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32.09835 |
20.17669 |
Libya |
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The Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council stormed the area surrounding the main Sa'iqah [elite forces] camp in Bu-Atni [district of Benghazi]. Armed groups claimed to have taken control of Libya's second largest city, Benghazi, after defeating units loyal to a renegade general, taking over their barracks and seizing tanks, rockets and hundreds of boxes of ammunition. |
| 5,645,489 |
32.11766 |
20.12928 |
Libya |
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Ademonstrationtook place in front of the Tibesti hotel in Benghazi calling for support for the army and the police. An angry civilian crowd ignored warning shots from Ansar Al Shari'ah militiamen and seized control of Benghazi's Jalaa [Al-Jala] hospital which had been in the hands of militants since the end of June. |
| 5,645,494 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
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The forces of the renegade Libyan Maj-Gen Khalifah Haftar succeeded in trapping one of the most dangerous militants who had been active in Tunisia, Algeria,Libyaand the African Sahel countries, Algerian Emir Khaled Chaeib, aka Loukman Abou Sakher [as transliterated]. |
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32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
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Unknown gunmen kidnapped and raped a Filipina nurse Wednesday in the Libyan capital. |
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32.11766 |
20.12928 |
Libya |
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An Egyptian woman was shot dead inside her home by mistake duringclashesinLibya'scity of Benghazi on Thursday. Earlier in the day, the brother of the head of Al-Sa'iqah Special Forces Investigations Unit, was found dead near the 36 Special Forces camp. He had been shot in the head and body. |
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32.68333 |
13.18333 |
Libya |
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Another round ofclasheserupted on Thursday at Tripoli airport with attackers assaulting the facility using both small arms and heavy weapons. Witnesses said there was also fighting on the road to the airport and in a western suburb of the capital on Thursday, while numerous explosions were heard in the city centre. Shelling hit a funeral in a southern district, killing four children and three women from a single family. |
| 5,645,513 |
32.11766 |
20.12928 |
Libya |
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On 31st July, Ansar al-Sharia militia returned to the hospital they were overrun from and retook it after a firefight with some of the new occupiers. In the engagement an Egyptian woman was hit and killed by stray bullets. |
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30.75545 |
20.22626 |
Libya |
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Operation Dignity forces launched air strikes against what they claim to be an Ansar al-Shari'ah base in Ajdabiya. According to a source in the town, a number of people had been killed in theraidsas weapons exploded. |
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32.11766 |
20.12928 |
Libya |
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Demonstrators torched the house of the leader of the Ansar al-Shari'ah organization in the city of Benghazi. |
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33.15 |
11.56667 |
Libya |
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Two Egyptians were killed during an attempt to break through the R'as Ajdir border. |
