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500,000 children in 'immediate danger' in Tripoli as fighting rages: UNICEF
Half a million children are in "immediate danger" in Libya's capital Tripoli due to fighting, the United Nations children's fund UNICEF said on Monday. Clashes that broke out between rival militias in late August had killed at least 115 people and wounded nearly 400 by ...
Tripoli clashes leave 115 dead, 383 wounded: health ministry
At least 115 people have been killed and 383 wounded in month-long clashes between rival factions in Tripoli, Libya's health ministry said on Sunday. The fighting pitted the Seventh Brigade, or Kaniyat, from Tarhouna, a town 65 km (45 miles) southeast of Tripoli, against the ...
Hundreds of African migrants flee detention center amid Tripoli bloodshed: aid official
Hundreds of African migrants escaped from a detention center in Tripoli on Tuesday as fighting between rival groups raged nearby, an aid official said, though the Libyan government department set up to combat illegal migration denied the report. A video posted on social media on ...
Facebook, Libya's main news source, said blocked in Tripoli and other cities as fighting rages
Facebook has been blocked in the Libyan capital of Tripoli and other cities, residents said on Monday as fighting between rival groups raged. Facebook is the main platform for news in Libya with officials, ministries and armed groups that effectively control the country posting statements ...
Manchester bomber's dad, brother with suspected Islamic State links arrested in Tripoli
The father and the younger brother of the suicide bomber who killed 22 people at a concert venue in Manchester have been arrested in Tripoli, a spokesman for a local counterterrorism force said on Wednesday. The counter-terrorism force detained the father, Ramadan Abedi, outside his ...
Tanks deploy as militant clashes in Tripoli, Benghazi leave at least eight dead
Heavily armed militias clashed in neighborhoods across the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Thursday, leaving at least eight fighters dead, according to the state-run Lana news agency. Tanks and convoys of militiamen streamed into the streets, and witnesses reported gunfire in southern, central, and western ...
Ricochets from guards' guns kill trio in throng making run on Tripoli bank
Bank guards shot dead three people as they tried to disperse a crowd of hundreds of people lining up for cash outside a bank in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Wednesday, a security official said. Libyan banks have been suffering from severe liquidity problems, which ...
At least 14 killed as Tripoli regime chopper is shot down; rescuers attacked
A helicopter carrying two senior officers allied to Libya's Islamist-backed Tripoli government was shot down Tuesday near the capitol, killing at least 14 of its 23 passengers, a Tripoli military official said. Tripoli Chief of Staff spokesman Col. Ali al-Sheikhi said the helicopter departed at ...
Islamic State militants claim attacks on Iranian ambassador's residence in Tripoli, airport
Militants claiming loyalty to Islamic State said they were behind Sunday's twin bomb attacks on the residence of the Iranian ambassador in the Libyan capital and a rocket strike on the eastern Labraq airport, a group statement. The attack on the ambassador's residence came two ...
A kidnapped senior Libyan oil official has been released after more than two weeks of captivity, a senior official said on Sunday. Libya's Oil Ministry and energy sector is caught up in a power struggle between the two rival governments that now control different parts ...
Gunmen storm Libyan hotel; four foreigners, five guards dead
Gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Tuesday, killing four foreigners and five guards, and triggering an hours-long standoff that ended when two assailants set off a grenade that killed them, officials said. The attack on the Corinthia Hotel, which ...
Egypt is deepening its involvement in the fight against Islamist militias who have taken over key parts of Libya, with officials saying Egyptian warplanes have bombed their positions in the eastern city of Benghazi. The two officials, who have firsthand knowledge of the operation, said ...
