Libya fighting leaves 55 dead, dozens injured: Medics
1 year, 4 months ago

Libya fighting leaves 55 dead, dozens injured: Medics

Al Jazeera  

Fighting between rival groups began on Monday night in Tripoli, and ended after the release of a commander on Tuesday. Fighting erupted on Monday night and raged through Tuesday between the influential 444 Brigade and the Special Deterrence Force, two of the many armed groups that have vied for power since the overthrow of longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. In August last year, 32 people were killed and 159 wounded in Tripoli during battles between divided Libya’s two rival administrations that compete for power through shifting alliances with the fighting groups on the ground. The clashes started after the detention of the head of the 444 Brigade, Colonel Mahmoud Hamza, by the rival Special Deterrence Force on Monday, an interior ministry official said. Airport reopens The Libyan capital’s only civilian airport, Mitiga, which lies in an area under Special Deterrence Force control, reopened to commercial flights on Wednesday, officials said.

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Militia infighting kills at least 9 in Libya’s capital, officials say
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Militia infighting kills at least 9 in Libya’s capital, officials say

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Clashes between two heavily armed militia groups in Libya’s capital terrorized residents and killed about a dozen people, the latest bout of violence in the largely lawless North African nation, officials said Saturday. The hours-long clashes, which involved heavy weapons, happened Friday in Tripoli’s eastern neighborhood of Tajoura between the Rahba al-Duruae militia, which is led by warlord …

Militia clashes rock western Libyan town. At least 1 civilian was killed, officials say
7 months ago

Militia clashes rock western Libyan town. At least 1 civilian was killed, officials say

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Clashes between government-allied militias rocked a coastal town in western Libya, trapping families inside their homes and forcing the closure of schools Saturday, officials said. The latest bout of violence in the chaos-stricken Mediterranean nation broke out early Saturday in the town of Zawiya, 40 kilometers west of the capital Tripoli, health officials said. The Health Ministry’s Ambulance …

Libya armed groups agree to leave Tripoli after deadly fighting: Minister
10 months ago

Libya armed groups agree to leave Tripoli after deadly fighting: Minister

Al Jazeera  

Libya’s Interior Minister Imad Trabelsi says the groups will leave capital after 10 people were killed over the weekend. Armed groups in Tripoli have agreed to leave the Libyan capital and to be replaced with regular forces, the country’s interior minister said, after a spate of deadly clashes. “After a month of consultations, we came to an agreement with the …

Analysis: Fallout from Israel meeting shows militia power in Libya
1 year, 3 months ago

Analysis: Fallout from Israel meeting shows militia power in Libya

Al Jazeera  

The outcome of the meeting between Israel and Libya’s foreign ministers is a weakened Libyan PM, and stronger militias. Last month’s meeting between the Libyan and Israeli foreign ministers may ultimately achieve little but provide public justification for renewed fighting between Tripoli’s armed groups and the weakening, perhaps critically, of Libya’s interim prime minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, analysts have said. …

Militia clashes in Libyan capital have killed 45, in city’s most intense bout of violence this year
1 year, 4 months ago

Militia clashes in Libyan capital have killed 45, in city’s most intense bout of violence this year

Associated Press  

CAIRO — The death toll in this week’s clashes between rival militias in Libya’s capital rose to 45 on Wednesday as troops fanned out across Tripoli to restore calm after a 24-hour bout of fighting that was the city’s most intense violence this year. The death toll rose Wednesday to 45, up from the 27 dead reported Tuesday, as more …

Clashes between rival militias in Libya leave 27 people dead, authorities say
1 year, 4 months ago

Clashes between rival militias in Libya leave 27 people dead, authorities say

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Clashes between rival militias in Libya’s capital killed at least 27 people and left residents trapped in their homes Tuesday, unable to escape the violence, medical authorities said. In addition to the 27 deaths, over 100 people were injured in the fighting, Libya’s Emergency Medicine and Support Center, a medical body that is deployed during humanitarian disasters and …

Deadly clashes calm in Libya’s Tripoli after release of detained commander
1 year, 4 months ago

Deadly clashes calm in Libya’s Tripoli after release of detained commander

Al Jazeera  

Intense fighting between rival military factions in Libya’s capital resumed for a second day amid reports of injuries and deaths. Al Jazeera’s Malik Traina, reporting from Tripoli, said people in the capital are “extremely angry” at the forces responsible for plunging the city into more violence. “We can hear sporadic gunfire every 10-15 minutes.” The Libyan Red Crescent said it …

Worst fighting in months as clashes hit Libyan capital Tripoli
1 year, 4 months ago

Worst fighting in months as clashes hit Libyan capital Tripoli

Al Jazeera  

Clashes erupt amid sounds of gunfire in Libya’s Tripoli, residents say, after armed faction leader reportedly detained. Clashes have broken out in the Libyan capital Tripoli, residents said, after the reported seizure of a powerful armed faction commander by a rival force. Mahmoud Hamza, head of the 444 Brigade that controls much of Tripoli, was detained at Mitiga airport by …

Renewed militia clashes rock western Libya; five killed
2 years, 2 months ago

Renewed militia clashes rock western Libya; five killed

The Hindu  

A new round of infighting between rogue militias in western Libya has killed at least five people, including a 10-year-old girl, health authorities said on September 26, the latest bout of violence to rock the North African nation mired in decadelong chaos. The fighting broke out on Sunday between rival militias in the western town of Zawiya, where armed groups …

32 killed in Libya’s Tripoli as fears grow of a wider war
2 years, 3 months ago

32 killed in Libya’s Tripoli as fears grow of a wider war

Al Jazeera  

Clashes between militias backed by Libya’s rival governments have killed at least 32 people and wounded 159 more, according to the country’s health ministry. The fighting in Libya’s capital, Tripoli, on Saturday was the worst there in two years and has raised fears the country could plunge back into full-blown war. The health ministry said on Sunday that 32 people …

What we know about Libya’s worst fighting in two years
2 years, 3 months ago

What we know about Libya’s worst fighting in two years

Al Jazeera  

At least 32 people killed and 159 more wounded in the clashes amid fears of escalating violence in the country divided between rival governments. The health ministry said on Sunday that 32 people were killed in Saturday’s violence and 159 were injured, up from a ministry source’s previous estimate of 23 deaths and 87 injured. Armed fighters backing the United …

Deadly clashes between rival armed groups erupt in Libyan capital
2 years, 3 months ago

Deadly clashes between rival armed groups erupt in Libyan capital

Al Jazeera  

Violence comes in the wake of a build-up of rival forces in the capital Tripoli over the past week as tensions between rival factions escalates. Deadly clashes broke out between rival Libyan militias in the centre of Tripoli with the sound of gunfire echoing through the heavily populated part of the capital city threatening two years of relative peace. The …

Worst Tripoli fighting in a year tests Libya ceasefire
3 years, 3 months ago

Worst Tripoli fighting in a year tests Libya ceasefire

Al Jazeera  

Fighting between rival armed forces poses challenge to the unity government as it struggles to conduct national elections in December. Fighting broke out in Tripoli early on Friday between rival armed forces, witnesses said, the heaviest clashes in the Libyan capital since the conflict between eastern and western factions paused a year ago. Despite a ceasefire and the progress earlier …

Libya civil war: 10,000 people missing, rights group says
4 years, 3 months ago

Libya civil war: 10,000 people missing, rights group says

Al Jazeera  

Sunday marks the International Day of the Disappeared, drawing attention to people who have inexplicably gone missing. Between civil wars, the Abu Salim prison massacre, Gaddafi’s regional conflicts and a tendency to “disappear” political dissidents during his reign, many thousands of Libyans have lost loved ones to political conflict and instability. But according to the International Commission on Missing Persons, …

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