Jun 15 Nigel Ash

At least 57 die and 74 injured in Benghazi fighting today

By Noorah Ibrahim.Benghazi, 15 June 2014:There are unconfirmed reports that Ansar Sharia lost 53 dead and 62 injured, many seriously, in the heavy fig...

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17 February Brigade founder joins Operation Dignity
Jun 11 Emad

17 February Brigade founder joins Operation Dignity

By Noora Ibrahim.Benghazi, 11 June 2014:One of the founders of the 17 February Brigade, Salafist preacher Ashraf Al-Mayar, has joined  “Operation Dign...

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May 29 thomwestcott

Weapons stored on university campus, Hafter warns

By Noora Ibrahim.Benghazi, 29 May 2014:Khalifa Hafter’s forces have warned students at Benghazi University not to attend classes, saying the campus wa...

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Trash mountains pile up in Benghazi
May 24 Callum Paton

Trash mountains pile up in Benghazi

By Moutaz Ahmed.Benghazi, 24 May 2014:Killings and fighting between the forces of retired general Khalifa Hafter and Ansar A-Sharia and 17 February Br...

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May 21 Callum Paton

Libyan Revolutionaries Operations Room calls on revolutionaries to desert army

By Libya Herald Staff.Tripoli, 21 May 2014:The Libyan Revolutionaries Operations Room (LROR) has called on "true revolutionaries" serving in the armed...

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May 17 thomwestcott

Benina Airport closed for further 48 hours

Tripoli, 17 May 2014:Benghazi’s Benina Airport is to remain closed for a further 48 hours, the airport’s management has announced.The continued closur...

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May 17 Michel Cousins

Benghazi crisis sees Ansar radio station bombed

By Aymen Amzein and Moutaz Ahmed.Benghazi, 17 May 2104:A threat by General Khalifa Hafter made on Libya Awlan TV today to “cleanse and purify” Benghaz...

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May 16 Michel Cousins

Benghazi counts the dead while fearing further violence

By Moutaz Ahmed and Aymen Amzein.Benghazi, 16 May 2014:At least 14 people and possibly 26  are reported to have been killed in the fighting in Benghaz...

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May 16 Michel Cousins

Hafter launches Benghazi attack on Islamists

By Aimen Majeed and Moutaz Ahmed.General Khalifa HafterBenghazi, 16 May, 2014:Benghazi woke up to the sound of heavy gunfire early this morning as for...

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May 11 Michel Cousins

General Staff orders 17 February Brigade to quit its Benghazi headquarters

By Moutaz Ahmed.Benghazi, 11 May 2014:The Chief of Staff has ordered the 17 February Brigade, which is technically part of the army, to move out of it...

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