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                    [ArticleID] => 1421834
                    [Title] => Heavy fighting renews in Libya's second-largest city
                    [Summary] => 

Heavy fighting flared up in Libya's second-largest city, Benghazi, on yesterday as forces loyal to the internationally recognized elected government try to retake areas controlled by extremist militias.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-09 06:38:33 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1636503 [AuthorName] => Omar Almosmari [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1390927 [Title] => Iraqi Shiite militias grow brutal in anti-IS fight [Summary] =>

The vengeance that Iraq's Shiite militias mete out as they fight the Islamic State group can be just as brutal as that of their sworn sectarian enemies.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-12 02:44:58 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1747633 [AuthorName] => Sinan Salaheddin and Sameer N. Yacoub [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1387937 [Title] => Fighting in eastern Libya sets oil tanker on fire [Summary] =>

Libya's army spokesman said an oil tanker caught fire on yesterday amid fierce fighting between pro-government forces and Islamist militias in the eastern city of Benghazi, sending heavy black smoke into the sky.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-04 05:18:35 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1369705 [Title] => Mystery airstrikes target Libyan Islamist militias [Summary] =>

Unidentified warplanes conducted four airstrikes on yesterday near the Libyan capital of Tripoli, leaving one dead and five wounded, a spokesman for Libya's Islamist-allied militias and a militia commander said.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-16 07:07:12 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1484278 [AuthorName] => Maggie Michael [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1369329 [Title] => Libya's elected parliament fires central bank head [Summary] =>

Libya's newly elected parliament on yesterday fired the president of the central bank after he tried to prevent funds that had been allocated for the lawmakers from leaving the bank, according to the country's official news agency.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-15 02:22:47 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1367478 [Title] => Under militia power, Libya closer to failed state [Summary] =>

After three years of chaos since Moammar Gadhafi's fall, Libya is further crumbling into a failed state after Islamist-allied militias took over the capital Tripoli and other cities and set up their own government, driving out a parliament that was elected over the summer.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-10 04:43:11 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1484280 [AuthorName] => Maggie Michael and Lee Keath [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1351238 [Title] => 38 killed as Libyan forces battle militias in east [Summary] =>

Heavy clashes between Libyan soldiers loyal to a renegade general and Islamist-led militias killed 38 people — including civilians — in the country's restive east, health officials said yesterday, as fighting between rival militias around the capital's international airport raged on.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-28 06:08:44 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1489925 [AuthorName] => Mariam Rizk [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1292896 [Title] => Libyan militias extend ultimatum to parliament [Summary] =>

Two powerful militias that earlier demanded that Libya's interim parliament step down or face arrest now say the country's political factions have 72 hours to resolve their crisis, while the United Nations urged Wednesday that the deadlock be resolved by holding new elections.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-21 02:12:04 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1309002 [AuthorName] => Esam Mohamed [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://imageshack.com/a/img547/6165/a8lf.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 854565 [Title] => Hundreds of Libyans handover their weapons [Summary] =>

Hundreds of Libyans converged yesterday on a main square in Benghazi and another in Tripoli in response to a call from the military to hand over their weapons, some driving in with armored personnel carriers, tanks, vehicles with mounted anti-aircraft guns and hundreds of rocket launchers.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-30 06:24:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 852776 [Title] => Libya appoints military officers to head militias [Summary] =>

Libya's military command appointed yesterday a pair of army officers to head two powerful Islamist militias in the country's east, part of the government's push to rein in armed factions.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-25 06:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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