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The Benghazi-based Libyan Government of National Stability says that it is suspending production at all oil fields and oil terminals that it controls until further notice amid a dispute with the central bank in Tripoli.
2024-08-26

A double car bombing in Benghazi, Libya, kills at least 33 people and wounds "dozens" of others. The victims include both military personnel and civilians, according to local officials.
2018-01-23

Forces of the Libyan National Army claim to have captured one of the last remaining strongholds of Benghazi from Ansar al-Sharia.
2017-01-26

At least three French Armed Forces soldiers are killed after their helicopter is shot down near the city of Benghazi, Libya. The soldiers were killed while carrying out "dangerous intelligence operations", according to French President François Hollande.
2016-07-20

A bomb explodes outside a police station in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi causing extensive damage to the building but no injuries.
2013-04-27

Demanding the disbandment of armed groups, hundreds of demonstrators attack Ansar al-Sharia and Islamist militia compounds in Benghazi, Libya. Eleven people die in the clashes. Libyan authorities re-take control of deserted strongholds.
2012-09-22

U.S. president Barack Obama strongly condemns the "outrageous attack" that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other U.S. citizens in Benghazi, Libya, saying that the United States rejects denigration of religious beliefs but also rejects the "senseless violence that killed the US diplomat".
2012-09-12

The Libyan opposition stronghold of Benghazi is bombed by pro-Gaddafi forces despite the declaration of a no-fly zone by the United Nations.
2011-03-19

The International Committee of the Red Cross withdraws from the rebel held city of Benghazi, Libya, fearing an attack from forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi.
2011-03-17

France sends two planeloads of aid to opponents of the Libyan regime in Benghazi.
2011-02-28