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Libya's east-based army launches airstrikes against UN-backed govt in Sirt
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Oct. 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Libya's east-based army on early Sunday announced that it has launched airstrikes on the forces of its rival UN-backed government in the city of Sirte, located some 450 kilometres east of the capital Tripoli.
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Libya's UN-backed govt condemns attack on vital sites in Tripoli
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Sep 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Libya's UN-backed government on Friday (local time) condemned attacks on vital sites in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, by the rival Eastern-based army.
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Haftar forces suffer losses as Libyan govt troops advance south of Tripoli
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], Sept 9 (Sputnik/ANI): The troops of Libya's internationally-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) have made advances south of the city of Tripoli, making the Libyan National Army (LNA) loyal to Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar suffer losses.
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40 people feared dead after boat capsizes off Libya's coast
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Aug 27 (ANI): At least 40 people are feared dead after another boat capsized off the coast of Libya on Tuesday, according to the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR).
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90 killed, 200 injured in communal clashes in Libya's Murzug
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], Aug 16 (Sputnik/ANI): At least 90 people were killed and more than 200 others wounded in communal clashes in the Libyan town of Murzug, said The United Nations on Thursday.
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Libyan govt agrees for Eid truce with Haftar's forces
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Aug 10 (Sputnik/ANI): Libya's internationally recognised government announced a truce with forces loyal to self-styled commander of Libyan National Army (LNA) Khalifa Haftar for the period of Eid al-Adha.
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Airstrike by Haftar kills over 40 in southwest Libya
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Aug 5 (ANI): At least 41 people were killed and more than 37 others suffered injuries in an airstrike carried out by eastern Libyan forces led by commander Khalifa Haftar targeting a wedding ceremony in the country's southwest on Sunday, according to local media.
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62 migrants rescued off Libya's western coast
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Aug 4 (ANI): At least 62 Europe-bound migrants were rescued by Libyan Coast Guards off the country's Western Coast, the Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency has said.
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5 doctors killed in airstrike on Libya hospital
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], July 29 (ANI): At least five doctors lost their lives after an air raid by Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) targeted a hospital in the southern outskirts of Libya's capital Tripoli, an official from the UN-recognised government of the war-ravaged country said on S
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LNA conducts airstrikes targeting Misrata near Tripoli
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], July 27 (Sputnik/ANI): The Khalifa Haftar-led Libyan National Army (LNA) attacked military targets in the north Libyan city of Misrata, a military source told Sputnik.
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Coast guards recover dozens of bodies of drowned migrants off Libya's coas
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], July 27 (ANI): The coast guards here on Friday recovered dozens of bodies of Europe-bound migrants, a day after roughly 150 people, including women and children, went missing when their boats capsized in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Over 100 migrants feared dead after boat capsizes off Libyan Coast
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], July 26 (ANI): More than 100 Europe-bound migrants are feared drowned after the boat they were travelling in capsized off Libya's coast in the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday.
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