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Benghazi had a strategic port location, one that was too useful to be ignored by the Ottomans. They occupied Benghazi in the 16th century and it was ruled from Tripoli by the Karamanlis from 1711 to 1835, then it passed under direct Ottoman rule until 1911. Under Ottoman rule, Benghazi was the most impoverished of the Ottoman provinces.
Benghazi is one of the cultural centres of Libya and is a base for tourists, visitors and academics in the region. Throughout its history, Benghazi has developed with a certain level of independence from the more Maghreb oriented capital Tripoli. This has influenced the city, and as such, the cultural atmosphere in Benghazi is more Arab in ...
Benghazi, Libya. Photo: Wikimedia Commons This is not a story about Benghazi. It has nothing to do with Hillary Clinton, al-Qaeda terrorists, or conspiracy theories. It is, however, a story about ...
A soldier's sketch of British troops "brewing up" (making tea) in the Libyan desert, 1940 to 1943.. The Benghazi burner or Benghazi cooker was an improvised petrol stove or brazier used by British Army and Imperial troops in the Second World War, during and after the North African Campaign.
1937 - March: Mussolini visits Benghazi. 1939 - Benghazi Cathedral built. 1942 November: British forces take city during the Battle of El Agheila in World War II. [8] Italian rule ends. Omar al-Mukhtar Society formed. [9] [chronology citation needed] 1945 - Population: 60,000 (approximate). [10] 1947 - Ahly Benghazi football club active.
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Benghazi lighthouse. The lighthouse sustained some damage during World War II, but was much more severely damaged in the recent Libyan civil war. Some of the Islamist opponents of the military commander Khalifa Hafter took shelter in the lighthouse, and later used it to bury about 200 of their dead. Airstrikes hit the upper chamber and took out ...
A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a Libyan militant to more than 19 years in prison for his role in the 2012 Benghazi attacks that killed four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador.