Tripoli continues to be gripped by violence as the battle between Zintani-led brigades and those from Misrata rages on. The area surrounding the Tripoli International Airport (TIA) has become a battle zone, while fighting has been reported in several Tripoli neighbourhoods, as well as in front of the Interior Ministry.
Read Full PostThe long expected showdown between Misratan and Zintani forces in Tripoli appears to have kicked off with control of Tripoli International Airport a key point of contention. The Foreign Ministry remains under siege and bank robberies continue.
Read Full PostKidnappings and assassinations struck Tripoli and Benghazi. The Foreign Ministry remained under siege and fighting continued in Derna.
Read Full PostBenghazi women’s rights activist and lawyer Salwa Bughagis was shot and killed in her home. A bomb targeted the Constitutional Drafting Committee for the first time and gunmen stole more than 2 million Euros from banks in Tripoli.
Read Full PostA plane carrying Constitutional Drafting Assembly members to Kufra was forced to make an emergency landing at a nearby oilfield airstrip on 18 June after the Kufra airport received anonymous threats that the plane would be shot down.
Read Full PostThe Thobacts Hotel in Tripoli was attacked. An Ansar al-Sharia leader was assassinated in Derna and two attacks occurred in Benghazi.
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