A group of separation advocates gathered Saturday in front of Tibesti hotel in Benghazi at the request of the Federal Union to protest the handover of oil terminals to the National Oil Corporation in Tripoli.
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Saiqa Force of ICC fugitive Al-Werfalli takes over Benghazi Port
Saiqa Force has taken control of Benghazi’s port and stationed in several points in its vicinity, according to sources from the city. The sources revealed that the forces securing the port withdrew from their posts after receiving information of an impending attack on the port, which made it easy for …
4 east Libyan security force members killed in Derna
Four members of east Libyan security forces were killed in the city of Derna on Wednesday by a suicide bomber bearing a white flag as he drove towards a group of soldiers, a military spokesman said.
At least 7 dead in Benghazi bomb attack
At least seven people were killed and around twenty others injured late Thursday in a car bomb attack in the centre of Benghazi in eastern Libya, a local security official said.
Libya’s Hifter launches operation to retake opposition stronghold
Khalifa Hifter, commander of the self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA), announced May 8 the start of a military operation to take Derna in northeastern Benghazi. This military operation has long been expected, as coastal Derna is the last remaining major town in eastern Libya that has not fallen to Hifter’s forces, which are backed …
Benghazi Rebuild conference opens with participats from 18 states
The International Conference for the Reconstruction of Benghazi and its accompanying exhibition started on Saturday at Benghazi’s Tibesti Hotel. Organizers say representatives of 18 different states took part.
Benghazi Shura Council commander Ben Hamid declared dead
Family of the top commander of Benghazi Shura Council, Wessam Ben Hamid, has announced his death. In a press statement on Monday read by his brother, the family said Wessam was killed during “long battles against dictatorship, injustice and tyranny.”
Libya’s Haftar returns to Benghazi after long absence
Khalifa Haftar, a veteran general in Libya, has returned to the eastern city of Benghazi following an extended absence, including reported treatment in a hospital in Paris.
Two killed in abrupt armed clashes in Libya’s Benghazi
Clashes broke out Sunday afternoon in Venicia street in Benghazi, eastern Libya, between a Criminal Investigation Department force of the interior ministry at the Interim Government and Al-Zawiya Martyrs Brigade of Khalifa Haftar-led self-styled army.
Libya strongman Khalifa Haftar’s chief of staff survives car bomb assassination attempt
Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar’s chief of staff on Wednesday survived a car bombing in the eastern city of Benghazi, according to the Libyan National Army (LNA).