Benghazi Airport

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  Libyan Airliner, Carrying 124, Narrowly Avoids Being Hit By Bombing

  A Libyan airliner has narrowly escaped being hit by incoming fire as it landed at war-torn capital Tripoli's sole functioning airport, aviation officials said.

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  Islamic State Claims Suicide Bombing in Libya's Benghazi

  Islamic State militants claimed a suicide bombing that killed seven people at an army checkpoint in the Libyan city of Benghazi on Tuesday and triggered retaliatory air strikes by army forces.

• In Benghazi, Libya's Army Liberates a Ghost Town

  Sitting in one of the last buildings still intact after months of fighting near Benghazi's airport, Libyan army special forces commander Wanis Bukhamada presides over a world of destruction.

• Heavy Fighting in Libya's Benghazi City; Airport Hit

  Heavy clashes broke out between the forces of a renegade general and Islamist fighters in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi on Saturday, killing at least 10 people and showering the airport with rockets, medical and military sources said.

• War Planes Attack Libyan Capital Again: Residents

  Unidentified war planes attacked targets in Libya's capital Tripoli on Sunday, residents said, hours after forces from the city of Misrata said they had seized the main airport.

• Islamists Branded 'Terrorists' After Fall of Tripoli Airport

  Libya's elected parliament has branded as "terrorists" the Islamist militias which announced their seizure of Tripoli airport after a weeks-long battle and are challenging its legitimacy.

• Tripoli Fire Rages as Libya Warplane Crashes During Benghazi Fighting

  A huge blaze raged for a third day at a fuel depot near Tripoli's airport on Tuesday, while a paramilitary warplane crashed in Libya's second city Benghazi during fighting with Islamists.

• More Than 50 Killed in Libya's Benghazi, Tripoli After Heavy Clashes

  At least 36 people were killed in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, many of them civilians, in clashes between Libyan Special Forces and Islamist militants on Saturday night and Sunday morning, medical and security sources said.

• Rival Libyan Militias Clash in Tripoli, Benghazi

  Heavy black smoke rose over southern Tripoli on Thursday after rival militias exchanged artillery and rocket fire in a battle over the Libyan capital's airport that has killed more than 50 people in nearly a fortnight of fighting.

• UN Pulls Staff Out of Libya As Clashes Kill 13, Close Airports

  The United Nations on Monday pulled its staff out of Libya where at least 13 people have been killed in fighting in the eastern city of Benghazi and in Tripoli, forcing the closure of the international airport.

• Explosions, Fighting Heard Around Libyan Airport

  Explosions and gunfire have been heard around the international airport in Libya's capital as airlines have cancelled some international flights.

• Libyan officials: US drones behind airport closure

  U.S. drones hovered over the eastern city of Benghazi on Friday and militia forces fired toward the crafts, prompting authorities to close the airport for several hours for fear a commercial aircraft could be hit, Libyan officials said.

• Benghazi air space shut over security fears: Libya source

  Air traffic has been suspended for security reasons to Libya's second city Benghazi, where the American ambassador was killed when the US consulate came under attack this week, an airport source said on Friday.

• Amateur video captures chaos at Tripoli airport

  Amateur video filmed Wednesday by a European passenger showed chaotic scenes at the Tripoli airport as a large number of people tried to escape the turmoil in Libya as the unrest continues. Inside the terminal too, similar sights could be seen, with serpentine queues at check-in counter desks and clueless people yelling with frustration.However, 65...