Unknown gunmen have killed the mayor of Libya's port city Misrata after reportedly chasing his car and kidnapping him. Mayor Mohamad Eshtewi's body was found dumped in the street not long after ...

Misrata, he says, has always struggled against invaders: «As early as 1911, when the Italians conquered Libya, we stood up to them.» Sheikh Yusuf Lamin (right) commands 500 men and is a famous ...