Flag Over Dérna. On March 12, 1937, Benito Mussolini paused in his tour of Libya at the port of Derna. Set on the edge of a cluster of green hills, rich in water and soil, this little town had ...

Derna was suddenly under water, with an estimated 25 percent of the port city swept into the Mediterranean. Officials say more than 5,000 are dead and 10,000 are missing. Bodies continue to wash ...

Gen. Saqr al-Jaroushi, told the Associated Press (AP) that a plane was in fact shot down. The Libyan MIG32 fighter “was striking the positions of Islamic State militants and other militias in the ...

Meanwhile, Al Arabiya satellite news channel reports that the fatalities in Derna alone has surged to 150. Hundreds of homes have been damaged or destroyed, leaving countless residents displaced.