Sources: BBC
A boat departing from Zuwarah, Libya, carrying about 86 illegal immigrants from various African countries, sinks in the Mediterranean Sea, killing about 61 of them. 2023-12-16
Thirteen people are killed as fighting occurs in Tripoli, Libya. 2022-07-22
The wreck of the migrant boat which sank in April 2015 with 700 people on board is located by the Italian Navy 136km off the Libyan coast at a depth of 375m. 2015-05-7
Qatar withdraws its ambassador from Egypt following disagreement over Egyptian Air Force strikes against Islamic State targets in Libya after the execution of 21 Coptic Christian hostages by Islamic State. 2015-02-19
Unidentified gunmen shoot and kill a U.S. teacher at an international school in Benghazi, Libya. 2013-12-5
More than 1,000 inmates escape from prison in Benghazi, Libya. 2013-07-27
(NATO claims to have destroyed three television distribution facilities in an airstrike on Tripoli, Libya. 2011-07-30
Members of the multi-state coalition conducting the military campaign in Libya hold talks in Rome, Italy, and agree to set up a new fund to aid Libyan rebels, with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promising to use frozen assets of Muammar Gaddafi's regime. 2011-05-5
NATO decides to increase surveillance flights over Libya to a 24-7 basis. 2011-03-7
A man from Israel is released after being detained as a suspected spy in Libya in return for the safe delivery to Gaza of 20 prefabricated houses, whose ship was forced to divert to Egypt in July. 2010-08-9