Women-friendly cafe in Benghazi bombed
Nov 2 thomwestcott

Women-friendly cafe in Benghazi bombed

By Maha Ellawati.The remains of the Rotana Cafe after the explosion this morning. The cafe had been very popular with women and families, for whom the...

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Oct 29 thomwestcott

Two shootings in Benghazi, one man killed, another escapes unharmed

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli, 29 October 2013:The civilian assistant of the Commander of Benghazi’s Rapid Intervention Security Force, Mustafa Abdulsalam...

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Oct 24 thomwestcott

Two bombs - one under police officer’s car - defused in Benghazi

By Maha Ellawati.Benghazi, 24 October 2013:Two explosive devices were discovered and defused in Benghazi today - one beneath a car belonging to a midd...

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Benghazi women's perfume shop attacked
Oct 19 Michel Cousins

Benghazi women's perfume shop attacked

By Maha Ellawati.Perfume shop in Dubai StreetBenghazi, 19 October 2013:A women’s perfume and cosmetics shop in Benghazi’s Dubai Street was badly damag...

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Bomb disposal expert survives assassination attempt
Oct 9 thomwestcott

Bomb disposal expert survives assassination attempt

By Ahmed Elumami and Maha Ellawati. Saiti's official Security Directorate vehicle, which was destroyed in the blast (Photo courtesy of Ajwaa Al-Bilad)...

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Air Force Colonel assassinated in Benghazi
Oct 6 thomwestcott

Air Force Colonel assassinated in Benghazi

By Ahmed Elumami.Colonel Abdullah Ahmed Zayad Al-Barrasi was shot in his car as he drove to work this morningBenghazi, 6 October 2013:Colonel Abdullah...

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United Nations condemns Foreign Ministry attack and assassinations in Benghazi
Sep 13 Michel Cousins

United Nations condemns Foreign Ministry attack and assassinations in Benghazi

Tripoli, 13 September 2013 :The United National Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has condemned the bombing of the Libyan Foreign Ministry’s offices i...

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Retired colonel killed in Benghazi car-bomb blast, son critically injured
Sep 10 thomwestcott

Retired colonel killed in Benghazi car-bomb blast, son critically injured

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli, 10 September 2013:A retired colonel from the Qaddafi-era External Security Agency has been assassinated in a car-bomb attack...

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Jun 14 Nigel Ash

Benghazi slaughter: HRW condemns official inaction

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 14 June 2013:It should not have taken the deaths of 32 people in Benghazi  for the government and the General National Congre...

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Mar 26 Michel Cousins

Fresh assassination attempt in Benghazi

Benghazi, 26 March 2013:Benghazi was the scene of another assassination bid today, Tuesday, when an unknown assailant attempted to kill a senior membe...

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