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Paris Says Its Missiles Found On Pro-Haftar Base In Libya
The French defence ministry said Wednesday that its missiles had been found on a base used by forces loyal to Libya's Khalifa Haftar, but it denied supplying them to the rebels which would be a breach of a UN arms embargo.
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Eye On Islamic State, Western Powers Coax Libyans To Accord
After a year of UN talks to end Libya's conflict, Western powers are coaxing the warring factions closer to a deal they hope can help stop the spread of Islamic State militancy in the North African country.
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Rocket Attack Kills 4 in Libya's Benghazi City: Report
Four people were killed and 15 wounded when a rocket hit a residential district in the eastern Libyan port city of Benghazi on Sunday, medics said.
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8 Killed in Air Strike as Libya Government Aims to Recapture Capital
Eight civilians were killed in an air strike near Tripoli on Monday, the US ambassador said, as Libya's internationally recognised government pressed on with an assault to recapture the capital it abandoned to a rival faction last year.
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Libyan Port Rebel Leader Refuses to Hand Over Oil Ports to Rival Group
A former Libyan rebel leader, who seized oil ports in the past to campaign for eastern autonomy, said he had turned down an offer to join an armed group challenging the internationally-recognized government.
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Indian Worker Killed in Shell Attack Amidst Libya Clashes
A Keralite working in a private company in Libyan capital of Tripoli was killed in a shell attack by rebel forces on Sunday, according to information received by his family members.
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Benghazi Suspect Fighting Anti-Islamist General Before US Raid
The suspected ringleader of a 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, snatched this week by U.S. forces, had been fighting a Libyan general committed to root out Islamist rebels when he vanished without trace, according to his brother.
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Libya Government Proposes Parliament Recess Over Crisis
The Libyan government on Monday proposed an initiative aimed at saving the country from plunging into civil war, calling on the disputed parliament to go into recess, a statement said.
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13 Dead As Libya Ex-Rebel Chief Battles Benghazi Islamists
Forces loyal to a rogue general clashed with former rebel Islamist groups in lawless Benghazi of eastern Libya killing at least 13 people on Friday.
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US Navy Seals take control of rogue Libya oil ship: Pentagon
US Navy Seals boarded and took control of a North Korea-flagged tanker that had loaded crude oil at a port held by rebels in eastern Libya, the Pentagon said on Monday.
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Libyan Prime Minister calls brief abduction a 'coup' by foes
Libya's Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said on Friday former rebels who abducted him briefly were part of an attempted "coup" by his opponents in the country's legislature, accusing them of seeking to undermine his government.
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Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan freed after being seized over US raid: officials
Former rebel gunmen freed Libya's prime minister on Thursday after holding him for several hours in reprisal for the capture by U.S. forces at the weekend of a Libyan al Qaeda suspect in Tripoli, officials said.
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Ex-rebels seize Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan over al Qaeda arrest
Gunmen from a former rebel faction kidnapped Libya's prime minister on Thursday in reprisal for the government's role in the US capture of a top al Qaeda suspect, shattering a fragile peace.
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Pakistan Taliban set up camps in Syria to join anti-Assad war
The Pakistani Taliban have set up camps and sent hundreds of men to Syria to fight alongside rebels opposed to President Bashar al-Assad, militants said on Sunday, in a strategy aimed at cementing ties with Al Qaeda's central leadership.
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Ex-Libya rebel headquarters attacked in Benghazi, seven dead: hospital
At least seven people died and 30 were wounded on Saturday when demonstrators attacked the headquarters in Benghazi of former rebels who had fought to oust Libyan dictator Moammer Gaddafi, a hospital official said.
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Paris Says Its Missiles Found On Pro-Haftar Base In Libya
The French defence ministry said Wednesday that its missiles had been found on a base used by forces loyal to Libya's Khalifa Haftar, but it denied supplying them to the rebels which would be a breach of a UN arms embargo.
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Eye On Islamic State, Western Powers Coax Libyans To Accord
After a year of UN talks to end Libya's conflict, Western powers are coaxing the warring factions closer to a deal they hope can help stop the spread of Islamic State militancy in the North African country.
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Rocket Attack Kills 4 in Libya's Benghazi City: Report
Four people were killed and 15 wounded when a rocket hit a residential district in the eastern Libyan port city of Benghazi on Sunday, medics said.
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8 Killed in Air Strike as Libya Government Aims to Recapture Capital
Eight civilians were killed in an air strike near Tripoli on Monday, the US ambassador said, as Libya's internationally recognised government pressed on with an assault to recapture the capital it abandoned to a rival faction last year.
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Libyan Port Rebel Leader Refuses to Hand Over Oil Ports to Rival Group
A former Libyan rebel leader, who seized oil ports in the past to campaign for eastern autonomy, said he had turned down an offer to join an armed group challenging the internationally-recognized government.
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Indian Worker Killed in Shell Attack Amidst Libya Clashes
A Keralite working in a private company in Libyan capital of Tripoli was killed in a shell attack by rebel forces on Sunday, according to information received by his family members.
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Benghazi Suspect Fighting Anti-Islamist General Before US Raid
The suspected ringleader of a 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, snatched this week by U.S. forces, had been fighting a Libyan general committed to root out Islamist rebels when he vanished without trace, according to his brother.
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Libya Government Proposes Parliament Recess Over Crisis
The Libyan government on Monday proposed an initiative aimed at saving the country from plunging into civil war, calling on the disputed parliament to go into recess, a statement said.
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13 Dead As Libya Ex-Rebel Chief Battles Benghazi Islamists
Forces loyal to a rogue general clashed with former rebel Islamist groups in lawless Benghazi of eastern Libya killing at least 13 people on Friday.
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US Navy Seals take control of rogue Libya oil ship: Pentagon
US Navy Seals boarded and took control of a North Korea-flagged tanker that had loaded crude oil at a port held by rebels in eastern Libya, the Pentagon said on Monday.
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Libyan Prime Minister calls brief abduction a 'coup' by foes
Libya's Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said on Friday former rebels who abducted him briefly were part of an attempted "coup" by his opponents in the country's legislature, accusing them of seeking to undermine his government.
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Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan freed after being seized over US raid: officials
Former rebel gunmen freed Libya's prime minister on Thursday after holding him for several hours in reprisal for the capture by U.S. forces at the weekend of a Libyan al Qaeda suspect in Tripoli, officials said.
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Ex-rebels seize Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan over al Qaeda arrest
Gunmen from a former rebel faction kidnapped Libya's prime minister on Thursday in reprisal for the government's role in the US capture of a top al Qaeda suspect, shattering a fragile peace.
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Pakistan Taliban set up camps in Syria to join anti-Assad war
The Pakistani Taliban have set up camps and sent hundreds of men to Syria to fight alongside rebels opposed to President Bashar al-Assad, militants said on Sunday, in a strategy aimed at cementing ties with Al Qaeda's central leadership.
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Ex-Libya rebel headquarters attacked in Benghazi, seven dead: hospital
At least seven people died and 30 were wounded on Saturday when demonstrators attacked the headquarters in Benghazi of former rebels who had fought to oust Libyan dictator Moammer Gaddafi, a hospital official said.
