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The Libyan Al-Ahli club, based in Tripoli, lost the match to Kawkab Marackesh from Morocco 1-2 on Tuesday at Al-Shadily Zuwaitin stadium in Tunisia.This loss is the second in a row for Al-Ahli in the play-offs round of the CAF…

US-backed Syrian rebels say they are closing in on a town on the border with Iraq held by so-called Islamic State.The New Syrian Army (NSA) said it had captured a number of IS positions on the outskirts of Albu Kamal, after…

The twentieth anniversary of the Abu Saleem Prison Massacre is to be commemorated by Libyans on Wednesday, when the people will remember the killing of more than 1250 prisoners by Muamar Gaddafi’s brigades.The massacre took place…

The residents of the Oil Crescent districts have condemned the airstrikes carried out by Dignity Operation (Karama) warplanes, led by Khalifa Haftar, on a number of locations where the Oil Facilities Guard personnel and forces of…

The Italian Navy has recovered a ship that sank off the coast of Libya last year with hundreds of people on board.Up to 700 refugees were believed to be on the vessel when it went down in the first half of 2015 while on its way to…

At least 41 people died and dozens more were injured late Tuesday after three suspected Islamic State terrorists blew themselves up at Ataturk International Airport, according to Turkish officials.Turkish Prime Minister Binali…

Two explosions have rocked Istanbul's Ataturk airport, killing at least 28 people and wounding around 60 others, Turkey's justice minister and another official said Tuesday.Bekir Bozdag said that according to preliminary…

The leader of Dignity Opertion, Khalifa Haftar, arrived in Russia on Monday and discussed a number of issues including weapons deliveries with Russia's Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, the…