Egypt is investigating local media reports that 21 Egyptians have been abducted in Libya, AP reports.
The Al Bawaba online publication said the Egyptians had been staying in the southeastern Kufra region and communications with their families stopped on December 31.
IS militants in Libya beheaded 21 Egyptian Christians in 2015, showing the murders in a graphic video that prompted Egypt to launch air strikes against the group.
A British mother has been sentenced to five years and four months in prison for trying to take her two children to Syria.
The woman, who cannot be named, left home saying that she was taking her children to a birthday party. She was stopped by authorities in Turkey after her husband alerted the UK police.
Two Britons were jailed today after being arrested in Hungary where they were suspected of heading to Syria, in breach of strict travel constraints because they had convictions for terrorism offenses, Reuters reports.
The two -- Trevor Brooks, 40, and Simon Keeer, 44 -- were "well-known Islamists," according to Reuters. They were extradited back to Britain and sentenced to two years in prison today.
Libyan social media accounts have started to circulate a statement, purportedly by the IS group in Libya, claiming responsibility for yesterday's truck suicide bombing in Zliten.
IS in Libya are claiming that the suicide bomber who carried out yesterday's suicide truck bombing in Zliten in Libya has the nom de guerre Abu Abdullah al-Muhajir -- his name means that he is a foreign militant, i.e. not a Libyan.
Yesterday's suicide truck bomb in Zliten in Libya -- which IS are now claiming responsibility for -- targeted a police base in the western Libyan town and killed at least 60 policemen.
Around 200 more were wounded, local officials have said.
AP notes that IS's Libyan affiliate have been trying to gain a foothold in Zliten as the group tries to spread westwards from its stronghold of Sirte.
Libya Security Monitor notes that IS's claim of responsibility for the Zliten suicide truck bombing refers to the Abu Mugharia campaign, linking the attack to IS's other attacks on targets in the Libyan oil crescent.
IS carried out a second suicide bombing yesterday at Ras Lanuf in the oil crescent.
U.S. Central Command spokesman Col. Patrick Ryder is sharing comments about the U.S.-led coalition against IS in Iraq and Syria.
Ryder is starting with updates on Ramadi, which Iraqi forces supported by close air support from the coalition have retaken from IS and are now clearing:
U.S. Central Command spokesman Col. Patrick Ryder is sharing comments about the U.S.-led coalition against IS in Iraq and Syria.
Ryder has this to say about the situation in Haditha in Anbar province where IS have been attacking Iraqi forces.
U.S. Central Command spokesman Col. Patrick Ryder is sharing comments about the U.S.-led coalition against IS in Iraq and Syria.
Ryder says that the coalition has put pressure on IS since the start of its campaign and has forced IS to behave reactively.