Violence up in Benghazi but yet to reach ‘Black Friday’ levels

A war plane attacked a port in Benghazi on Wednesday in a strike claimed by forces loyal to former general Khalifa Haftar, bringing their battle against Misrata fighters to the heart of the eastern Libyan city.

A war plane attacked a port in Benghazi on Wednesday in a strike claimed by forces loyal to former general Khalifa Haftar, bringing their battle against Misrata fighters to the heart of the eastern Libyan city.

(Beirut) – An assassination spree between September 18 and 20, 2014, left at least 14 people dead in some of the bloodiest days this year in the eastern city of Benghazi. The dead included two young activists, members of the security forces, an outspoken cleric, and five other civilians.

Violence has continued in Benghazi in the aftermath of Friday’s unprecedented wave of murders with the killing of a an imam and an activist.

At least nine people have been killed in Libya in heavy fighting between forces loyal to renegade General Khalifa Haftar and armed Salafi militiamen in the restive eastern city of Benghazi.

Unconfirmed reports of abduction of relatives of a Libya ambassador in Tripoli while fierce clashes in Benghazi continue

At least 19 members of both Operation Dignity and Ansar Al-Sharia have been killed in more than 24 hours of fierce but sporadic fighting in Benghazi.

General Haftar threatens to target ships entering Port of Benghazi, as PM Thani vows to cut ties with Qatar and Sudan over support for militias

Across Benghazi, Ansar Al-Sharia and its allies appear to have been quietly withdrawing from a number of their positions, possibly in anticipation of a possibly imminent Operation Dignity counter-offensive.