Seven people were killed Saturday (June 21st) in an attack on the Benghazi port following a major drug bust. Eighteen others were injured.
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Libya: Whipped, Beaten, and Hung from Trees
Detained Migrants, Asylum Seekers Describe Torture, Other Abuse in Detention
The Law is Failing the Women of Libya
TRIPOLI — What started as a normal day for an ordinary young woman here in Libya turned into a nightmare when a security guard at her public university physically and verbally attacked her, trying to bar her from entering her classroom because she was not wearing a head scarf.
25 يونيو.. ليبيا على موعد مع الصندوق
على أصوات طلقات الرصاص، وقذائف المعارك الدائرة بين قوات اللِّواء المتقاعد خليفة حفتر ، والقوات المؤيدة للمؤتمر الوطني الليبي، يتجه الليبيون إلى صندوق الاقتراع الأربعاء المقبل 25 يونيو آملين في استحقاق انتخابي نزيه يوقف نزيف الدماء في البلاد، ويجنب الثورة الليبية الدخول إلى نفق مظلم على غرار ما حدث من …
UNSMIL Introduces New Initiative to Bring Together Conflicting Parties in Libya
The United Nations’ top envoy in Libya announced on Friday an initiative to bring together some of the country’s most influential actors to settle long-divisive issues, a press statement by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya UNSMIL said.
Khalifa Haftar: renegade general causing upheaval in Libya
Commander has managed to rally influential bodies in offensive against post-Gaddafi government but is dogged by old CIA link
Renegade Libya general warns Libya has become terror hub
A renegade general who has launched an assault against Islamists in Benghazi warned Libya had become a “terrorist hub”, calling for a civilian presidential high council to form an emergency cabinet and organise legislative elections.
Who is General Khalifa Haftar?
CNN’s Atika Shubert takes a look at General Khalifa Haftar, the renegade general behind the attack on Libyan parliament.
Libyan rebels attack parliament
Libyan rebels, apparently loyal to a renegade army general, stormed parliament on Sunday. Fighting continued for hours, two people have been killed and 55 wounded in the capital Tripoli. Justice minister Saleh al-Mergani has called on those involved to lay down their weapons and start a dialogue. Al Jazeera’s Omar …
Nearly 80 killed in clashes between Haftar loyalists, militants in Libya
In Libya, the death toll continues to rise in an offensive launched by a retired army general against militants in the eastern city of Benghazi.