Sources: AFP via Raw Story
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
Tunisia's flag carrier Tunisair announces that it has resumed services to Libya in light of the UN-sponsored peace agreement, becoming the first foreign airline to connect to the country since the outbreak of the Second Libyan Civil War seven years ago. Yesterday, the airline flew its first flights to Benghazi and Tripoli, and it has scheduled five flights to both cities each week. 2021-05-18
A car bomb targeting a military official in Benghazi, Libya kills one and injures two. The official survives. 2018-04-18
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
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
At least nine people are killed and dozens injured in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi after several mortar shells hit a protest against a UN proposal for a unity government to end the four-year long crisis in the country. 2015-10-23
A car bomb explodes near a hospital in the Libyan city of Benghazi, killing at least nine people. 2013-05-13
Witnesses see Ansar al-Sharia Islamists in Benghazi evacuate their headquarters after demonstrations by thousands of Libyan people. 2012-09-21
Two US airmen safely eject prior to their F-15E crashing near Benghazi, Libya, due to mechanical failure. 2011-03-22
Fourteen people are hurt in clashes between Libyan protestors and security forces in Benghazi as protests spread. 2011-02-16