Tripoli News
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An oil depot fire on the outskirts of Tripoli that started after a rocket struck a tank containing more than 1.6 million gallons of oil has now spread to include a second tank, hit by shrapnel resulting from fighting by rival militia groups.
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Around 150 officials, workers and military security guards were evacuated Saturday from the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli to escape mounting militia violence in Libya's capital.
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With at least 49 dead, and hundreds injured in clashes between protesters and security forces, possibly the last thing stability in Egypt needs is tension with Libya, after five Egyptian diplomats are reportedly kidnapped in Tripoli.
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Although reports of those killed vary it seems as if at least six people have been killed as they demonstrated against protesters calling on armed groups to leave Tripoli.
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An anti-militia protest in the Libyan capital city of Tripoli turned deadly when militiamen began to fire into the group of protesters, killing 31, and leaving over 200 wounded.
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Following the United States’ capture of alleged Al-Qaeda operative Abu Anas al Libi in a surprise Tripoli raid, Libya is seeking his handover, saying that he be tried on Libyan soil.
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An explosion occurred today in downtown Tripoli. The blast happened in the car park of a residential compound located next to Tripoli Towers which houses western embassies.
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Italian diplomats in the Libyan capital Tripoli were fortunate to escape from their booby-trapped car before it exploded. The car exploded about a half hour after they abandoned it.
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The northern Lebanese city of Tripoli saw some of its heaviest fighting between pro and anti-Assad gunmen last night. In the aftermath of the fighting, at least 10 people were killed.
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During the last two weeks armed militia members have surrounded both the Libyan Foreign Ministry and also the Justice Ministry. After the recent passage of a law banning senior former Gadaffi officials from office, it was expected the gunmen would leave.
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As violence sparked by the Innocence of Muslims movie continued in many cities around the Middle East, a visit by Pope Benedict seemed to ignite more outrage, resulting in a Tripoli Lebanon Kentucky Fried Chicken being set ablaze by protesters.
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At least nine people were killed and 42 wounded in the Lebanese port of Tripoli, making Saturday's death toll the highest, and bloodiest in a single day, raising fears that Syria's unrest will spill over the border into its smaller neighbor.
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A militia group from Misrata attacked a refugee camp, home to black Libyan refugees from the town of Tawergha. They massacred at least five people in what has been termed a racist assault.
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A gun battle broke out early Monday morning at the entrance to Tripoli's main hospital, resulting in seven deaths. Rebel fighters from Zintan who had earlier shot a man demanded entry to the hospital to finish him off.
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William Hague was in Tripoli on Monday for the reopening of the British Embassy. He met with interim leader Mustafa Adbel Jalil, pledging another £42 million towards Libya.
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Inspectors with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons are investigating claims by the interim government in Libya of missing chemical weapons from a munitions storage site that was once under the control of strongman Muammar Qaddafi.
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A Libyan man who lives and works in Scotland has claimed that a NATO air-strike on Wednesday has claimed the lives of five members of his family.
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The leader of the newly established Tripoli Military Council is Abdelhakim Belhadj, the former head of the terrorist Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), which was banned internationally as a terrorist organization after the 9/11 attacks.
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Last week NATO shamelessly weighed-in on the side of the rebels with the help of special forces on the ground. Without it, the rebels would never have won. There is now talk that NATO has broken international law. So what role did they really play?
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An Ottawa man is one of those who is reported to have been killed by sniper fire in Tripoli. The man has been identified as Nader Ben Raween.
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After days of being held at Rixos Hotel in Tripoli, journalists from some of the biggest names in news were freed by representatives of the International Committee Red Cross.
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Saif Gaddafi surprised everyone last night by suddenly appearing at the Rixos Hotel. The NTC claims of his capture have been proven untrue. Saif vowed he would fight to the end, while fierce battles continued to rage in many areas of the capital.
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As it appears that the rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) are close to ousting Muammar Gaddafi, it's tempting to see the war as over. This would be unwise.
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Today's unfolding developments : Tripoli woke up to heavy fighting this morning outside Gaddafi's compound and in two other districts. Rebels say Gaddafi still controls 20 percent of the city and the situation remains very volatile.
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Rebels in Libya, fighting to free the country from the hold of Gaddafi's regime, have finally entered Tripoli, signalling the end of the Colonel's hold on the country.
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Every day for the last four months, people have been predicting the immanent defeat of Gaddafi. But with stalemates now on all fronts, has the West and the rebels greatly miscalculated the strength of Gaddafi's military machine?
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NATO has established its most intense strikes since the bombing campaign began a couple of months ago. The coalition has already targeted the Libyan Navy, but is now escalating its attacks on Moammar Gadhafi's compound in Tripoli.
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The relatively new branch of al-Qaeda operatives based in Yemen have evolved from Osama bin Laden's ideology of attacking targets of significance in favor of striking whenever and wherever opportunity is present, a media report states.
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As Libyan dictator Mummar Qaddafi turns up the heat on dissidents and a coalition of Western and Arab states commence bombing raids, looming large in the shadows is Libya's chemical weapons arsenal. An enduring threat and Qaddafi's weapon of last resort.
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For a military man, Gaddafi is making some very odd tactical and strategic moves. The current heavy fighting at Zawiyah is a case in point. Gadaafi is defining his actual military capabilities, intentionally or otherwise, and showing multiple weak spots.
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The Rixos Hotel in Tripoli, Libya
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LIBYA: Top officials of the U.S. Marines pose with soldiers and sailors assigned to embassy protection duty outside the U.S. embassy in Tripoli in 2013.
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The Jordanian Ambassador To Tripoli, Fawaz Aitan
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Members of the Libyan security forces stand at the destroyed shrine of the Murad Agha mosque, which was bombed early this morning, in Tripoli's Tajura neighborhood
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Much of downtown Misrata, though, such as on Tripoli Street pictured here, is beyond repair.
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Ammar Abd Rabo
Rebels celebrate inside the 'Bab Al Aziziya' compound in Tripoli, Libya
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Medina in Tripoli, Libya
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Protesters calling for change in Libya
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Libyans celebrate their new colors, nearly 3 weeks after the fall of their capital city to anti-Gaddafi rebels, on the former 'Green Square' in Tripoli, Libya
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Libyan rebels in Tripoli's central square.
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Protesters in Tripoli, Lebanon set KFC on fire.
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Adel Samia
Protesters in Tripoli, Lebanon set KFC on fire.
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The city of Tripoli
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The Lebanese army moved into Tripoli with armored vehicles
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People carry a man who was injured when Libyan militiamen opened fire into a crowd of protesters in Tripoli November 15, 2013
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LIBYA: Top officials of the U.S. Marines pose with soldiers and sailors assigned to embassy protection duty outside the U.S. embassy in Tripoli in 2013.
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A protester raising Libya's Independence flag above the Libyan Embassy in Zamalek,Cairo
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A Libyan rebel soldier
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Army personnel man a checkpoint at one of the entrances to Tripoli. Libyan militia fighters blamed for the worst unrest in Tripoli since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi
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