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Thani’s Parliament Picks Controversial General as Libyan Army Chief
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A Libyan soldier, loyal to #Libya's internationally-recognized government and General #Khalifa_Haftar, monitors a street from his sniper nest in the eastern coastal city of Benghazi on February 28, 2015. AFP/Abdullah Doma.

Former Libyan general Khalifa Haftar was appointed as army commander for the country’s internationally-recognized government on Monday, in a decision that may complicate #UN talks to end fighting in Libya. The appointment of Haftar, a former Gaddafi ally who later became his enemy and in 2011 joined the revolt against the Libyan leader, is likely to stoke tensions with the Tripoli government, which sees his rise as a sign that the old guard is gaining strength. read (...)

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Libyan fighters seize military special forces headquarters in #Benghazi
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A masked Libyan gunman stands on a street in the eastern city of Benghazi, early on July 29, 2014, as violence has hit the city where weekend fighting between the army and Islamists killed 28 people, mostly soldiers. (Photo: AFP - Abdullah Doma)

Islamist groups seized the headquarters of the Libyan army’s special forces in #Libya's second city Benghazi after days of fighting, as a huge blaze raged at a fuel depot near the capital’s airport. An Islamist and jihadist alliance announced the capture Tuesday of the main military base in the eastern city in a statement which was confirmed by an army official. He said jihadists of Ansar al-Sharia were among the groups. Intense fighting in Benghazi for the past week has claimed about 60 lives since Saturday, medical (...)

#Libya on the brink
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Demonstrators block a main street in the eastern Libyan coastal city of #Benghazi during a protest against the extended mandate of the General National Congress, the country’s highest political authority, on February 21, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Abdullah Doma) Demonstrators block a main street in the eastern Libyan coastal city of Benghazi during a protest against the extended mandate of the General National Congress, the country’s highest political authority, on February 21, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Abdullah Doma)

The partitioning of Libya is no longer the concern of pessimists alone but a tangible reality. Islamists are imposing their rule by force and the government and parliament are paralyzed. Some talk blatantly about their (...)

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Libyans head to the polls despite low voter enthusiasm
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A Libyan man casts his vote to elect a constituent assembly at a polling station in the eastern city of Benghazi on February 20, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Abdullah Doma)

Libyans headed to the polls on Thursday to elect a panel to draft a new constitution in the latest milestone of the chaotic political transition following the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi. There was none of the voter enthusiasm that marked #Libya's first free election in July 2012, as public frustration mounts over the weak central government’s failure to restore order in the wake of the 2011 uprising. At Fatma al-Zahra school in the capital’s Hay al-Andalous district, less than 100 of 2,760 registered voters had cast their ballot two hours after polls opened. read (...)

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Suicide bomber kills seven at #Benghazi checkpoint
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Hundreds of Benghazi residents demonstrate in front of the Tibesti hotel in support of the Libyan Army and Police and against militia groups on November 29, 2013 in the eastern city of Benghazi, #Libya. (Photo: AFP - Abdullah Doma)

A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a security checkpoint outside eastern Libya’s restive city of Benghazi overnight, killing at least seven people, witnesses and security sources said Sunday. The blast left body parts strewn around the area, said Moetez al-Agouri, a police officer at the post, and the death toll was likely to rise. “Seven bodies among the victims have been identified but some other bodies were torn to pieces by the explosion,” said Agouri, who was working at the checkpoint at the time but (...)

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Three Libyan soldiers killed in #Benghazi clashes
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A Libyan soldier and army vehicle are deployed in the streets of central Benghazi on November 19, 2013 in #Libya after the military governor of Benghazi escaped an assassination attempt the previous day that killed a member of his entourage. (Photo: AFP - Abdullah Doma)

Clashes between Libyan troops and ex-Western backed Islamist militants in the eastern city of Benghazi on Monday killed at least three people and wounded a dozen more during a military operation, security and medical officials said. Still in training, Libya’s new military is struggling to curb Islamist militants and militias who fought in the NATO-backed uprising against Muammar Gaddafi but refuse to disarm and control parts of the country. read (...)

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