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Libya's warring factions are very close to a deal on forming a unity government and could sign a long-awaited accord in a month, the new UN envoy said.

Rockets were fired at an eastern Libyan airfield used by an anti-Islamist general but fell short, the facility's manager said on Saturday, adding that there were no casualties or damage.

Libyan tanks rumble past houses riddled with bullet holes in the eastern city of Benghazi and residents turn out to greet soldiers as they celebrate a rare victory over Islamist insurgents.

Libyan army troops and armed residents clashed with Islamist fighters in the eastern port of Benghazi on Wednesday, killing at least 13 people, a day after a renegade former general who backs the army vowed to retake the city from the militants.

The air force of Libya's renegade general Khalifa Haftar on Saturday attacked positions of Islamist-leaning militia in Tripoli for the second time in less than a week, one of his commanders said.

Among all countries swept by the Arab Spring uprisings, few today are as dysfunctional as Libya. Heavily armed militias outgun its fledgling army. A renegade former general has launched a purge of radical Islamists. Weapons looted from arsenals of ousted dictator Muammar Gaddafi help fuel the bloody conflict in Syria. And an estimated $30 billion ...

The Libyan army chief of staff, General Yusef al-Mangoush, has resigned after deadly unrest in Benghazi, members of the country's highest political authority the General National Congress said.

Libya's General National Congress, under pressure from militiamen, on Sunday voted through a controversial law to exclude former regime officials from government posts, a move that could see the premier removed from office.

The Karnataka High Court has struck down appointment of Shankar Bidari as the state's Director General of Police (DGP) and Inspector General of Police (IGP).

Five Libyan army generals who defected from Moammar Gaddafi's regime are appealing to fellow officers to join them in backing the rebels.Italian foreign ministry officials presented the generals, two colonels and a major, at a news conference in Rome on Monday.Gen. Melud Massoud Halasa said Gaddafi's forces are only 20 per cent as efficient as they...

Libya's warring factions are very close to a deal on forming a unity government and could sign a long-awaited accord in a month, the new UN envoy said.

Rockets were fired at an eastern Libyan airfield used by an anti-Islamist general but fell short, the facility's manager said on Saturday, adding that there were no casualties or damage.

Libyan tanks rumble past houses riddled with bullet holes in the eastern city of Benghazi and residents turn out to greet soldiers as they celebrate a rare victory over Islamist insurgents.

Libyan army troops and armed residents clashed with Islamist fighters in the eastern port of Benghazi on Wednesday, killing at least 13 people, a day after a renegade former general who backs the army vowed to retake the city from the militants.

The air force of Libya's renegade general Khalifa Haftar on Saturday attacked positions of Islamist-leaning militia in Tripoli for the second time in less than a week, one of his commanders said.

Among all countries swept by the Arab Spring uprisings, few today are as dysfunctional as Libya. Heavily armed militias outgun its fledgling army. A renegade former general has launched a purge of radical Islamists. Weapons looted from arsenals of ousted dictator Muammar Gaddafi help fuel the bloody conflict in Syria. And an estimated $30 billion ...

The Libyan army chief of staff, General Yusef al-Mangoush, has resigned after deadly unrest in Benghazi, members of the country's highest political authority the General National Congress said.

Libya's General National Congress, under pressure from militiamen, on Sunday voted through a controversial law to exclude former regime officials from government posts, a move that could see the premier removed from office.

The Karnataka High Court has struck down appointment of Shankar Bidari as the state's Director General of Police (DGP) and Inspector General of Police (IGP).

Five Libyan army generals who defected from Moammar Gaddafi's regime are appealing to fellow officers to join them in backing the rebels.Italian foreign ministry officials presented the generals, two colonels and a major, at a news conference in Rome on Monday.Gen. Melud Massoud Halasa said Gaddafi's forces are only 20 per cent as efficient as they...