A U.S. Air Force veteran held captive for six weeks by the Libyan military amid allegations that he was a hired mercenary was freed by the U.S. government on Tuesday, the Washington Post first ...

Having redeployed some soldiers previously stationed in Syria to Libya, the Russian army and its military-political entity ...

Osama Almasri Najim, head of Libya's judicial police, was apprehended in Turin on 19 January. Two days later, he was released and flown back to Tripoli on an Italian air force plane. Mr Najim faces ...

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whose most recent military experience was as an instructor for the Libyan air force 17 years ago. "I am happy they are coming. The fighters are happy," he said. In British army doctrine ...

Monument erected at RAF Bassingbourn to honour USAF Eighth Air Force 'Memphis Belle' tribute fenced off when Libyan soldiers relocated to base After outrage from enthusiasts and locals ...

The US chief of staff for the mission in Libya has insisted there have been ... Earlier, British Air Vice Marshal Greg Bagwell said Col Gaddafi's air force "no longer exists as a fighting force".

The pilot ejected from the aircraft, which was identified as a Russian-built MiG-23 fighter as used by the Libyan air force. However a number of military units defected to the rebellion soon after the ...

Ossama Anjiem — also known as Ossama al-Masri — was arrested under a International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant then released on a technicality.