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TRIPOLI, July 23 (Reuters) - Clashes erupted between rival factions on the outskirts of the Libyan city of Misrata on Saturday, before being halted by the intervention of another armed force. The ...
News Libya » Misrata » Events: Libya: French celebrity writer Levy's visit unwelcome
Controversial French Jewish intellectual Bernard-Henri Levy's trip to government-run Misrata city triggers uproar amid calls for investigation.
News Libya » Misrata » Events: Libya’s Misrata pays price in fight against IS
In the fight against the Islamic State group in Libya, few communities have paid as heavy a price as Misrata. The coastal city is home to powerful militias that formed in the 2011 uprising that ...
News Libya » Misrata » Events: Libya lays army chief of staff to rest in Misrata
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Misrata, Libya – After days of mourning, Libya is laying to rest its army chief, General Mohammed al-Haddad, and four other ...
News Libya » Misrata » Events: Islamic State expands in Libya, putting Misrata’s fighters on the defensive
Benefiting from Libya’s political chaos, Islamic State militants are consolidating their base in the city of Sirte and grabbing new territory, pushing back fighters from Misrata. Libya’s two dueling ...
News Libya » Misrata » Events: Libya rebels celebrate capture of Misrata airport
MIsrata — Tripoli came under air attack early Thursday as Libyan rebels celebrated the captured the strategic Misrata airport after a fierce battle with Muammar Qadhafi's troops, their first ...
News Libya » Misrata » Events: Libya in Multinational $2.7 Billion Deal to Develop Misrata Zone
Libya signed a partnership deal that involves Qatari, Italian and Swiss companies to expand and develop the Misrata Free Zone port terminal on the Mediterranean, the OPEC member said. The deal aims to ...
News Libya » Misrata » Events: Heavy toll weighs on Misrata after battle for Libya's Sirte
MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) - Next to the rusting shell cases outside Misrata's museum of Libya's 2011 uprising is a new addition: a scaffold used by Islamic State in Sirte to display bodies of executed ...
News Libya » Misrata » Events: Libya announces $3 billion deal to develop Misrata port
TRIPOLI — Libyan authorities announced on Sunday a strategic partnership deal worth $3 billion with a Qatari fund and Swiss-Italian shipping giant MSC’s subsidiary to develop Misrata port. The project ...
News Libya » Misrata » Events: Libya's Misrata port hits record for container unloading in 2013
MISRATA, Libya, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Container unloading at Libya's Misrata port has hit record levels this year and the major shipping gateway is expanding, a local official said, in a rare success ...
News Libya » Misrata » Events: Libya says army may halt fighting in Misrata
Nato air strikes may force Libya to halt fighting by its army in the besieged port of Misrata and let local tribes take over the battle, the government said, in what could amount to an important shift ...
News Libya » Misrata » Events: Libya: As Misrata Burns, The West Debates
While the third-largest Libyan city, the rebel stronghold of Misrata, continues to burn — ignited by Muammar Gaddafi — the West continues to fiddle. Rhetorical war rages between European capitals and ...