The siege began in August 2016. In August 2017–after militants of the
Shura Council of Mujahideen in Derna executed Air Colonel Adel Jehani, whose plane was shot down by the group–the head of the Omar Mukhtar Operations Room tasked with taking Derna, Brigadier Salem Rifadi, declared a total blockade of Derna. He was quoted as saying that no food, medicine, cooking gas, petrol or anything else would be allowed in. In October 2017, an airstrike hit Derna, killing at least 15 civilians, including women and children, and wounding 17 or more. In December 2017,
Islamic State member Mohamed Fathi Al-Jamayel was executed by the Shura Council after a failed attempt to kill senior member Moaz Tashani. On 7 May 2018, the LNA launched an
offensive on Derna, and by February 2019 had taken the city, thereby also ending the siege. == See also ==