Libya Soldiers

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  CRPF Squad Safely Evacuated As Libya Conflict Worsens, Says Sushma Swaraj

  As the conflict between government forces and those loyal to the opposition leader intensified in Libya, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted that a peacekeeping team of 15 CRPF soldiers had been evacuated on Saturday by the Indian embassy in neighbouring Tunisia.

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  141 Killed In South Libya Airbase Attack

  An attack on an airbase in south Libya has killed 141 people, mostly soldiers loyal to military strongman Khalifa Haftar, a spokesman for his forces said on Friday.

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  ISIS Suicide Bomber In Libya 'Kills 3 Soldiers'

  A terrorist suicide bombing targeting forces loyal to Marshal Khalifa Haftar in Libya's second city Benghazi on Sunday killed at least three soldiers and wounded nine, a military source said.

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  Libya's Government Condemns France For Not Coordinating Military Presence

  Libya's UN backed unity government has said France had not coordinated with it over the presence of French troops in Libya and that it would not compromise on its sovereignty after France announced the deaths of three of its soldiers there.

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  Car Bomb Kills 11 Soldiers In Libya's Benghazi

  A car bomb killed 11 soldiers in Libya's second city Benghazi as they held evening prayers on the first day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, a military source today.

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  '10 Dead' in Benghazi Clashes Between Libya Army, Jihadists

  Seven jihadists of the Islamic State group and three soldiers of Libya's recognised government died in weekend clashes in the eastern city of Benghazi, military and medical sources said Sunday.

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  7 Libyan Soldiers Killed in Clashes With Islamic State

  Seven Libyan soldiers were killed on Friday when Islamic State militants stormed a checkpoint manned by forces loyal to the official government, military officials said.

• 22 Libya Soldiers Slain After Speedboat Attack on Oil Ports

  Islamists killed at least 22 soldiers Thursday after a surprise attack in which they used speedboats in a failed bid to seize some of Libya's main oil terminals, officials said.

• Clashes in Libya's Benghazi Kill at Least 12: Hospital

  At least 12 Libyans were killed in Benghazi during clashes on Wednesday between soldiers and Islamists who control the country's second biggest city, a hospital source said.

• Libya Islamists Seize Key Benghazi Army Base

  Islamist groups have seized the army special forces headquarters in Libya's Benghazi after days of fighting left at least 35 soldiers dead and plunged the country deeper into lawlessness.

• Clashes Between Libya Army, Islamists Kill 16: Sources

  Sixteen people, most of them soldiers, were killed and 81 injured in clashes between the Libyan army and Islamist fighters in the eastern city of Benghazi, medical and military sources told AFP on Tuesday.

• Two Yemeni Soldiers, 'Qaeda' Gunman Killed in Clash

  Two Yemeni soldiers and a suspected Al-Qaeda gunman have been killed in a clash following an ambush in the southern province of Shabwa, security and tribal sources said on Friday.

• Follow-up Film Hears US Soldiers' Thoughts on Afghan War

  Four years after making Oscar-nominated film "Restrepo," about soldiers' life on the Afghan frontline, Sebastian Junger focuses on their thoughts on war, addiction and friendship, in a long-awaited follow-up.

• Clashes in Libya's Benghazi Kill 6 Soldiers, Civilian

  Clashes between Islamists and Libyan troops loyal to a rogue general pressing an offensive against jihadists killed six soldiers and a civilian Monday in the eastern city of Benghazi, medics said.

• Gunmen Kill Cleric, Two Soldiers in Libya's Benghazi

  Gunmen killed a moderate Muslim cleric and two soldiers in Libya's second city Benghazi Thursday as violence showed no let-up in the cradle of the 2011 uprising.