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The article examines the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012 in which four U.S. diplomats died. It is reported that the attack was conducted by members of militias in that city who were both opponents and supposed allies of U.S. interests in Libya and largely motivated by anger over a video recording criticizing Islam produced in the U.S. It is reported the attack was not the responsibility of the terrorist group al Qaeda. INSET: Militia Leaders and the Roles They Played.

The article reports that Libyan rebels have seized control of coastal city amid criticism that growing role of foreign powers in conflict has fueled sudden escalation in fighting and mentions fall of Surt which is significant blow to the government.

The article reports that several gunman attacked headquarters of Libya's national oil company in Tripoli killing and injuring several people and mentions that the attack took place after violence among rival militias who are trying to compete for their control in Tripoli.

The article discusses the condition of Libya following the fall of former Libyan Primary Leader Muammar Muhammad el-Qaddafi. It states that aside from the feuding factions, the threats from the Islamic State have added burden on the country's path towards economic stability and recovery. Businessman Fathi Bashaagha points out the importance of a unified government to save the people and economy out from misery.

The article discusses the impact of political conflict in Libya in creating an opening for the advancement of the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) terrorist organization within the country, noting that ISIS has faced pressure from airstrikes in Iraq in Syria. Topics addressed include Islamic State militants' presence in the city of Surt, Libya, a militia allied with the Libya Dawn coalition and led by Mohamed Omar el-Hassan.

The article reports on the assault of a luxury hotel in Tripoli, Libya wherein the Islamic State, an Islamist rebel group, held responsible of the crime. It states that at least eight people died on the attack including an American who previously worked under the U.S. Marine. It adds that the violence is one of the most significant terrorist attacks since the ouster of Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi in 2011.

The article discusses an increasing amount of conflict amongst tribes and cities in Libya, highlighting the possibility of a full-scale civil war breaking out in the country. Topics addressed include conflicts over Libya's main international airport, the presence of Islamist militant organization Ansar al-Shariah, and militias aligned with Islamist leader Salah Badi and with anti-Islamist leader Khalifa Hifter.

The article reports on the successful destruction of the chemical weapons supply of Libya, built up under the administration of the late dictator Muammar al-Qaddafi. Details are given explaining how shared activities by Libya and the United States covertly eliminated the weapon supply between November 2013 and February 2014. Commentary is also offered comparing and contrasting the Libyan experience with ongoing efforts to destroy the chemical weapon supply of Syria during its civil war.

The article looks at the chaos and security issues stemming from the retreat of independent militias in Libyan cities, pursued by civilian protesters and armed groups. Information is provided on the challenges facing Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan as assassinations and bombings attributed to underground extremists increase while government facilities and private properties previously controlled by militias go without management. Attacks on the Libyan Army are also detailed.

The article reports on the advances made by the Libya's United Nation (UN)-backed unity government fighters along the Mediterranean coast toward the stronghold of the Islamic State (ISIS) on Surt, highlighting concerns over potential violent competition between rival groups.

The article discusses a suicide bomber attack on a training camp for Coast Guard cadets in the town of Zlitan, Libya, killing several people; mentions offensive launched by the terrorist group Islamic State affiliate in Libya; and offers statements of Adel Erhoma, a security officer, on the attack.

The article reports on the demonstration in Benghazi, Libya by anti-Islamists and Islamists in October 2015 to protest the proposal of a unity government, dealing with topics including the country's history and relationship with the U.S..

The article talks about an attack by extremist militant group ISIS loyalists on a prison inside the air base at Tripoli in Libya, it also adds that a military operation successfully rebuffed the attack, killing most of the attackers.

The article reports on the ouster of prime minister Omar al-Hassi by the provisional government in Libya.

The article reports on the clash of Libyan fighters aligned with the terrorist group Islamic State who control the city of Surt by a brigade from the neighboring city of Misurata on March 17, 2015, in an effort to drive them out.

The article reports on the impact of the battle between the two factions on the Central Bank in Bayda, Libya.

The article reports that Libyan militants affiliated with the extremist group Islamic State has claimed kidnapping of Egyptian Christians, which raises new fears about the Islamic State's spreading influence beyond Iraq and Syria.

The article reports that Libyans have captured a residential compound which was vacated by the American Embassy when it withdrew from Tripoli, Libya in July 2014.

The article offers information on the airstrikes of unidentified warplanes in Tripoli, Libya on August 18, 2014 which killed six people.

The article reports that Libyan leaders convened a newly elected Parliament for its first session in August 2014 in Tubrok, Libya amid battles, with newly elected lawmakers like Abu Bakr Bueira pledging to prevent the collapse of their state.

The article reports on the elections in Libya as of June 26, 2014 wherein civil conflict has intensified and voters have expressed their disappointment over leaders' failure to fulfill their promises of national security or to manage the country's wealth properly.

The article reports on Libyan towns, tribes and armed groups that chose sides on May 19, 2014 in response to the threat of General Khalifa Heftar to start a coup or even a civil war, though it was not clear if he has the power to do so.

The article reports on the terrorist attack on the parliament building in Tripoli, Libya on May 18, 2014 held by militia members acting on the order of retired General Khalifa Heftar that killed two people and wounded 60 others.

The article announces the selection of businessman Ahmed Maitiq as the new prime minister of the transitional Parliament of Libya on May 4, 2014.

The article reports that Morning Glory tanker containing some of the highest oil in the world that had been sitting for three days at a Libyan port controlled by a regional militia had left the port on March 10, 2014 to an unknown location.

The article reports on dozens of armed Libyan rioters who stormed the Parliament building in Tripoli, Libya on March 2, 2014 that set fire to the grounds looting furniture and wounding a lawmaker, less than two weeks after a vote to elect an assembly.

The article reports on Libyan voters who will directly elect a 60-member assembly on February 21, 2014 to draft the charter following the failure of the Parliament to appoint the body as originally planned.

The article reports on the death of Libyan deputy industry minister Hassan al-Droui after being hit by a spray of bullets of gunmen on January 11, 2014, the first assassination of senior government officials since the ouster of former leader Muammar el-Qaddafi in 2011.

The article reports that a militia in Benghazi, Libya, linked to the killing of Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens fled its headquarters after an hour-long gun battle with a local military unit.

The article reports on the mass escape of more than 1000 prisoners in Benghazi, Libya after a wave of attacks on political offices and political assassinations across Libya.

The article reports that six soldiers were killed in attacks in June 2013 that are believed to be retaliation for the expulsion of major militia from the city in Benghazi, Libya, which raise fears over an imminent showdown between army units and rival militia brigades.

The article reports on the concern of the protester on the implications of the violence in Libya, which would undercut the power of militias in the country.

The article reports that at least 12 people were killed in a firing by the members of one of the most powerful militias in Libya during a protest near the group's headquarters.

The article reports on the car bomb that destructed half of the French Embassy in Libya on April 23, 2013, which was labeled as act of terrorism by the French and Libyan governments.

The article reports that two men have been arrested after kidnapping five British humanitarian activists in Libya in March 2013 and mentions that Libyan defense official Abdul Salam Bargathi has declared that the arrested men were Libyan soldiers.

The article reports on the approval of the new cabinet of the new Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan by the Libyan Parliament. The authors note that this has ended the uncertainty about who was in charge of the government. They mention that the top officials are expected to take responsibility for investigating the attack on the American Mission in Benghazi on September 11, 2012, as well as the controlling the militias that have dominated Libya since the death of Prime Minister Muamar el-Qaddafi.

The article reports on the military occupation at the western town of Bani Walid in Libya after an assault that killed 22 people in October 2012. It notes the allegations that the government was using indiscriminate force to penalize the city. It mentions that the conflict is connected to the case of the country's deposed dictator, Colonel Muammar Qaddafi.

The article reports on the return of war in Libyan town of Bani Walid. It states that the city is under siege with rising death tool and hospitals filled with men wounded by gunfire. It indicates that at least 22 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in fighting around the city. It indicates that the violence has withdrawn militias from a rival town against fighters in Bani Walid.

The article discusses a foreign policy debate between U.S. presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney for the 2012 election in Novermber. The said debate focused on Benghazi, Libya where the buzz of surveillance drones has grown heavy as part of the U.S. mission. It relates the views of the candidates on the said mission.

TRIPOLI, Libya -- A coalition led by a Western-educated political scientist appeared on Sunday to be beating its Islamist rivals in Libya's first election after Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, breaking an Islamist wave that swept across neighboring Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco in the aftermath of the Arab Spring uprisings. The preliminary results, characterized by independent monitors and party representatives who witnessed the vote count for a new national assembly, reflect in part the well-known name and tribal connections of the coalition's founder, Mahmoud Jibril. He is the former interim prime minister who helped lead the de facto rebel government in Benghazi, and he is also a member of Libya's most populous tribe, the Warfalla. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BENGHAZI, Libya -- Defying expectations and, in some places, bullets, Libyans across most of the country voted Saturday in the first election after more than four decades of isolation and totalitarianism under Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. ''We will vote for the fatherland whether there is shooting or not,'' said Naema el-Gheryiene, 55, fixing a designer veil over her hair as she walked to a polling place here shortly after a gunman in a passing car had sprayed it with bullets. ''Whoever dies for their country is a martyr, and even if there are explosions, we are going to vote.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BENGHAZI, Libya -- The first election in more than four decades was supposed to forge a new Libya but threatens instead to tear it apart. Protesters angry at the distribution of seats in the congress shot down a Libyan Air Force helicopter delivering ballots here on Friday, killing an election official, the United Nations said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

CAIRO -- Hundreds of armed protesters on Sunday attacked the offices of Libya's election commission in two cities, Benghazi and Tobruk, in anger over the way seats in next week's planned election for a constituent assembly were distributed among the country's regions. The protesters carried computers, ballot boxes and ballots out of the offices, and shattered and burned them in the streets outside, according to witnesses, news agencies and photographs that circulated on the Internet. Some of the attackers carried signs calling the leader of Libya's interim government a ''traitor'' to the eastern region of the country, known as Cyrenaica, which the protesters said got too few seats in the assembly. Others demanded the writing of a constitution before elections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

TRIPOLI, Libya -- The militia leaders who have turned post-Qaddafi Libya into a patchwork of semiautonomous fiefs are now plunging into politics, raising fears that their armed brigades could undermine elections intended to lay the foundation of a new democracy. The militia leader from Zintan who controls the airport here in the capital has exchanged his uniform for a suit and tie and now talks about running for office -- with his 1,200 armed men at his back. The head of Tripoli's military council is starting a political party, and the military council in Benghazi is preparing its own slate of candidates for local office. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

TRIPOLI, Libya -- Abdullah el-Senussi, the former intelligence chief and brother-in-law of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, was arrested Saturday at an airport in Mauritania, the authorities there said, in the most significant capture of a former official of the Qaddafi government since the apprehension of the dictator's son Seif al-Islam by Libyan fighters in November. The International Criminal Court has indicted Mr. Senussi, Seif al-Islam and Colonel Qaddafi on accusations of crimes against humanity committed during the government's attempts to crush the rebellion last year that ultimately ousted the Libyan leader. Colonel Qaddafi was killed by Libyan fighters shortly after his capture in October. During his years as intelligence chief, Mr. Senussi presided over the surveillance, detention, torture and assassination of probably thousands of Libyans. Aside from Colonel Qaddafi himself, Mr. Senussi was the most reviled figure in the former government. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BENGHAZI, Libya -- In a symbolic gesture of defiance, militia and tribal chiefs from eastern Libya gathered here on Tuesday to demand a return to the loose federation that prevailed before Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi took power four decades ago. Challenging the country's transitional leaders in the nation's capital, Tripoli, the 3,000 people assembled in an old soap factory near the regional capital, Benghazi, also announced unilateral plans to begin establishing their own autonomous government. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Biddeford, Me. THE fight is not over. Whether or not Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi defeats the rebels in eastern Libya, any legitimacy he once had has been extinguished. He has weapons, tanks and planes, but he has lost the allegiance of even those elements of Libyan society that had once been willing to wait and hope for political reform. His base of support is now only diehard allies and foreign mercenaries. They might win on the battlefield, but they will lose in the end. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses airstrikes launched by Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) against Islamist-allied militias in Tripoli, Libya. Topics addressed include the U.S. government's lack of information on Egypt and the United Arab Emirates' plans prior to the strikes, as well as divisions amongst Arab nations regarding the support of Islamists following the Arab Spring Uprisings.

The article reports on the attacks staged by terrorist group Islamic State militants near Baghdad, Iraq and in the Libyan city of Surt on June 9, 2015 despite a monthslong American-led air campaign against the group.

The article reports on the oust of Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan by a Parliament vote on March 11, 2014 for his government's inaction to stop a tanker from sailing away with an illicit shipment of the country's oil.