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Facebook Blocked in Tripoli and Other Libyan Cities as Fighting Rages: Residents
Facebook is the main platform for news in Libya with officials, ministries and armed groups that effectively control the country posting statements there.
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Barack Obama Says Supporting Libya's Fight Versus ISIS In US Interest
President Barack Obama said on Tuesday it is in the U.S. national security interest to support Libya's emerging government's fight against ISIS, a day after his administration said it launched air attacks there.
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Libya Car Bombing Kills 10 Anti-ISIS Fighters: Hospital
A suicide car bombing today killed 10 members of forces allied to Libya's unity government who are fighting the ISIS, hospital sources said.
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Row Over Libya Evacuation: Sushma Swaraj Tweets Oommen Chandy From Hospital
Four days to the Kerala election, a political fight for credit has erupted over the evacuation of 25 Indians from war-torn Libya.
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French Advisers Helping Libyan Forces In Benghazi: Libyan Commander
French military advisers have been helping coordinate Libyan forces fighting Islamic State insurgents in the eastern city of Benghazi, a senior Libyan military commander said on Thursday.
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Nations Gather In Rome To Discuss Anti-ISIS Push, Libya
Nearly two dozen nations gather on Tuesday to plot their fight against the ISIS militant group in Syria and Iraq and how to choke off its rise in Libya.
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Barack Obama Calls For Efforts To Counter ISIS Moves Into Libya
US President Barack Obama directed his national security advisers on Thursday to counter efforts by ISIS to expand into Libya and other countries, the White House said.
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Libyan Parliament Rejects UN-Backed Unity Government
Libya's internationally recognised parliament on Monday rejected a UN-sponsored unity government with rival authorities based in Tripoli, dealing a blow to months of efforts aimed at bridging a political divide that has undermined the fight against Islamic militants.
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ISIS Presses Assault On Key Libya Oil Region
Fighting raged between the Islamic State group and Libyan forces on Tuesday as the jihadists pushed on the country's crucial coastal oil terminals.
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Islamic State in Libya Fights to Emulate Iraq, Syria Success
The attack bore all the traits of Islamic State in Iraq. A small unit of militants, armed with Kalashnikov rifles and suicide belts, hit the Tripoli prison just before sunrise.
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At Least 16 Killed Due to Heavy Fighting in Libya's Benghazi: Official
At least 16 people have been killed in heavy fighting in the Libyan city of Benghazi between forces allied with the official government and Islamic State fighters, a military commander said today.
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Rival Libya Militants Fight Islamic State Amid Suicide Bombings
A Libyan Islamist militant alliance joined forces with local people in Derna to drive back Islamic State fighters, capturing the group's Yemeni commander and retaking a city courthouse, local residents said on Saturday.
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United Nations Envoy Urges End to Libya Fighting as Peace Talks Resume
Libya's UN envoy today urged fighters in the conflict-torn North African country to back efforts for a political solution, at the start of new peace talks hosted by Algeria.
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Arms Embargo Must be Lifted to Fight Islamic State: Libya Tells Arab Summit
Libya told an Arab summit today that a UN arms embargo on the country must be lifted to help prevent the advance of Islamic State militants.
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UN Security Council Holds Libya Arms Embargo in Place
The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Friday to step up the fight against Islamic extremists in Libya but without lifting the arms embargo.
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Facebook Blocked in Tripoli and Other Libyan Cities as Fighting Rages: Residents
Facebook is the main platform for news in Libya with officials, ministries and armed groups that effectively control the country posting statements there.
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Barack Obama Says Supporting Libya's Fight Versus ISIS In US Interest
President Barack Obama said on Tuesday it is in the U.S. national security interest to support Libya's emerging government's fight against ISIS, a day after his administration said it launched air attacks there.
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Libya Car Bombing Kills 10 Anti-ISIS Fighters: Hospital
A suicide car bombing today killed 10 members of forces allied to Libya's unity government who are fighting the ISIS, hospital sources said.
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Row Over Libya Evacuation: Sushma Swaraj Tweets Oommen Chandy From Hospital
Four days to the Kerala election, a political fight for credit has erupted over the evacuation of 25 Indians from war-torn Libya.
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French Advisers Helping Libyan Forces In Benghazi: Libyan Commander
French military advisers have been helping coordinate Libyan forces fighting Islamic State insurgents in the eastern city of Benghazi, a senior Libyan military commander said on Thursday.
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Nations Gather In Rome To Discuss Anti-ISIS Push, Libya
Nearly two dozen nations gather on Tuesday to plot their fight against the ISIS militant group in Syria and Iraq and how to choke off its rise in Libya.
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Barack Obama Calls For Efforts To Counter ISIS Moves Into Libya
US President Barack Obama directed his national security advisers on Thursday to counter efforts by ISIS to expand into Libya and other countries, the White House said.
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Libyan Parliament Rejects UN-Backed Unity Government
Libya's internationally recognised parliament on Monday rejected a UN-sponsored unity government with rival authorities based in Tripoli, dealing a blow to months of efforts aimed at bridging a political divide that has undermined the fight against Islamic militants.
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ISIS Presses Assault On Key Libya Oil Region
Fighting raged between the Islamic State group and Libyan forces on Tuesday as the jihadists pushed on the country's crucial coastal oil terminals.
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Islamic State in Libya Fights to Emulate Iraq, Syria Success
The attack bore all the traits of Islamic State in Iraq. A small unit of militants, armed with Kalashnikov rifles and suicide belts, hit the Tripoli prison just before sunrise.
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At Least 16 Killed Due to Heavy Fighting in Libya's Benghazi: Official
At least 16 people have been killed in heavy fighting in the Libyan city of Benghazi between forces allied with the official government and Islamic State fighters, a military commander said today.
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Rival Libya Militants Fight Islamic State Amid Suicide Bombings
A Libyan Islamist militant alliance joined forces with local people in Derna to drive back Islamic State fighters, capturing the group's Yemeni commander and retaking a city courthouse, local residents said on Saturday.
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United Nations Envoy Urges End to Libya Fighting as Peace Talks Resume
Libya's UN envoy today urged fighters in the conflict-torn North African country to back efforts for a political solution, at the start of new peace talks hosted by Algeria.
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Arms Embargo Must be Lifted to Fight Islamic State: Libya Tells Arab Summit
Libya told an Arab summit today that a UN arms embargo on the country must be lifted to help prevent the advance of Islamic State militants.
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UN Security Council Holds Libya Arms Embargo in Place
The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Friday to step up the fight against Islamic extremists in Libya but without lifting the arms embargo.
