Sources: AFP via Raw Story
United States Africa Command General Michael Langley meets with top Libyan National Army officials, including Khalifa Haftar, in Benghazi, Libya, to help mediate an end to the political crisis. 2024-08-27
Senior Libyan military officials say French special forces are on the ground in Benghazi helping Libyan National Army troops fight ISIL militants. They said that the French forces, along with American and British teams, are setting up an operations room inside Benina International Airport in Benina. The French defense ministry declined to comment, citing a policy not to comment on special forces' activities. 2016-02-24
A major power station in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi is shelled by militants. 2016-01-9
A suicide car bomber detonates his vehicle at the residence of Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi, Libya, killing four of his guards and injuring another three. 2014-06-4
Bombs explode outside two police stations in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi. 2013-05-10
Unidentified gunmen shoot and kill Benghazi's police chief Faraj al-Deirsy in front of his home in the latest attack against security officials in Libya's second largest city. 2012-11-21
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
Fourteen people are hurt in clashes between Libyan protestors and security forces in Benghazi as protests spread. 2011-02-16
Amnesty International condemns Sunday's execution, in Tripoli and Benghazi, Libya, of 18 people, some of whom were from Chad, Egypt and Nigeria. 2010-06-2