Daesh terrorist group claimed responsibility for a suicide attack, which targeted Libya's eastern town of al Koba and left one soldier killed and injured eight others.

Libya has remained in a state of turmoil since an uprising ended the decades-long rule of Muammar Gaddafi in late 2011.

Libya has two competing governments backed by militia brigades scrambling for control of the oil-producing country and creating havens for militants and traffickers.