Libya’s rival Islamist parliament said it would fight to retake the city of Sirte from Islamic State militants, as the North African oil producer slipped deeper into anarchy. The General National Congress’s decision, reported today by the state-run Libya News Agency, came after it agreed with the allied Libya Dawn group of militias to form a joint military force to recapture state installations in the city that militants had seized. The move underscores tensions among Islamists at a time when the GNC and others are seeking to distance themselves from Islamic State, the militant movement that has seized large swaths of Syria and Iraq. It also adds another layer of friction between Islamists who refused to accept the results of last year’s parliamentary vote, and the elected legislature and government that blame them for the spike in violence, saying they created a breeding ground for “terrorists.” The […]