Libya: Militants capture key army base in Benghazi as fighting escalates
Fp Archives • 11 years agoAn 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
Fp Archives • 11 years ago"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
Fp Archives • 12 years agoLibya'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
Fp Archives • 12 years agoLibyan officials say clashes in the eastern city of Benghazi have killed five people and wounded 17.
'18 militants killed by Yemeni troops'
Fp Archives • 13 years agoMore 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.