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Libya: Clashes between rival militias in Tripoli kill 45, over 140 injured
World | Aug 16, 2023, 10:50 PM ISTTensions flared after Mahmoud Hamza, a senior commander of the 444 brigades, was allegedly detained by the rival group at an airport in Tripoli earlier in the day.
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Atleast 28 dead in airstrike on military camp in Libyan capital
World | Jan 05, 2020, 10:37 AM ISTAt least 28 killed and about 37 injured after an airstrike slammed into a military academy in Libya’s capital, Tripoli on Saturday. According to the Libyan health authorities, most of them students. The wounded people were taken to nearby hospitals for urgent treatment.
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Libyan official says airstrike kills 40 migrants in Tripoli
World | Jul 03, 2019, 06:30 AM ISTIn a statement, the U.N.-supported government blamed the self-styled Libyan National Army, led by commander Khalifa Hifter, for the airstrike. Libya is split between two warring governments and Hifter's forces control much of the country's east and south.
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Car bomb hits Libya's prison detaining Gaddafi-era officials
World | Sep 10, 2015, 07:21 AM ISTTripoli: A car bomb explosion hit the Libyan capital Tripoli on Wednesday near al-Hadba prison where Gaddafi officials are detained, including his son Saadi, according to a security source."A car bomb exploded near al-Hadba prison.
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Bangladeshi among eight abducted by IS in Libya
World | Mar 10, 2015, 07:11 AM ISTDhaka: A Bangladeshi national was among eight foreigners abducted by Islamic State (IS) militants from an oil field in Libya, the Bangladeshi foreign ministry said on Monday.The Bangladeshi national was kidnapped on Sunday, and information
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Gunmen at Libyan luxury hotel take hostages; 3 guards dead
World | Jan 27, 2015, 04:59 PM ISTTripoli, Libya: A Libyan security official says gunmen have stormed a luxury Libyan hotel popular with foreigners and have taken hostages after killing at least three guards.Essam Al-Naas, a spokesman for a Tripoli security agency,
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Libyan warplanes strike Mitiga airport in Tripoli
World | Nov 25, 2014, 07:25 AM ISTTripoli: Libyan National Army warplanes Monday bombed Mitiga airport in Tripoli, causing all internal and international flights to suspend, according to military sources.The airstrikes on the crucial air hub aimed to cut off "terrorist force
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US forces nab Al-Qaida leader in Tripoli
World | Oct 06, 2013, 10:35 AM ISTTripoli, Libya : U.S. forces on Saturday captured an al-Qaida leader in Libya linked to the 1998 American embassy bombings in east Africa and wanted by the U.S. for more than a decade, a U.S.
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Courthouse bombed in Libya
World | Jul 29, 2013, 07:53 AM ISTTripoli, July 29 : A day after nearly 1,200 convicts escaped from a prison, a courthouse was bombed in the same Libyan city of Benghazi Sunday night, said security sources.The courthouse was located in northern
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5 dead in Lebanon clash
World | May 23, 2013, 06:58 PM ISTBeirut, May 23: A Lebanese security official says five people have been killed in overnight gun battles between opponents and supporters of the Syrian regime in the Lebanese city of Tripoli.The death toll is now
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Libyan lawyer says ICC staff to be released
World | Jul 02, 2012, 06:26 PM ISTCairo, Jul 2:The Libyan prosecutor leading the case against slain dictator Moammar Gadhafi's son said Monday that two International Criminal Court staffers detained in the country for 26 days will be released.Ahmed al-Jehani, who also
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Libya Says Gaddafi's Son To Be Tried At Home
World | Nov 20, 2011, 10:40 PM ISTZintan, Libya, Nov 20: Libya's new leaders said Sunday they will try Moammar Gadhafi's son at home and not hand him over to the International Criminal Court where he's charged with crimes against humanity. The
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Libyans Struggle To Control Information Flow
World | Oct 18, 2011, 01:28 PM ISTTripoli, Libya, Oct 18: The celebratory gunfire was deafening as reports spread that Moammar Gadhafi's son Muatassim had been captured. The problem is, Libyan officials say, it wasn't true.Libya's new rulers have found it hard
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Libyans Tearing Down Gadhafi's Tripoli Compound
World | Oct 18, 2011, 07:29 AM ISTTripoli, Libya, Oct 16: Libyan bulldozers began knocking down the green walls surrounding Moammar Gadhafi's main Tripoli compound known as Bab al-Aziziya on Sunday, as revolutionary forces said it was time “to tear down this
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Gaddafi Son Held As Libya Fighters 'Mop Up' Resistance
World | Oct 13, 2011, 06:50 AM ISTSirte (Libya), Oct 13: One of the sons of ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has been arrested in his hometown of Sirte, the new leadership said as its forces mopped up the last isolated pockets
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Chief of Libya's Ex-Rebels Arrives in Tripoli
World | Sep 11, 2011, 02:45 PM ISTTripoli, Sep 11: The chief of Libya's former rebels has arrived in Tripoli, greeted by a boisterous red carpet ceremony meant to show he's taking charge of the interim government replacing the ousted regime of
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Gaddafi Roars: We Will Fight Back
World | Sep 03, 2011, 10:48 AM ISTTripoli, Sept 3: Libya's new leaders won massive international support for their plans to rebuild the war-shattered country but faced threats of a long guerrilla war from defeated strongman Gaddafi on Friday. “Prepare yourselves for a
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Libyan Slits Daughters' Throats In 'Honour Killings' After Rape By Gaddafi's Troops
World | Sep 02, 2011, 05:39 PM ISTTripoli, Aug 31: A Libyan father slit the throats of his three teenage daughters in an ‘honour killing' after they were raped by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's loyalists during the siege of the port city of
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Libyan Rebels Reject Regime Offer To Talk
World | Aug 28, 2011, 08:36 PM ISTTripoli, August 28: Libyan rebels on Sunday rejected an offer by Muammar Qadhafi to negotiate and said they have captured the eastern town of Bin Jawwad, forcing regime loyalists to flee after days of fighting.With
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Charred Human Slaughterhouse Found In Tripoli
World | Aug 28, 2011, 01:02 PM ISTTripoli, Aug 28: Rebel forces mopping up the last remnants of Gaddafi regime resistance in Tripoli have discovered a warehouse containing the charred skeletons of scores of prisoners killed and burned as troops fled, The