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UN Libya envoy says prevented from flying to Tripoli

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The U.N. envoy to Libya said on Wednesday he had been forced to cancel a flight to Tripoli because he had not...

Heavy gunfire in Libya capital as rivals clash

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Heavy gunfire broke out in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Saturday after two rival armed groups clashed in the city over the...

Libya’s U.N.-backed government to move to Tripoli within days: PM

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Libya's U.N.-backed unity government will move to Tripoli from Tunis "within a few days", its prime minister said in a television interview...

Tripoli volatile as push for unity government stalls

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Five years after the uprising that overthrew Muammar Gaddafi, Tripoli is on edge, somewhere between peace and war. There is a semblance of...

Tripoli forces hit Islamic State in Libya with air strikes

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The self-declared government in control of the Libyan capital Tripoli has launched air strikes on Islamic State fighters in the city of...

Pay strikes halt flights at Libya’s main airports

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Libya's three main airports cancelled flights on Tuesday morning because of strikes by ground staff complaining they have not been paid for...

One dead in clashes between Libya’s Tripoli government and Islamic State

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Forces loyal to a self-declared Libyan government controlling the capital Tripoli fought Islamic State fighters near the town of Sirte on Wednesday,...

Bomb explodes at Spanish embassy in Tripoli

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A bomb exploded in front of the Spanish embassy in the Libyan capital late on Monday residents said, the latest in a...

Heavy clashes in central district, suburb of Tripoli

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Heavy clashes broke out in the Libyan capital on Saturday, residents said, with gunfire and explosions heard in areas home to groups...

South Korea moves Libya embassy staff to Tunisia after attack

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South Korea has temporarily relocated its Tripoli embassy staff to Tunisia, following an attack by gunmen this week that killed two local...

Libya’s official government bombs capital, commander loyal to Tripoli killed

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Libya's official government conducted air strikes on Saturday against airports and a military camp in the capital Tripoli, controlled by a rival...

Libya’s official government conducts air strike on Tripoli airport

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Warplanes from Libya's internationally recognised government on Thursday attacked the only functioning commercial airport in Tripoli, the capital controlled by a rival...

Islamic State militants kill 10 pro-Tripoli fighters in central Libya

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Ten fighters loyal to the self-proclaimed government that controls Tripoli were killed by Islamic State militants in central Libya on Wednesday, as...

Islamic State fighters and force allied with Tripoli clash in central...

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Clashes erupted in central Libya on Saturday between Islamic State fighters and a force loyal to a Tripoli-based faction, a military official...

Warplane strikes at western Libyan town Zintan

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A war plane carried out air strikes on a western Libyan town allied with the internationally recognised government on Tuesday, in what...

Libyan Il-76 destroyed by fire

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The Libyan Air Force has lost another aircraft, this time an Il-76T transport, which was completely destroyed by fire whilst parked at...

Nine killed as gunmen storm luxury hotel in Libyan capital

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Heavily armed gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Tripoli favored by Libyan officials and visiting delegations on Tuesday, killing at least nine...

Car bomb at hotel in Libyan capital kills 3 guards

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A car bomb exploded outside a luxury hotel in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Tuesday, killing three guards, a security official said. Security...

Jets carry out air strikes west of Libyan capital

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At least three people were killed on Tuesday in air strikes on a town west of Tripoli carried out by forces loyal...

Second airstrike hits Tripoli airport

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An air strike hit the last functioning commercial airport in Libya's capital Tripoli for a second day running on Tuesday, residents said,...

Armed clashes in Libya’s Tripoli, airport shutdown

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Armed clashes broke out in Libya's capital Tripoli closing down the city's main working airport, local residents and an official said on...

100,000 Libyans flee fighting near Tripoli, UNHCR says

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About 100,000 people have fled fighting near the Libyan capital Tripoli in the past three weeks, adding to a growing problem of...

Libya says Sudanese war plane loaded with ammunition for Tripoli enters...

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Libya said a Sudanese military transport plane bound for a Tripoli airport under control of an armed faction had entered its airspace...

Twelve killed in clashes west of Libyan capital Tripoli-doctor

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Around twelve people have been killed and ten wounded in a flare-up of clashes between rival armed groups near the Libyan capital...

Libyan armed faction takes over U.S. Embassy annex in Tripoli

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Members of a Libyan militia have taken over an abandoned annex of the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli but have not broken into...

War planes attack Libyan capital again as airport terminal is destroyed

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Fire destroyed the terminal at Tripoli's main airport on Sunday, one day after it was seized by militia fighters from the Libyan...

Hundreds dead as Islamic State seizes Syrian air base – monitor

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Islamic State militants stormed an air base in northeast Syria on Sunday, capturing it from government forces after days of fighting that...

Forces from Libyan city of Misrata say they seized Tripoli airport

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Forces from the Libyan city of Misrata on Saturday seized Tripoli's main airport after more than a month of fighting with a...

Unidentified war planes attack Tripoli again

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Unidentified war planes attacked positions of an armed faction in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Saturday, residents and local media said. Ten people...

Unidentified war planes, explosions heard in Libyan capital

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Unidentified war planes flew over the Libyan capital Tripoli early on Monday and explosions could be heard, residents said. A Libyan TV channel...

No response to calls for ceasefire in Libyan capital

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Libyan factions traded gunfire and shells in various parts of Tripoli on Sunday, ignoring international appeals for a ceasefire to end more...

Fighting in Tripoli after new U.N. envoy unveils plans to visit

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Heavy fighting erupted on Saturday between rival militias in Libya's capital, hours after the new U.N. special envoy said he planned to...

U.N. delegation holds talks in Tripoli over militia ceasefire

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A U.N. delegation held talks in Tripoli on Friday to try to broker a ceasefire between armed factions that have turned the...

Libya militia clashes spread beyond Tripoli towards Zawiya oil port

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Clashes in Libya spread from Tripoli to the western town of Zawiya near Tunisia's border, where a large oil port is located,...

Libyan Congress calls for U.N.-backed ceasefire to end clashes

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Libya's newly elected House of Representatives on Wednesday called for an immediate ceasefire under United Nations supervision to end three weeks of...

Libyan factions battle over airport, more than 20 killed

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More than 20 people died on Saturday in battles between two Libyan armed factions who have been fighting for nearly three weeks...

Major Libyan fuel depot ablaze after rocket strike

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Fire tore through Tripoli's main fuel depot on Saturday after rockets fired by one of Libya's militias struck and ignited a tank,...

Insight – Town vs town, faction vs faction as Libya descends...

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Booms of outgoing artillery shaking the ground, militia fighters from the remote Libyan mountain town of Zintan hunker down in the passenger...

Heavy shelling, clashes resume in Libya’s Tripoli

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Heavy shelling resumed on Thursday in southern Tripoli where rival militia brigades were battling for control of the capital's main airport in...

Temporary ceasefire near Tripoli blaze, more diplomats flee Libya chaos

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Rival militias fighting for control of Tripoli airport agreed on Wednesday to a temporary ceasefire to allow firefighters to try to control...

At least 75 bodies found in Libya’s Benghazi after clashes

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At least 75 bodies, mostly soldiers, have been found in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi after two days of fighting in...

Huge blaze out of control in Tripoli battle as Libya slides...

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A huge fuel depot in Libya's capital burned out of control on Monday, set ablaze in fighting between rival militias that has...

Libya seeks ceasefire as south Tripoli a militia ‘war zone’

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Black plumes of smoke marked shell blasts and bulldozed earthen barricades mapped out the frontlines around Tripoli's largest airport, now at the...

Turkey says suspends operations in Libya embassy due to security woes

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Operations at Turkey's Tripoli embassy will be suspended due to worsening security situation in Libya, Turkey's foreign ministry said on Friday, a...

Fuel tanks hit in clashes near Libyan airport

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Fuel storage tanks that supply Tripoli were hit on Wednesday in clashes between rival Libyan militias, igniting a huge blaze near the...

After clashes, rush after some Tripoli flights resume

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Flights have resumed from two small airports in Libya triggering a rush of Libyans and expatriates trying to leave the country on...

Libya asks U.N. Security Council for help protecting oil, airports

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Libya asked the U.N. Security Council on Thursday for help protecting its oil installations, oil export ports and civil airports, warning that...

Libyan militia says ceasefire reached to end airport fighting

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A Libyan militia battling a rival armed group over control of the country's biggest airport is ready for a peaceful solution after...

Libyan air controllers strike to protest airport shelling

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Air controllers in western Libya have gone on strike to protest the shelling of Tripoli's main airport, halting flights in much of...

Libyan militia tighten control of Tripoli airport

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Libyan militia fighters with anti aircraft guns and mortars fanned out on Tuesday across Tripoli's airport, transformed into a battlefield by two...