any of numerous shrubs or vines belonging to the genus Jasminum, of the olive family, having fragrant flowers and used in perfumery. 2. any of several other plants having similar fragrant flowers, as the Carolina jessamine. 3. a pale-yellow color. Also, jessamine.
1 Security officer's dad remembers dedication. 2  President Barack Obama: Chris Stevens was a friend. 3  Computer expert Sean Smith was renowned in the gamers' universe.  They died in Benghazi with Chris Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya.
Benghazi is also an educational center, it is home to the country's largest university (Garyounis University) and Libya's largest library. The city was in February 2011 the point of origin of the Libyan uprising against Gaddafi's regime. Here it was where the National Transitional Council of Libya was founded.