News: Libya

We have started to collect the most important news related to Libya in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Libya: news

VIDEO: Fighting at Tripoli airport

Monday, July 21st 2014, 3:35
related places: Tripoli

At least 50 people have been killed in fighting at Tripoli airport since it began a week ago, according to the health ministry.
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Renewed fighting at Libya airport

Sunday, July 20th 2014, 14:05

Rival militias are locked in battle at Libya's main international airport, with reports of at least four people killed.
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Why is Libya lawless?

Tuesday, July 15th 2014, 12:42

What went wrong in post-Gaddafi Libya?
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Rocket attack on Libya airport

Tuesday, July 15th 2014, 9:36
related places: Tripoli

Libya's main airport in Tripoli is hit by a new rocket attack, as the government considers seeking security help from international forces.
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Rival rebels clash at Libya airport

Sunday, July 13th 2014, 16:49
related places: Tripoli

At least seven people die in fierce clashes between rival militias at the international airport in the Libyan capital, Tripoli.
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Libya retakes seized oil terminals

Wednesday, July 2nd 2014, 22:35

Libya's government says it has resumed control of two eastern oil terminals, Ras Lanuf and Sidra, that were seized by rebels last year.
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Libyan human rights activist killed

Thursday, June 26th 2014, 12:28

Prominent Libyan human rights lawyer Salwa Bughaighis is assassinated by unknown men in her home in Benghazi.
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Low turnout in Libyan elections

Thursday, June 26th 2014, 0:09

Low turnout and deadly violence mar Libya's general election as the country tries to resolve worsening instability since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi.
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VIDEO: 'Ghost' polling stations across Libya

Wednesday, June 25th 2014, 13:22
related places: Tripoli

Libyans are voting for a new parliament, however turnout is expected to be low, with just a trickle of voters going to polling stations so far in the capital. Rana Jawad reports from Tripoli.
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Libya adopts $48bn 2014 budget

Sunday, June 22nd 2014, 22:05

Libya's interim parliament has adopted a 2014 budget worth $48bn (£28bn), after delays due to the unrest that has plagued the nation.
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Guernsey 'more dangerous than Libya'

Friday, June 20th 2014, 7:52
related countries: Guernsey, Iraq

A bomb disposal expert who survived hostile conditions in Libya and Iraq admits he is "fortunate" to survive stepping in front of a bus in Guernsey.
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VIDEO: 'Children are thrown into our arms'

Wednesday, June 18th 2014, 20:52
related countries: Italy

Lieutenant Giuseppe Bisceglia of the Italian Navy tells the BBC's Matthew Price about the dramatic rescue missions to help Libyan migrant boat passengers, in trouble on the open sea.
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Profile: Libyan Islamist Ahmed Abu Khattala

Wednesday, June 18th 2014, 15:25
related countries: United States

Ahmed Abu Khattala, the man held over US consulate attack
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Libya condemns secret US raid

Wednesday, June 18th 2014, 14:47
related countries: United States

Libya condemns a secret US military operation to capture the suspected leader of the deadly raid on a US diplomatic post in Benghazi in 2012.
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VIDEO: Oil tanker rescues hundreds of migrants

Monday, June 16th 2014, 18:04
related countries: Kuwait

A Kuwaiti oil tanker has rescued hundreds of migrants from just off the Libyan coast.
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More deadly clashes in Libyan city

Sunday, June 15th 2014, 21:55

Rogue Libyan general Khalifa Haftar continues his offensive against Islamist militias in Benghazi, with fierce fighting reportedly leaving several dead.
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Blast targets Benghazi checkpoint

Wednesday, June 11th 2014, 23:31

A large explosion at an army checkpoint outside the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi wounds six people and kills the attacker, army officials say.
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Libyan PM quits after court ruling

Monday, June 9th 2014, 13:00

The disputed Libyan Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteg has said that he will abide by a court ruling which said his election was unconstitutional.
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Blast targets rogue Libya general

Wednesday, June 4th 2014, 20:55

A suicide bomb attack at the home of a rogue Libyan general - who has been fighting Islamist militia - kills four people.
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Libya clashes: 18 killed in Benghazi

Monday, June 2nd 2014, 14:51

At least 18 people have been killed in fierce fighting between Islamists and a renegade general in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, medics say.
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Smugglers 'kill six Egyptian guards'

Sunday, June 1st 2014, 15:00
related countries: Egypt

Six Egyptian border guards have been killed in a clash with smugglers near the Libyan border, the military says.
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Migrants face squalor in Libya jail

Friday, May 30th 2014, 20:43

Illegal migrants' journey ends in Libya jail or morgue
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VIDEO: The migrant horror behind white walls

Friday, May 30th 2014, 16:00

The BBC's Quentin Sommerville found illegal immigrants being held in squalor in Libya, after they were captured trying to make the crossing to Europe.
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'Militants' held in Spanish enclave

Friday, May 30th 2014, 9:24
related countries: Mali, Spain
related places: Melilla

Spain says it has arrested six men in its north African enclave of Melilla on suspicion of recruiting militants to fight in Libya and Mali.
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Rogue Libya general bombs Islamists

Wednesday, May 28th 2014, 16:00

Libyan forces loyal to renegade Libyan general Khalifa Haftar bomb an Islamist militia base in the eastern city of Benghazi.
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US tells its citizens to leave Libya

Wednesday, May 28th 2014, 4:51
related countries: United States

State department warns American citizens to leave the country after saying the security situation "remains unpredictable and unstable".
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Libyan critic of militias killed

Monday, May 26th 2014, 15:31

Prominent Libyan journalist Meftah Buzeid, known for his fierce criticism of Islamist militias, is shot dead in the city of Benghazi.
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Libya general urges crisis cabinet

Wednesday, May 21st 2014, 22:19

The general leading an armed campaign against Libya's government has urged the judiciary to appoint an emergency cabinet to take over.
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VIDEO: Rockets hit Tripoli residential area

Wednesday, May 21st 2014, 17:06
related places: Tripoli

Rockets fell on a residential area in Tripoli on Tuesday night.
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Libya to hold elections amid chaos

Tuesday, May 20th 2014, 19:20

Libya will hold parliamentary elections on 25 June, the election commission says, amid fears that the country is descending into a civil war.
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Libya leaders in bid to ease crisis

Tuesday, May 20th 2014, 9:52

Libya's embattled government proposes parliament go into recess as clashes with militia raise fears of a possible descent into renewed civil war.
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VIDEO: 'Worst is yet to come' for Libya

Tuesday, May 20th 2014, 9:37

Fears are growing in Libya after the government accused renegade general Khalifia Haftar of planning a coup.
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Fighting leaves Libya in turmoil

Monday, May 19th 2014, 2:33

The Libyan government insists that it is in control of the country despite a series of heavy attacks and clashes over the weekend.
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Heavy gunfire at Libyan parliament

Sunday, May 18th 2014, 20:41
related places: Tripoli

Heavy gunfire is heard near the Libyan parliament building in the capital Tripoli, but it is unclear who is behind the violence.
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Libya sets Benghazi no-fly zone

Sunday, May 18th 2014, 0:42

Libya's army announces it is imposing a no-fly zone over the city of Benghazi, following clashes in which at least 43 people died.
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Libyan rebels clash in Benghazi

Friday, May 16th 2014, 20:58

A paramilitary force led by a retired army officer launches operation against "terrorists" in Benghazi, but the government condemns the move.
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Jordan envoy free after Libya kidnap

Tuesday, May 13th 2014, 13:44
related countries: Jordan
related places: Tripoli

Jordan's ambassador to Libya, Fawaz al-Itan, is freed after being abducted by masked gunmen in the capital, Tripoli, last month.
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VIDEO: Migrants drown as Libya boat sinks

Tuesday, May 13th 2014, 5:48
related countries: Italy

At least 17 people died when a boat carrying hundreds of migrants sank in waters between Libya and southern Italy, navy officials have said.
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Migrants drown as Libya boat sinks

Monday, May 12th 2014, 21:54
related countries: Italy

At least 17 people died and 200 were rescued when a boat carrying hundreds of migrants sank between Libya and southern Italy, navy officials say.
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Many dead after Libyan boat capsizes

Sunday, May 11th 2014, 18:41

At least 36 migrants drowned when their boat sank off the Libyan coast on Tuesday, officials say, following the recovery of more bodies.
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Democrats divided on Benghazi panel

Friday, May 9th 2014, 20:00
related countries: United States
related places: Republican

US House of Representatives Democrats are considering whether to participate in a Republican-led investigation into the deadly attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012.
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US House backs new Benghazi inquiry

Thursday, May 8th 2014, 22:57
related countries: United States
related places: White House

The US House of Representatives votes to create a panel to investigate the White House response to the 2012 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
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Libya Congress rejects new PM

Sunday, May 4th 2014, 22:03

Libya's Congress leader rejects the appointment of a new interim prime minister only hours after he was sworn in.
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Gunmen storm Libyan security HQ

Friday, May 2nd 2014, 19:16

Gunmen in the Libyan city of Benghazi have raided a security headquarters, sparking clashes in which at least nine people died, officials say.
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US House to open new Benghazi inquiry

Friday, May 2nd 2014, 19:00
related countries: United States
related places: White House

The US House speaker says he will convene a special committee to investigate the White House response to the 2012 attack on the US consulate in Libya.
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Gunmen storm Libyan parliament

Tuesday, April 29th 2014, 17:15

Gunmen storm Libya's parliament and start shooting, forcing MPs to abandon a special session to elect a new prime minister.
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Libyan barracks hit by car bomb

Tuesday, April 29th 2014, 9:13

A car bomb explodes at the gates of a military barracks near the airport in the Libyan city of Benghazi, killing two soldiers.
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VIDEO: Libya's youth driven out by fear

Tuesday, April 22nd 2014, 15:38

The growing number of armed groups in Libya is causing many of its younger people to leave, out of fear of kidnap.
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