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Attacks on government buildings and structures in Africa
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Military operations of the Libyan civil war (2014–2020)
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1007:. Libya Herald. 22 May 2017.
836:. Libya Herald. 19 May 2017.
822:. Libya Herald. 18 May 2017.
803:. Libya Herald. 19 May 2017.
284:Libyan civil war (2014–2020)
165:Gen. Mohamed Ben Nayel
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680:GNA Minister of Defense
128:House of Representatives
489:Tripoli military school
199:13th Misrata Battalion
53:Wadi al Shatii District
51:Brak al-Shati Airbase,
29:Second Libyan Civil War
729:International response
134:Commanders and leaders
1082:2017 murders in Libya
682:Al-Mahdi Al-Barghathi
639:Brak al-Shati Airbase
592:Egyptian intervention
582:American intervention
237:Casualties and losses
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704:Libyan National Army
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609:Libyan peace process
587:Turkish intervention
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576:Foreign involvement
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356:Egyptian airstrikes
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1071:Categories
929:2021-12-07
890:2017-05-20
787:References
657:Background
570:NOC attack
545:Flight 209
416:LNA vs GNA
403:West Libya
722:war crime
686:al-Sarraj
550:3rd Derna
535:Al Qubbah
506:al-Watiya
494:3rd Sirte
376:2nd Sirte
366:Bin Jawad
361:1st Sirte
346:1st Derna
329:4th Derna
324:2nd Derna
75:collapses
923:BBC News
761:Egyptian
673:Response
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208:militias
206:Misratan
47:Location
1025:14 June
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710:and at
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479:Misrata
474:Tajoura
464:Gharyan
398:Traghan
371:Misrata
185:†
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1097:Fezzan
773:Russia
769:France
740:, and
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60:Result
765:China
693:Sebha
447:Sabha
393:Ubari
341:Kikla
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