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UAE violates arms embargo on Libya with exports to Haftar: UNSC
Jun 12, 2017 08:36The United Nations Security Council says the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has breached an arms embargo on Libya by sending attack helicopters, attack aircraft, and armored vehicles to troops commanded by self-styled Libyan General Khalifa Haftar.
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Libyan militia release Gaddafi’s son from prison
Jun 11, 2017 09:03Former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam has been released after six years of being in a militia group’s custody.
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Libyan militia release Gaddafi’s son from prison
Jun 11, 2017 05:06Former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam has been released after six years of being in a militia group’s custody.
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More than 40 refugees found dead in Niger Sahara desert
Jun 01, 2017 15:30The bodies of dozens of refugees, including women and children, have been found in Niger’s Sahara Desert, where they were apparently abandoned by smugglers en route to Libya and eventually Europe.
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Libya’s Derna bombarded again: Witnesses
May 29, 2017 12:11Warplanes have reportedly launched airstrikes on the Libyan city of Derna, days after Egyptian jets pounded alleged terrorist training camps in the city.
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31 refugees die when overcrowded vessel capsizes off Libya
May 24, 2017 15:01At least 31 refugees have died in an incident where they fell off an overcrowded vessel off the coast of Libya in the Mediterranean Sea.
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5,000 refugees rescued in 48 hours off Libya’s shores
May 20, 2017 17:55Some 5,000 refugees bound for Italy have been rescued in waters off the coast of Libya between Thursday and Saturday morning by Italian and Libyan coastguards, statements from both countries say.
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Over 140 people, mostly troopers, killed in southern Libya airbase attack
May 20, 2017 03:30More than 140 people, mostly soldiers, have been killed at an airbase in southern Libya after militiamen, loyal to the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), allegedly launched an attack against the base.
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In Benghazi offensive, 11 soldiers fall
May 09, 2017 14:14Eleven soldiers were killed and 55 wounded on day one of an offensive against extremist groups in Benghazi, the news agency loyal to the authorities in eastern Libya said Tuesday.
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Libya’s GNA urges foreign intervention to end clashes in south
Apr 16, 2017 12:51Officials from Libya’s government have called on the international community to intervene in the country amid fears that fighting in the neglected south could escalate.