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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Benghazi, Libya.
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- ↑ "2 killed, 143 wounded as explosion hits mosque in Libya's Benghazi". Xinhua. 10 February 2018. Archived from the original on February 9, 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- ↑ "Incident Summary 201802090006". Global Terrorism Database. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
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