Tag: Misrata
Tripoli flights move to Misrata
The only functioning airport in Tripoli said on Tuesday it was shifting all flights to Misrata due to shelling following an escalation in fighting....
Misrata air strike
East Libya-based forces carried out air strikes on port city Misrata targeting Turkish armoured vehicles and a munitions depot.
The strikes came hours after...
Resolve to fight hardening in Misrata
In a warehouse packed with rocket launchers, grenades and rifles in the Libyan city Misrata, workers sweat as they install anti-aircraft guns on pickup...
Suspected IS bomber surrenders to Libyan security forces
A suspected Islamic State militant driving a car laden with explosives surrendered to Libyan security forces at a checkpoint rather than go...
Airstrikes launched on IS fighters in east Libya
East Libyan forces said they launched air strikes on Islamic State fighters after the militants made incursions south and east of their...
Heavy toll on Misrata after Sirte battle
Next to the rusting shell cases outside Misrata's museum of Libya's 2011 uprising is a new addition: a scaffold used by Islamic...
Libyan unity government retakes Misrata checkpoint
Libyan military forces said on Tuesday they recaptured one of the main checkpoints south of the city of Misrata from Islamic State,...
Militants stage attacks between Libyan stronghold of Sirte and coastal Misrata
Islamic State militants staged attacks on Thursday between their Libyan stronghold of Sirte and the city of Misrata, killing five people, officials...
Militants attack checkpoint near Libya’s Misrata, air strikes hit Sirte
Islamic State militants attacked a checkpoint south of the Libyan city of Misrata on Wednesday, killing three security personnel, a military source...
Suicide car bomber kills two near Libya’s Misrata
A suicide bomber in a car blew himself up at a checkpoint near Libya's Misrata city on Thursday, killing two guards, state...
Suicide bomber kills four near Libya’s Misrata, air strikes hit Tripoli...
At least four people were killed and more than 20 wounded by a suicide bomb attack on a security checkpoint east of...
Families flee Libya’s Sirte as clashes with Islamic State escalate
Families fled Libya's coastal city of Sirte in their dozens on Monday after two days of clashes between Islamic State militants and...
Misrata feels economic pinch as Libyan infighting spreads
A power struggle between two rival governments that threatens to tear Libya apart has started to take its toll on Misrata, an...
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...
Special report – In Libya, the cellphone as weapon
When Muammar Gaddafi's government shut off the cellphone network in Misrata in the early days of Libya's uprising, it wanted to stop...
Qatari plane supplies ammunition to Libya rebels
A Qatari plane made a quick stop in the rebel-held Libyan city of Misrata to offload ammunition destined for rebel fighters, sources...
Libyan rebels inch closer to Zlitan breakthrough
Libyan rebel fighters from Misrata have pushed closer to entering the coastal town of Zlitan after 48 hours of fierce fighting in...
Libya’s wealthy use cash to take fight to Gaddafi
When the battle for Misrata began in late February, Mahmoud Mohammed Askutri started out with a Kalashnikov rifle and four bullets.
Standing alongside...
