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Libyan rebels stole hundreds of US-supplied weapons: report
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Former rebel fighters who are now integrated into the Libyan army and form the Diraa al-Gharbiya brigade, are seen with their weapons guarding the western entrance of the capital Tripoli on May 19, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Mahmud Turkia) Former rebel fighters who are now integrated into the Libyan army and form the Diraa al-Gharbiya brigade, are seen with their weapons guarding the western entrance of the capital Tripoli on May 19, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Mahmud Turkia)

Militia fighters stole hundreds of American-supplied automatic weapons and other equipment in a raid on a Libyan base where the US was training local forces, bringing an abrupt end to the secretive program, a report said Tuesday. US troops have been tasked since (...)

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Forty-three dead, over 100 wounded in #Benghazi clashes
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Chief of Staff of the Libyan Armed Forces, Major-General Abdessalem Jadallah al-Salihin (L) looks on as #Libya's interim premier Abdullah al-Thani, speaks during a press conference in Tripoli on the security situation in the country’s eastern coastal city of Benghazi on May 16, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Mahmud Turkia) Chief of Staff of the Libyan Armed Forces, Major-General Abdessalem Jadallah al-Salihin (L) looks on as Libya’s interim premier Abdullah al-Thani, speaks during a press conference in Tripoli on the security situation in the country’s eastern coastal city of Benghazi on May 16, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Mahmud Turkia)

The death toll from clashes in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi has risen to 43 from 19 and more than (...)

#Niger extradites #Gaddafi son to #Libya
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Forces of the Military Council of Tripoli stand guard next to the General National Congress (GNC) in Tripoli on March 3, 2014 after dozens of protesters stormed the parliament and wounded two of its members. (Photo: AFP - Mahmud Turkia) Forces of the Military Council of Tripoli stand guard next to the General National Congress (GNC) in Tripoli on March 3, 2014 after dozens of protesters stormed the parliament and wounded two of its members. (Photo: AFP - Mahmud Turkia)

Niger has turned over a son of the late dictator Muammar Gaddafi to Libyan authorities, Tripoli said Thursday, as a government-allied militia released pictures of him in captivity. The government said Saadi Gaddafi, who fled across the Sahara desert to (...)

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Libya marks anniversary mired in uncertainty
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Libyans draw graffiti on a wall in a street in the capital Tripoli, on February 16, 2014, ahead of the third anniversary of the uprising. (Photo: AFP - Mahmud Turkia) Libyans draw graffiti on a wall in a street in the capital Tripoli, on February 16, 2014, ahead of the third anniversary of the uprising. (Photo: AFP - Mahmud Turkia)

Libyans on Monday marked the third anniversary of their revolt which ousted dictator Muammar Gaddafi fearful for the future of a country plagued by lawlessness. Putting on a brave face, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, who was briefly abducted last year by militants, said revolution had achieved the goals of “ending tyranny and securing freedom of expression”. "The February 17 Revolution is a (...)

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Libyan government reveals plan to integrate militias into armed forces
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Libyan policemen wave their national flag and flash the sign for victory as they attend a demonstration alongside Libyan civilians in Tripoli against the presence of militia in the capital and in support of the army and police on November 19, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Mahmud Turkia)

#Libya's government announced Tuesday plans to remove militias from the capital and eventually integrate them into the security forces, after a weekend of deadly clashes between militiamen and (...)

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Detested Libyan militia withdraws from #Tripoli
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Libyan soldiers deploy on Tripoli’s corniche after militias were ordered to leave the capital following weekend clashes on November 18, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Mahmud Turkia)

Militia fighters blamed for the worst unrest in Tripoli since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi pulled out of the capital on Monday with Libyan army units taking up positions around the city. More than 40 people were killed in street battles between rival militias in Tripoli last week, highlighting (...)

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#militias urged to leave #Libya's #Tripoli after killings
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Members of the Tripoli Rebels Brigade militia patrol a main road in Tajura, 15 kilometers from the capital Tripoli, on November 16, 2013, after foiling attempts by #Misrata-based militiamen to advance into the city earlier in the day. (Photo: AFP - Mahmud Turkia)

Leaders from the Libyan port of Misrata have urged militias from the city to leave Tripoli within 72 hours, after they were involved in deadly weekend clashes in the capital. A militia of former rebels from (...)

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Libyan capital on strike after deadly clashes
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A picture taken on November 17, 2013, shows a man walking past closed shops in the Libyan capital #Tripoli. (Photo: AFP - Mahmud Turkia)

Tripoli began a three-day strike Sunday to mourn dozens killed in clashes at an anti-militia protest over the weekend, the deadliest violence in the Libyan capital since the 2011 NATO-backed uprising. The weak central government has struggled to rein in former rebel brigades who helped NATO end Muammar Gaddafi’s 40-year rule but (...)

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Two killed when #militiamen open fire on protesters in Libyan capital
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People assist a man who was injured after Libyan militiamen opened fire on anti-militia protesters on November 15, 2013 in southern #Tripoli. (Photo: AFP - Mahmud Turkia)

At least two people were killed and 25 wounded as militiamen opened fire Friday on residents holding a peaceful protest to demand they vacate their Tripoli headquarters, a Libyan official said. The militias are holdovers from the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that ousted Muammar Gaddafi and now a (...)

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Militia street battles wrack #Libya's capital
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Libyan security forces man a checkpoint in #Tripoli on October 20, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Mahmud Turkia)

Heavy fighting between militias using rifles, grenades and anti-aircraft weapons erupted in several parts of Tripoli on Tuesday in the worst violence in the Libyan capital for weeks. Fighting started in Tripoli’s eastern Suq al-Juma district and a central area where two burned out pick-ups belonging to a militia on the government payroll could be seen. Libyan news (...)

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Libyan Prime Minister kidnapped by gunmen in Tripoli
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This file photo taken on September 11, 2013 shows Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan at a press conference in Tripoli. (Photo: AFP - Mahmud Turkia)

Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was kidnapped from his Tripoli hotel at dawn on Thursday by armed men and taken to an unknown location, the government and sources said. “The head of the transitional government, Ali Zeidan, was taken to an unknown destination for unknown reasons by a group” of men believed to be former (...)

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#Russia evacuates embassy staff from #Libya after protests
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A picture taken on October 3, 2013 shows the building of the Russian embassy in Tripoli that was damaged by demonstrators the day before. (Photo: AFP - Mahmud Turkia)

Russia said on Thursday it had evacuated its embassy staff from Libya after dozens of protesters attacked its diplomatic mission in Tripoli. Angry protesters on Wednesday tried to storm the Russian embassy following reports that a Russian woman had killed a Libyan army officer. Libyan Foreign Minister (...)

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