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The article reports on the assault of a luxury hotel in Tripoli, Libya wherein the Islamic State, an Islamist rebel group, held responsible of the crime. It states that at least eight people died on the attack including an American who previously worked under the U.S. Marine. It adds that the violence is one of the most significant terrorist attacks since the ouster of Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi in 2011.

The article offers information on the airstrikes of unidentified warplanes in Tripoli, Libya on August 18, 2014 which killed six people.

TRIPOLI, Libya -- Abdullah el-Senussi, the former intelligence chief and brother-in-law of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, was arrested Saturday at an airport in Mauritania, the authorities there said, in the most significant capture of a former official of the Qaddafi government since the apprehension of the dictator's son Seif al-Islam by Libyan fighters in November. The International Criminal Court has indicted Mr. Senussi, Seif al-Islam and Colonel Qaddafi on accusations of crimes against humanity committed during the government's attempts to crush the rebellion last year that ultimately ousted the Libyan leader. Colonel Qaddafi was killed by Libyan fighters shortly after his capture in October. During his years as intelligence chief, Mr. Senussi presided over the surveillance, detention, torture and assassination of probably thousands of Libyans. Aside from Colonel Qaddafi himself, Mr. Senussi was the most reviled figure in the former government. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BENGHAZI, Libya -- In a symbolic gesture of defiance, militia and tribal chiefs from eastern Libya gathered here on Tuesday to demand a return to the loose federation that prevailed before Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi took power four decades ago. Challenging the country's transitional leaders in the nation's capital, Tripoli, the 3,000 people assembled in an old soap factory near the regional capital, Benghazi, also announced unilateral plans to begin establishing their own autonomous government. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the intelligence reports received by the U.S. President Barack Obama administration that Islamic extremists groups were operating training camps in Libya. The warning was part of the reports indicating that the country's security situation had deteriorated since the opening of the embassy in Tripoli. It notes that mentions the embassy's security officer Eric A. Nordstrom has been requested by the request of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security to develop an exit-strategy.