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After five inmates broke out of a notorious detention centre in Derna, militias loyal to Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar arrested dozens of their family members in retribution
El-Ashmawi is believed to have been behind a 2013 assassination attempt against Egypt's then-Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim and several deadly ambushes of security forces in Egypt's Western Desert.
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The military strongman announced the capture of Derna, the only part of eastern Libya which was outside his forces' control.
Haftar forces promise the "imminent liberation" of militia-held Derna.
Forces loyal to Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar have arrested rival senior military official in the eastern city of Derna, held by jihadists since the 2011 armed uprising.
Libyan rogue general Khalifa Haftar has waged a war against militants holed up in Derna, with tens of thousands of civilians trapped without food, medicine or water.
Haftar announced an offensive to retake Derna from militias who had driven IS from the area in 2015.
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Human Rights Watch has urged Libya's warring factions to investigate civilian deaths in Derna and hold those responsible to account, after unidentified aircraft attacked the eastern city.
Witnesses are reporting continued airstrikes on Libya's Derna days after Egypt attacked camps there in retaliation for a deadly attack on Coptic Christians.
Islamists militants downed a Libyan fighter jet over the eastern town of Derna on Monday, according to a Libyan military official.