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Smoke darkens the sky over Tripoli’s Red Castle Museum after rockets fired by one of Libya’s militias struck and ignited a tank in the capital’s main fuel depot, Tripoli, Libya, on August 03, 2014. (EPA/SABRI ELMHEDW)

Libyan factions battle over airport, more than 20 killed

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 3, 2014 | Middle East

Tripoli, Reuters—More than 20 people died on Saturday in battles between two Libyan armed factions who have been fighting for nearly three weeks for control of the international airport in Tripoli, the government said. Fighting in the Libyan capital had quietened down...

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An armoured vehicle is seen after fighting between Libyan special forces and ex-rebel fighters of the Benghazi Shura Council in the eastern city of Benghazi July 30, 2014. (REUTERS/Stringer)

Heavy shelling, clashes resume in Libya’s Tripoli

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 31, 2014 | Middle East

Tripoli, Reuters—Heavy shelling resumed on Thursday in southern Tripoli, where rival militia brigades were battling for control of the capital’s main airport in some of the worst clashes since the 2011 revolt which ousted Muammar Gaddafi. Around 200 people have...

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A fire burning at a fuel depot near the airport road in Tripoli, Libya, on July 29, 2014. (REUTERS/Hani Amara)

Islamist forces overrun Benghazi army base after battle: officials

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 29, 2014 | Middle East

Benghazi, Reuters—Islamist fighters and militants overran a major Libyan army base in the eastern city of Benghazi on Tuesday after a fierce battle involving rockets and warplanes in which at least 30 people were killed. Special forces troops had to abandon their main...

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Libyan firefighters dousing a huge blaze at an oil tank started by clashes around Tripoli airport, on July 28, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED ELBOSIFI)

Huge blaze out of control in Tripoli battle as Libya slides into chaos

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 28, 2014 | Middle East

Tripoli, Reuters—A huge fuel depot in Libya’s capital burned out of control on Monday, set ablaze in fighting between rival militias that has driven the country to chaos three years after the NATO-backed revolt that toppled Muammar Gaddafi. Combat over control...

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Smoke billows from the site of clashes on the road leading to the airport in the Libyan capital Tripoli, on July 20, 2014.
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Three killed as Libyan militias fight over airport

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 20, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, AP—Rival Libyan militias battled for control the capital’s international airport Sunday, fighting that killed at least three people, a security official said. The week-long fight over the airport is being waged by a powerful militia from the western city...