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
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
According to the Libyan National Army, a United States-manufactured MQ-9 Reaper drone was shot down with a surface-to-air missile, crashing near Benina International Airport in Benghazi, Libya. 2022-08-23
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
13 people are killed and 10 injured in a suicide car bomb attack at a military checkpoint near the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi. 2013-12-22
Unidentified gunmen shoot and kill a U.S. teacher at an international school in Benghazi, Libya. 2013-12-5
Nine people are killed in clashes between the Libyan Army and militias in the city of Benghazi. 2013-11-25
A car bomb explodes near a hospital in the Libyan city of Benghazi, killing at least nine people. 2013-05-13
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
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