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Accusations mount of Hezbollah fighting in Syria




A police colonel escaped an assassination attempt in Benghazi. Three civilians were killed and 35 injured by a Grad rocket bombardment of the besieged city of Bani Wali, a holdout of Ghaddafi loyalists.




US intelligence set back when Libya base was abandoned




Obama administration's wishful thinking on terrorism




European official: Al Qaeda threat in northern Africa 'spreading'




Benghazi attack faces US Congress committee scrutiny




Attack on US mission in Libya presents dilemmas for White House




A jolt to Libya's new democracy - but some progress, too




Security Team Commander Says Ambassador Stevens Wanted His Team to Stay in Libya Past August




2 Tunisians detained in Turkey for links to killing of US ambassador




After Arab Spring, Salafists are building influence -- at polls and at gunpoint




Political Islam and the Fate of Two Libyan Brothers




Egyptian jihadist's path to Syria




Sharia-compliant banking for Libya




Washington rejected US embassy request for plane in Libya




Analysis: could Turkey's decision to shell Syria mean intervention is on its way?




In Libya, a patchwork of militias keeping the peace, and straining it




The staff at the Jalaa hospital in Benghazi want al Qaeda-linked Ansar al Sharia to return and provide security for the facility. The military and militias have gathered outside of Bani Walid and are prepared to launch an offensive.




Libyan armed Islamists driven underground




State Department: Ansar al Sharia an alias for AQAP

The State Department has announced that Ansar al Sharia in Yemen is simply an "alias" for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), which is attempting to "rebrand itself." The Ansar al Sharia brand is being employed by al Qaeda-linked groups elsewhere, including in Tunisia and Libya.