Earlier today, published reports cited family members of Mohamed al Zahawi, the leader of Ansar al Sharia in Benghazi, as saying that Zahawi had succumbed to injuries sustained during fighting last ...

media outlets in North Africa reported that Seifallah ben Hassine (also known as Abu Iyad al Tunisi), the emir of Ansar al Sharia Tunisia, was captured during a combined US and Libyan raid in the city ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. The leader of Libyan Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia has died of wounds suffered when ...

Members of Ansar al-Sharia launched the raid near Lawdar, a town in Abyan province about 120km (75 miles) north-west of the port city of Aden, at dawn. Military officials said 40 militants ...

During that time, Ennahda allowed the Ansar al-Sharia and other extremist groups to be active and organize openly in squares and mosques. It also called on fighters to travel to Syria under the ...