Libya News

More than 40 people have been killed over the past week in Libya as rival militias fight for control of the country's largest airport in Tripoli, the capital.

MANILA The Department of Foreign Affairs have been receiving calls from families in the Philippines who want their relatives repatriated from Libya.

Militias in Libya spent the past week battling for control of the main airport in Tripoli, leaving much of it in ruins and dozens dead.

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PanARMENIAN.Net - Rival militias are locked in battle at Libya's main international airport, with reports of at least four people killed in the fighting.

At least seven people have been killed and 40 others wounded after assailants attacked an army base in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, residents and security sources say.

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Islamist-led militiamen have stepped up their assault on Libya's main airport, controlled by rival fighters, which the health ministry said Monday had left at least 47 dead in a week.

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THE Department of Foreign Affairs strongly encouraged on Monday all Filipino nationals in Libya to return home as soon as possible, saying the North African country is no longer safe for them.

The latest assaults were launched by militias from the city of Misrata and an Islamist militia umbrella group in the capital known as the "Libyan Revolutionaries Operations Room."

A former Libyan Islamist commander who says he suffered years of torture by Muammar Gaddafi's henchmen after British and U.S. spies handed him over to Libya will try this week to overturn a ruling blocking legal action against the British government.

A former Libyan Islamist commander who says he suffered years of torture by Muammar Gaddafi's henchmen after British and U.S. spies handed him over to Libya will try this week to overturn a ruling blocking legal action against the British government.

Italian and Maltese rescuers found 18 bodies on an overcrowded migrant boat on Saturday, with Italian officials blaming toxic fumes from the engine and the Maltese military saying there could have been a stampede.

Heavy fighting erupted on Sunday around Tripoli International Airport, where rival militias have been battling for control, killing at least four people and forcing thousands from their homes, local residents and witnesses said.

Rival Libyan militias battled for control the capital's international airport Sunday, fighting that killed at least three people, a security official said.

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Rival Libyan militias battled for control the capital's international airport Sunday, fighting that killed at least three people, a security official said.