
egypttoday egypttoday egypttoday
egypttoday
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
egypttoday, Egypttoday, Egypttoday