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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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9 Dead In Tripoli Airport Clashes: Libya Ministry
Nine people were killed on Monday when militiamen attacked the Libyan capital's international airport, the unity government's health ministry said.
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A Front-Row Seat as Libya's Hopes Faded
Late last year I was sitting in Tripoli's foreign ministry when a guard drew a gun on a colleague next to me and then kicked him down a stairwell. His mistake? He had complained about a news conference being delayed.
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Islamic State Seizes Control of Airport in Libya's Sirte, Says Tripoli Government
The Islamic State jihadist group has seized control of the airport in the city of Sirte after forces of a Tripoli-based Libyan government withdrew, a spokesman said today.
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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.
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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.
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Islamic State Terrorists Claim Attacks on Iranian Ambassador's Residence, Airport
Terrorists claiming loyalty to Islamic State said they were behind today's twin bomb attacks on the residence of the Iranian ambassador in the Libyan capital and a rocket strike on the eastern Labraq airport, a group statement.
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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.
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Suicide Bombers Kill Seven at Libyan Airport: Official
Two suicide car bombings near an eastern airport in Libya killed seven troops and wounded 12 people Thursday, a spokesman for a renegade general said, as fierce clashes erupted nearby between the general's forces and the extremist militias trying to take over the airfield.
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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.
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Forces From Libyan City of Misrata Say They Seized Tripoli Airport
Forces from the Libyan city of Misrata on Saturday seized Tripoli's main airport after more than a month of fighting with a rival group, a Misrata spokesman said.
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18 Sudanese Killed in Libya Unrest: State Media
Eighteen Sudanese have been killed by a rocket strike in the Libyan capital, but Khartoum says the situation does not yet warrant an evacuation of its nationals, official media reported.
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Huge Oil Depot Blaze Puts Tripoli Under Threat
Libyan firefighters have failed to put out a huge oil tank blaze started by clashes around Tripoli airport, officials said Monday, adding that an air intervention is needed to avert a catastrophe.
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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.
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New Clashes Between Libya Militia at Tripoli Airport
Fresh clashes broke out on Friday between rival Libyan militias battling for control of Tripoli airport, the target of 13 days of shelling that have disrupted air links to the outside world.
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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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9 Dead In Tripoli Airport Clashes: Libya Ministry
Nine people were killed on Monday when militiamen attacked the Libyan capital's international airport, the unity government's health ministry said.
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A Front-Row Seat as Libya's Hopes Faded
Late last year I was sitting in Tripoli's foreign ministry when a guard drew a gun on a colleague next to me and then kicked him down a stairwell. His mistake? He had complained about a news conference being delayed.
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Islamic State Seizes Control of Airport in Libya's Sirte, Says Tripoli Government
The Islamic State jihadist group has seized control of the airport in the city of Sirte after forces of a Tripoli-based Libyan government withdrew, a spokesman said today.
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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.
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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.
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Islamic State Terrorists Claim Attacks on Iranian Ambassador's Residence, Airport
Terrorists claiming loyalty to Islamic State said they were behind today's twin bomb attacks on the residence of the Iranian ambassador in the Libyan capital and a rocket strike on the eastern Labraq airport, a group statement.
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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.
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Suicide Bombers Kill Seven at Libyan Airport: Official
Two suicide car bombings near an eastern airport in Libya killed seven troops and wounded 12 people Thursday, a spokesman for a renegade general said, as fierce clashes erupted nearby between the general's forces and the extremist militias trying to take over the airfield.
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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.
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Forces From Libyan City of Misrata Say They Seized Tripoli Airport
Forces from the Libyan city of Misrata on Saturday seized Tripoli's main airport after more than a month of fighting with a rival group, a Misrata spokesman said.
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18 Sudanese Killed in Libya Unrest: State Media
Eighteen Sudanese have been killed by a rocket strike in the Libyan capital, but Khartoum says the situation does not yet warrant an evacuation of its nationals, official media reported.
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Huge Oil Depot Blaze Puts Tripoli Under Threat
Libyan firefighters have failed to put out a huge oil tank blaze started by clashes around Tripoli airport, officials said Monday, adding that an air intervention is needed to avert a catastrophe.
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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.
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New Clashes Between Libya Militia at Tripoli Airport
Fresh clashes broke out on Friday between rival Libyan militias battling for control of Tripoli airport, the target of 13 days of shelling that have disrupted air links to the outside world.
