Muammar Gaddafi

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Libyan Group Says It Has Freed Kadhafi Son Seif Al-Islam

An armed group in Libya said on Facebook Saturday it has freed Seif al-Islam, the son of dead dictator Moamer Kadhafi...

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Seven Dead Migrants Found In Abandoned Libya Truck

Seven migrants from sub-Saharan Africa have been found dead in an abandoned refrigerator truck near the Libyan capital,...

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Libya Strongman’s Forces Say Take Southern Desert Base

Forces loyal to east Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar said on Saturday they had taken an air base in the south, boosting...

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Libya Unity Forces Take Control of Tripoli Airport

Forces loyal to Libya's UN-backed unity government on Thursday took control of Tripoli International Airport, which was...

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Egypt and Russia Discuss Fight Against ‘terror’

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday held talks in Cairo with Russia's foreign and defence ministers on...

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Group Blamed For 2012 Attack On US Mission Disbands

A group of militant Islamists in Libya, blamed by the US for the 2012 attack on the US mission in Benghazi which killed...

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Egypt Coptic Christians

So-called Islamic State (IS) has claimed it was behind an attack on a bus carrying Coptic Christians in Egypt that...

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Rival Armed Groups Clash In Capital, Tripoli

Libyan militia groups opposed to the UN-backed government have launched a series of attacks on loyalist forces in the...

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’52 Dead’ In Militia Clashes In Libya Capital

Forces loyal to Libya's unity government said Saturday that 52 of its fighters were killed as they repelled rival...

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Little Cash and Too Much Violence

The holy Muslim month of Ramadan began Saturday with a bitter taste for residents of Libya's capital, as a cash...

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Britain Arrests ‘large Part’ of Manchester Attack Network

Britain has arrested a "large part" of the network behind Manchester's suicide bomb attack, police said on Friday, as...

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Rival Militias Clash In Libya Capital

Fierce clashes erupted on Friday between rival armed groups in the Libyan capital Tripoli, seat of the country's...

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Breeding and Training Ground For Jihadists

Feeding on the chaos that has gripped Libya since the overthrow and killing of longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi in...

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Attack Turns Spotlight On Libyan Islamists In Manchester

The terror attack in Manchester has thrown a spotlight on hardline Islamist exiles among opponents of former Libyan...

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UK Hunts For Bomber’s Network Amid Row Over US Leaks

Britain pressed a manhunt Thursday for a Libya-linked jihadist network thought to be behind the deadly Manchester...

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Haftar Forces Seize Rival Airbase In South Libya

Forces led by Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar on Thursday seized control of the Tamenhant airbase in the south...

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Africa Is In Disarray

Renowned historian, Professor S. K.B. Asante, says not much has been achieved after the African Union (AU) was formed....

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Father of Manchester Bomb Suspect ‘was In Militant Group’

The father of suspected Manchester suicide bomber Salman Abedi was once part of a Libyan militant group with alleged...

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Identity of Trafficking ‘kingpin’ Still In Doubt A Year After Arrest

One year ago an Eritrean was arrested in Sudan on charges of heading a major people-smuggling network and extradited to...