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In a televised address, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar says his Libyan National Army is accepting a "popular mandate" to rule the country, seemingly declaring himself the ruler of Libya and dismissing the House of Representatives. An adviser to the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord says Haftar has exposed himself as an authoritarian.
2020-04-27

The United States launches airstrikes on ISIL positions in the Libyan city of Sirte following a request from the UN-backed Government of National Accord. Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, in a televised address, says the strikes have caused "heavy ISIL losses".
2016-08-1

Up to 500 people are feared to have drowned off the coast of Libya in the Mediterranean last week, in what would be the deadliest migrant shipwreck in months.
2016-04-20

Islamic State militants continue to besiege the Libyan oil port of Sidra, attacking checkpoints on the road to the port, leaving seven guards dead. The National Oil Corporation (NOC) said an oil storage tank in the port was set on fire by a long-range rocket, and that the oil tank fire started just as firefighters were close to bringing under control another blaze at an oil tank that was hit during fighting in the nearby Ra's Lanuf Refinery on Monday.
2016-01-5

A car-bomb kills five guards at a checkpoint east of the Libyan capital, Tripoli.
2015-11-24

The bodies of 40 migrants wash ashore on the Libyan coast with another 30 people missing.
2015-10-25

Multiple car bombs kill at least 45 and wound 30 in the eastern Libyan town of Al Qubbah.
2015-02-20

Russia evacuates Libya of all Russian diplomats and their families one day after an attack on their embassy left one dead.
2013-10-3

Deposed Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi is killed in a crossfire between Gaddafi loyalists and rebel fighters in his hometown of Sirte, Libya.
2011-10-20

Libya orders the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, to leave the country for unknown reasons.
2010-06-8