Benghazi airport resumes local flights
Apr 14 thomwestcott

Benghazi airport resumes local flights

Both local and international flights are now operating from Benina Airport (Photo: Leonard Powell)Tripoli, 14 April 2014:Benghazi’s Benina Airport ha...

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Benghazi Free Zone project moves forward
Apr 9 Michel Cousins

Benghazi Free Zone project moves forward

By Naom Alkhosi.Tripoli, 9 April 2014: Longstanding plans to set up a free zone in Benghazi have taken a major step forward with the first meeting of...

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Apr 7 thomwestcott

Benghazi airport reopens

Tripoli, 7 April 2014:Benghazi’s Benina airport has reopened for international flights after being closed yesterday by protesters as part of the city’...

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Apr 6 thomwestcott

Benghazi airport closure causes travel chaos

By Ayman Amzein and Muttaz Ali.Benghazi/Tripoli, 6 April 2014:The closure of Benghazi’s Benina Airport has left hundreds of passengers stranded and fo...

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Apr 6 thomwestcott

Benghazi shuts down in mass protest

By Ayman Amzein.Benghazi, 6 April 2014:The first day of a general strike in Benghazi over the deteriorating security situation in the city has left th...

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Protests cause severe disruption at Benina Airport
Mar 1 thomwestcott

Protests cause severe disruption at Benina Airport

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab and Tom Westcott.Tripoli, 1 March 2014:Several groups of protestors with different demands caused severe disruption at Benghazi’...

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Feb 24 Callum Paton

Embassy denies that Benina Airport detainees are Qataris

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli, 24 February 2014:The Qatari Embassy in Tripoli has denied that six men arrested at Benghazi's Benina Airport with forged Lib...

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Feb 20 thomwestcott

Italy joins search for missing Air Force helicopter

Tripoli, 20 February 2014:Italian aircraft yesterday joined in the search for evidence of an Air Force helicopter that went missing shortly after taki...

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Feb 18 Callum Paton

Relatives of men lost with Air Force helicopter lift blockade of Benina Airport

By Noora Ibrahim.Benghazi, 18 February 2014:The families of five Air Force officers who went missing six days ago when radio communications were lost...

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Tripoli fans urged to await football champions at Sports City
Feb 4 thomwestcott

Tripoli fans urged to await football champions at Sports City

By Seraj Essul.Tripoli, 4 February 2014:After the chaotic welcome that greeted Libya’s football champions in Benghazi last night, the Ministry of Yout...

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