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The unity government said the fighting had killed 21 people

Clashes rage in Libya despite UN truce call

World • 07 Apr 19

Vehicles and militants, reportedly from the Misrata militia, gather to join forces in Tripoli

UN to hold Libya conference as planned despite fighting

World • 06 Apr 19

A Libyan Airlines flight bound for Tripoli from Alexandria, Egypt, was diverted to Misrata

Flights diverted after rocket fire near Libyan airport

Libya • 12 Sep 18

Migrants inside a shelter in Tripoli

Aid group calls for migrant evacuations from Tripoli

Libya • 07 Sep 18

Manchester suicide bomber Salman Abedi

Brother of Manchester bomber faces trial in Libya

UK • 31 Aug 17

Battle for Benghazi began three years ago

Jihadists driven from Libya's second city Benghazi

News • 06 Jul 17

Residents heard loud explosions early in the morning near Tripoli's main airport

Unidentified war planes attack part of Tripoli

News • 23 Aug 14

A huge fire erupted at an oil depot outside the Libyan capital today

US and EU leaders call for ceasefire in Libya

News • 28 Jul 14

The clashes are between rival militia groups battling over the city's main airport

Scores killed in clashes around Tripoli airport

News • 27 Jul 14

Militias have exchanged rocket and artillery fire for two weeks in southern Tripoli

US evacuates its embassy in Tripoli

News • 28 Jul 14

Anas al-Liby is a suspect in the 1998 bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed 224 civilians

Libyan militants seek to avenge Liby capture

News • 08 Oct 13

No Russian diplomats were reported injured in the attack

Russian embassy in Libya attacked

News • 02 Oct 13

Several buildings were damaged near the al-Salam mosque

At least 42 dead in Lebanon explosions

News • 23 Aug 13

The first bomb blew up near interior ministry offices

Two die in Libyan car bomb attacks

News • 20 Aug 12

Tripoli airport is back under the control of local authorities

Libyan authorities regain control of airport

News • 05 Jun 12

Lebanese army troops patrol the streets of Tripoli's Sunni Muslim neighbourhood of Bab al-Tabbaneh

Seven killed in Lebanese street battles

News • 05 Jun 12

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