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IHS Jane's 360
February 23, 2018
AT LEAST three Libyan National Army (LNA) soldiers were killed and two others were wounded in a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (SVBIED) attack targeting a checkpoint 22km west of the city of Waddan in Libya's Fezzan region on 21 February, Libya Herald reported. Although noÃâà...
News24
February 23, 2018
Tripoli - The Islamic State group on Thursday claimed a suicide car bomb attack in central Libya against the forces of strongman Khalifa Haftar, a day after it killed three militiamen. The attack on Wednesday in the Waddan region is the first claimed by the group in the violence-ridden north African countryÃâà...
Middle East Monitor
February 22, 2018
Fouad Al-Mahdi Rashid, a member of the Al-Jufra Municipal Council, told the Anadolu Agency that another soldier was injured in the blast, which he said had targeted a security checkpoint in the town of Waddan. Rashid added that the explosion was caused – according to preliminary information – by a carÃâà...
Libyan Express
February 22, 2018
ISIS terrorists claimed on their media agency Amaq on Thursday the Wednesday explosive attack on a checkpoint for forces loyal to warlord Khalifa Haftar in Waddan, Al-Jufra in central Libya – at the Kenshello checkpoint – where three fighters were killed and three others were wounded. “A suicide attackerÃâà...
Libya Herald
February 21, 2018
The Libyan National Army (LNA) Spokesman Ahmed Mesmari confirmed that a suicide car bomb killed three soldiers and injured two at an LNA checkpoint 22 km west of the central Libyan city of Waddan on the road towards Tripoli. Other Libyan media have reported 5 deaths and 7 injuries. Mesmari saidÃâà...
Libya Herald
October 28, 2017
The third edition of the Waddan ''TeTe'' Desert Rally will be held from 2-4 November, organizers confirmed. Speaking from Waddan, the rally's Media Committee member Ali Omar told Libya Herald that the event will start from Waddan town centre, in the central Jufra region in Libya, about 250 km south ofÃâà...
The Libya Observer
October 19, 2017
The oasis town of Waddan will host this year's Desert Rally in early November, which will last for three days. Al-Qalaa Sports Club in Waddan is scheduled to be the starting point for the race. The race ends at the sands of TT in the heart of the desert, 25 kilometres from Wadan. The festival will also includeÃâà...
The Libya Observer
June 2, 2017
Clashes erupted in the oasis town of Waddan in Al-Jufra region on Friday between local gunmen and fighters from Benghazi Defense Brigades (BDB), leaving seven gunmen and five BDB fighters killed. Local reports said BDB fighters were on the way to Al-Jufra Airbase after morning clashes againstÃâà...
