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Pilot Killed In Libya Fighter Jet Crash

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A Libyan air force pilot was killed Wednesday as his fighter jet crashed in the east of the country after carrying out strikes on a nearby jihadist stronghold, a military source said. The MiG-21 crash-landed in a residential area south of Tobruk, where a rival to Libya’s UN-backed unity government is based, 1,200 kilometres (750 … Read more

East Libyan Forces Claim Victory In Southwest Benghazi

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Khalifa Haftar’s east Libyan forces have claimed capture of the final holdout of hardline armed forces in the southwest of Benghazi, ending weeks of resistance by fighters camped in a group of tower blocks. Milad al-Zwai, spokesman for the eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA), said on Saturday the siege at the “12 blocks” ended when … Read more