Misrata

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  Dozens Of Casualties As Military Training Centre In Libya's Zliten Attacked: Reports

  A military training centre in the Libyan town of Zliten was hit by a truck bomb today, causing dozens of casualties, witnesses said.

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  Islamic State Video Shows 2 Warplanes Blowing Up at Libyan Base

  The militant group Islamic State's Libya wing released a video today purportedly showing it blowing up two warplanes at an air base while its fighters paraded heavy weapons in a show of force.

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  Italy Says 10 Migrants Die, 5,800 Rescued in Ongoing Mission

  Nearly 5,800 migrants were plucked from boats off the coast of Libya and 10 bodies were recovered in less than 48 hours, Italy's coast guard said, in one of the biggest rescue operations this year.

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  Islamic State Claims Tripoli Attack, Car Bomb in Misrata

  Militants loyal to Islamic State claimed a bomb attack on a police checkpoint in the Libyan capital on Sunday, the latest in a series of attacks in Tripoli.

• Forces From Libyan City of Misrata Say They Seized Tripoli Airport

  Forces from the Libyan city of Misrata on Saturday seized Tripoli's main airport after more than a month of fighting with a rival group, a Misrata spokesman said.

• Renegade Libyan Forces Say Their Planes Attack Tripoli Again

  The air force of Libya's renegade general Khalifa Haftar on Saturday attacked positions of Islamist-leaning militia in Tripoli for the second time in less than a week, one of his commanders said.

• James Foley: Focus on Humanity amid Suffering

  American journalist James Foley was a beloved companion to colleagues in dangerous corners of the Middle East and battled to tell the human stories of civilians caught up in chaos.

• Angelina Jolie visits Libya to help aid agencies

  Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie has flown down to Libya to help aid agencies bring in supplies to the country.

• Gaddafi shells Misrata amid chemical weapons fears

  Moammar Gaddafi's forces used tanks to shell the besieged western town of Misrata on Monday, as rumours fuelled fears that the Libyan leader was preparing to use chemical weapons.Hundreds have been killed in Misrata over the past two months as Gaddafi has attempted to seize the only major rebel bastion in the western part of the country. Rebels suc...

• Libyan forces breach border with Tunisia

  Libyan forces in more than a dozen military vehicles and armed with anti-aircraft guns and rocket launchers crossed the border with Tunisia and were involved in clashes in a frontier town Friday, witnesses said. Tunisia's government was outraged and demanded Libya halt all incursions into its territory.There were different accounts from witnesses o...

• Libyan tribes try to negotiate Misrata rebel exit

  Libyan tribal leaders are trying to get rebels in the city of Misrata to lay down their arms within 48 hours, a government official said early on Sunday, after a day of fierce clashes between opposition fighters and Moammar Gaddafi's forces.If negotiations fail, Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim said tribal chiefs may send armed supporters into t...

• Libya: Govt troops may pull out of Misrata

  Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister, Khaled Kaim, told journalists in the capital Tripoli on Friday that the Libyan army was being withdrawn from fighting in the town of Misrata, with the task of subduing rebels in the area being handed over to local "tribes".He said the army tactic had been to use "a surgical solution" but that had not worked because o...

• Libya: Pilots crash warplanes, refuse to bomb countrymen

  Militiamen loyal to Moammar Gaddafi clamped down in Tripoli, but cracks in his regime spread elsewhere across the nation, as the protest-fueled rebellion controlling much of eastern Libya claimed new gains closer to the capital. Two pilots let their warplane crash in the desert, parachuting to safety, rather than bomb an opposition-held city.The op...