Libya Plane

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  After Wagner Chief Dies In Plane Crash, Who Controls Mercenary Group Now

  A day before mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin's plane crash, a Russian official visited Libya to reassure allies that fighters from the Wagner Group would remain in the country -- but under Moscow's control.

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  What's Ahead For Wagner Group After Its Boss Prigozhin's Reported Death?

  A day before mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin's plane crash, a Russian official visited Libya to reassure allies that fighters from the Wagner Group would remain in the country -- but under Moscow's control.

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  Egypt Launches Air Raids On Libya After Christians Killed

  Egyptian air force planes on Friday carried out strikes directed at camps in Libya which Cairo says have been training terrorists who killed dozens of Christians earlier in the day, Egyptian military sources said.

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  Libyan Plane Hijackers Surrender, All Passengers And Crew Released

  Hijackers claiming to have a grenade took over a Libyan plane Friday and diverted it to Malta before releasing everyone onboard and surrendering to authorities, officials said. "Final crew members leaving aircraft with hijackers," Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said on Twitter. Minutes later he added: "Hijackers surrendered, searched and take...

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  Libyan General Sworn as Top Commander as His Planes Hit Tripoli Airport

  Warplanes from Libya's internationally recognised government today attacked the last functioning airport in Tripoli, the capital controlled by a rival administration, officials said.

• Caught on Camera: Libyan Fighter Jet Crashes, Kills Five

  A Libyan security official says a military jet has crashed in the country's eastern city of Tobruk, killing the pilot and four other people.

• 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.

• Renegade Libyan Forces Say Their Planes Attack Tripoli Again

  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.

• Libyan Military Plane Crashes in Benghazi

  A Libyan fighter jet engaged in paramilitary attacks on Islamists in the restive eastern city of Benghazi crashed and exploded earlier today after its pilot safely ejected, a military source and a witness said.

• Flight Bans Show Skittishness Over Trouble Spots

  When US and European airlines quickly canceled flights to Israel Tuesday, they showed both a skittishness and a new sense of urgency in dealing with global trouble spots following last week's downing of a passenger plane over Ukraine.

• Shelling of Tripoli Airport Destroys 90% of Planes: Libya Government

  Shelling of Tripoli airport has destroyed 90 percent of the planes parked there, government spokesman Ahmed Lamine said on Tuesday.

• Eleven dead as Libya military plane crashes in Tunisia

  A Libyan army medical plane crashed south of Tunis early on Friday, killing all 11 people on board, Tunisian emergency services said.

• Royal Jordandian plane hijacked by armed groups in Libya: reports

  Armed groups have reportedly hijacked a Royal Jordanian plane in Libya, as reported by BBC.

• US moving 200 marines to Sicily for Libya: Italy

  Italy on Wednesday said the United States was transferring 200 marines and two planes to its base at Sigonella in Sicily to deploy in Libya in case US diplomats come under attack as they did last year.

• Email shows United States Libya security request denied: Reports

  An official State Department investigation into an attack on the US consulate in Benghazi met for a second day on Friday, as reports emerged that a request to keep a US plane in Libya had been denied.