Members of the Islamic militant group Ansar al-Sharia carried out a coordinated attack against two United States government facilities in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012.

Feb 4, 2025 · 2012 Benghazi attacks, assaults on a U.S. diplomatic compound and a nearby CIA annex in the city of Benghazi, Libya, on September 11–12, 2012, which resulted in the deaths of four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador to Libya—the first violent death of a U.S. ambassador since 1988.

Benghazi (/ b ɛ n ˈ ɡ ɑː z i /) [3] [4] [5] [note 1] (lit. Son of [the] Ghazi) is the second-most-populous city in Libya as well as the largest city in Cyrenaica, with an estimated population of 859,000 in 2023. [2] Located on the Gulf of Sidra in the Mediterranean, Benghazi is also a major seaport.

Feb 5, 2016 · Dramatising the deadly 2012 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, it has been trumpeted by right-wingers as an assault on Democratic presidential hopeful, Hillary Clinton, who was...

Dec 19, 2012 · A look at the events surrounding the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, and the controversy that followed.

On Sept. 11, 2012, a mob armed with guns and grenades launched a fiery nightlong attack on a U.S. diplomatic outpost and a CIA annex in Libya. WHAT HAPPENED DURING AND AFTER THE BENGHAZI ATTACK...

Feb 13, 2020 · On Sept. 11, 2012, four Americans were killed during an attack on an American diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, triggering an intricate sequence of events that led to years of political debate....

Nov 9, 2012 · The Pentagon released Friday an hour-by-hour timeline of the September 11 assault on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, highlighting when Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and senior...

Oct 26, 2012 · The question won’t go away: Did President Obama and administration officials mislead the public when they initially claimed that the deadly Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi began...

Ansar al-Sharia in Benghazi (AAS-B) emerged alongside other Sunni Islamic militant groups after the 2011 Libyan revolution and sought to establish Islamic law and remove US and other foreign influence from Libya.