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Flights suspended in Libya’s capital due to rocket fire
Flights were suspended until further notice at the only functioning airport in Libya’s capital Tripoli today due to rockets falling nearby, an airport official said. The closure of Mitiga Airport comes a day after Turkey’s parliament voted to allow a
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Violence rages in Libya as Turkey votes on deployment of troops
Three civilians were killed today in an air raid on a town south of Libya’s capital Tripoli, a spokesman for the United Nations-recognised government said. The deadly violence comes just a day before the Turkish Parliament votes today to deploy troops
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3 civilians killed in shelling in Libya’s Tripoli
TRIPOLI: Three civilians were killed on Thursday by indiscriminate shelling that hit south of the Libyan capital Tripoli, an official said. “Three civilians, two men and a woman, were killed later Thursday by indiscriminate shelling in Twesha area (some 40
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Bodies of 60 migrants recovered off Libya’s western coast
TRIPOLI: Libyan Red Crescent on Friday recovered 60 bodies of illegal immigrants off the western coast, Xinhua news agency reported. “We recovered 60 bodies of immigrants, including women and children, whose boat sank Thursday off the coast of the city
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