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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 349

US-Libya relations

This combination of pictures shows (L to R) Libya's Tripoli-based Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah speaking in Tunisia's capital Tunis on November 30, 2022; and CIA director William Burns speaking during a visit to agency headquarters on the 75th anniversary of its founding in Langley, Virginia, on July 8, 2022. (Fethi Belaid and Samuel Corum/AFP)
January 13, 2023, 12:30 am
CIA chief makes rare visit to Libya after suspected Lockerbie bombmaker extradited
Tripoli-based government, one of two rival administrations vying for control of country, says William Burns held talks with PM during trip
By AP
A hotel can be seen behind the abandoned Dar Bishi synagogue in Tripoli, Libya, September 28, 2011. (Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images/via JTA)
July 27, 2017, 8:39 pm
Jews from Libya are worried about the fate of the country’s Jewish artifacts
A memorandum under consideration by the State Department would prohibit ritual objects being brought from the war-torn regime into the US
By Josefin Dolsten
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a speech during a press conference with Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim (unseen) on February 10, 2017 in Istanbul. (AFP/Ozan Kose)
February 11, 2017, 6:24 pm
UN chief defends choice of ex-Palestinian PM as Libya envoy
Guterres spokesman says Salam Fayyad nominated ‘solely based’ on his ‘recognized personal qualities and competence’
By AFP
Protesters gather at the international arrivals area of Dulles International Airport on January 28, 2017, in Sterling, Virginia.(AFP PHOTO / PAUL J. RICHARDS)
February 2, 2017, 3:56 pm
Why Trump’s order isn’t a #MuslimBan and why that matters
Op-Ed: The entry ban sent a message to countries deemed a threat to the US — it also trampled core American values
By Emily B. Landau and Guy Landau
US Secretary of State John Kerry (C) is greeted upon his arrival at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, on August 24, 2016. AFP / STRINGER / Saudi Arabia
August 25, 2016, 5:45 pm
Kerry meets key Mideast allies before Syria parley with Lavrov
In Saudi Arabia, agenda includes push for Yemen peace, exploring ways to strengthen Libya government against IS
By IAN TIMBERLAKE
This undated image made from a video released by Islamic State militants on April 19, 2015, appears to show the killing of a group of captured Ethiopian Christians in Libya. (Militant video via AP)
January 21, 2016, 2:27 am
West ignoring grave threat from IS in Libya, Israeli terror experts warn
Libya is the only place outside Iraq and Syria where the jihadi group controls territory, but US and Europe have no strategy there, researchers say
By Raphael Ahren
Hillary Clinton, April 1, 2015 in New York City. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images/AFP)
May 22, 2015, 10:36 pm
State Dept. releases first Clinton emails on Libya
Former top diplomat says messages ‘do not change facts or our understanding’ of deadly attack on US mission in Benghazi
By JO BIDDLE
This artist's rendering shows US Magistrate Judge John Facciola swearing in Libyan militant and alleged Benghazi attack ringleader Ahmed Abu Khatallah, wearing a headphone, as his attorney Michelle Peterson looks on during a hearing at the federal US District Court in Washington, Saturday, June 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren)
June 29, 2014, 2:26 am
Benghazi suspect pleads not guilty before US judge
Ahmed Abu Khattala, suspected ringleader of 2012 attack that killed four Americans, was caught by US forces two weeks ago
By Mark Sherman, Pete Yost and Eric Tucker
Libya's Prime Minister Ali Zeidan (Photo credit: Mahmud Turkia/AFP)
February 19, 2014, 10:40 am
Libya PM declares ‘compromise’ after militia threat
Former rebels had given the General National Congress a late Tuesday deadline to hand over power
By AFP
The Alaan TV report broadcast November 1. (photo credit: MEMRI screenshot)
November 1, 2012, 7:14 pm
Libyan cop was caught photographing inside of US consulate in Benghazi on morning of September 11, TV report says
US officials wrote worried letters to Libyan authorities, protesting inadequate security, hours before Ambassador Stevens was killed
By ToI Staff
Libyan civilians celebrate the raiding of the Ansar al-Shariah Brigades compound, after hundreds of Libyans, Libyan military, and police raided their base in Benghazi, Libya on Sept 21 (photo: AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)
October 2, 2012, 10:47 pm
White House expanding covert war in North Africa with special-ops forces
Counter-terror teams were in North Africa six months prior to Libya attack but were too new to prevent the assault, officials say
By Kimberly Dozier
US envoy Chris Stevens speaking to local media in Benghazi in 2011. (photo credit: AP/Ben Curtis)
September 12, 2012, 3:12 pm
Obama vows ‘justice will be done’ after US ambassador killed in Libya
Peres sends condolences to America, says ambassador upheld values of freedom ‘until the last moment’
By ToI Staff
US ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens (photo credit: YouTube screen capture)
September 12, 2012, 12:33 pm
American ambassador to Libya, three others killed by militants
Christopher Stevens dies in rocket attack after violent mob, spurred by outrage over a film ridiculing Muhammad, storms Benghazi consulate
By ToI Staff
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