Khalifa Haftar

According to a Tripoli resident, the population in the country's capital was concerned that the destruction meted out to Benghazi during Haftar's yearslong battle there would be imposed on them.

Islamist fighters including Ansar al-Sharia were blamed for the killings at a U.S. diplomatic compound in 2012.

Public demonstrations, a Libyan military strongman and defections to ISIS have all damaged Ansar al-Sharia's standing in Libya.

Salman Abedi spent time in Libya, where various governments, militias and jihadis are doing battle.

The aircraft crashed over a residential area as it returned from bombing raids over Derna.

The military government said they imposed the ban to prevent Libyans joining terrorist groups abroad.

Libya's eastern authority has banned women under 60 years old from traveling alone.

The former Qaddafi ally has support in the east but is blocking the U.N.-backed government.

Libya is awash in weapons, and its disintegration could reignite the region.

Libya's second largest city is caught up in a chaotic struggle for control between an alliance of Islamist militia groups and the army, which is backed by forces loyal to former general Khalifa Haftar.