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Libya: Militants capture key army base in Benghazi as fighting escalates

An Islamist and jihadist alliance announced the capture of the main military base in Benghazi, Libya in a statement which was confirmed by an army official.

Stay away or face worse conflict than Iraq: Libyan Islamists to US

"We remind America, if they intervene, of their defeats in Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia, because they would face in Libya something much worse," he said in a statement.

Libyan assembly votes to follow Islamic law

Libya's national assembly voted on Wednesday to make Islamic law, or sharia, the source of all legislation, in an apparent bid by moderate Islamists to outflank ultra-conservative militants who have been gaining influence.

Libya: Clashes in Benghazi kill 5, say officials

Libyan officials say clashes in the eastern city of Benghazi have killed five people and wounded 17.

'18 militants killed by Yemeni troops'

More than 200 people have been killed since government forces stepped up attacks on the militants whom it accused of assaulting a military camp near Lawdar last week.