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Libya: Death toll rises to 205 in Tripoli fighting; MEA assures assistance
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Apr 18 (ANI): At least 205 people have been killed and 913 others wounded in the armed conflict between Haftar's Libyan National Army and the Libyan armed forces for the control of country's capital Tripoli.
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Libya crisis: Sisi meets Haftar in Cairo; UN says 121 dead, over 500 injur
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Libya [Tripoli], Apr 14 (ANI) Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi met General Khalifa Haftar in Cairo on Sunday to discuss the latest developments of Haftar's self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) which is set to take over Tripoli very soon, Sisi's spokesperson said.
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Nepal opts to pull out peace troops from war-torn Libya
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Apr 11 (ANI): The Nepal government is planning to pull out its security troops from war-torn Libya as the condition in the African country worsens.
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Libyan crisis escalates after air strike at Tripoli airport
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Apr 9 (ANI): As heavy fighting by rival forces escalated over the control of Tripoli, the self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) led by Field Marshal General Khalifa Haftar on Monday (local time) launched an air raid at the only functioning airport in the capital city. Read More
UN-backed Libya govt announces counter-offensive against self-styled Libya
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Apr 7 (ANI): The army aligned to Libya's United Nations-backed government on Sunday announced a counteroffensive and vowed to reclaim all areas seized by the self-styled Libyan National Army led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar.
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Clashes break out in Tripoli, UN Secretary-General leaves Libya with 'heav
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Apr 6 (ANI): Clashes broke out here on Friday between forces aligned to Eastern Libyan army commander Khalifa Hafter and the UN-backed pro-government soldiers.
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Eastern Libyan Commander declares war on Tripoli, UN expresses 'deep conce
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Apr 5 (ANI): Eastern Libyan army commander Khalifa Hifter on Thursday ordered his forces to take over Tripoli, the capital of the UN-backed government, amid reports of escalating political tension in Libya.
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Libyan authorities rescue 117 immigrants off its western coast
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Mar 30 (ANI): Libyan authorities rescued 117 immigrants, including children, off the coast of Al-Khoms on Friday.
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State of emergency declared in Libya's Sirte
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Sirte [Libya], Mar 11 (ANI): Libya's Government of National Accord has declared a state of emergency and mobilisation here after the Libyan National Army moved forward to the southern outskirt of the city.
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US Treasury imposes sanctions on Libyan militia leader Salah Badi
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 20 (ANI): The United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in coordination with the United Nations Security Council's Libya Sanctions Committee on Monday imposed financial sanctions on Libyan militia leader Salah Badi.
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Over 150 migrants rescued in Libya
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Jul 20 (ANI): The Libyan navy on Thursday said that it has rescued at least 156 undocumented migrants from the country's northwestern coast.
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Ex-French president Nicolas Sarkozy released
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Paris [France], March 22 (ANI): Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been released from police custody, after two days of questioning over allegations that he received millions of euros in illegal election campaign funding from late Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.
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