By Rim Taher: Nearly a month after floods hit Derna in eastern Libya, survivors are struggling to overcome the...
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Libya: Divisions deepen among Libyan leaders over flood relief
By Imed Lamloum: More than three weeks after Libya's deadly flood disaster, the divided country's two rival...
Libyan ambassador to Brussels dismissed and arrested over alleged corruption
Libya's prosecutor general ordered the detention of the country's ambassador to Brussels on Tuesday over alleged...
Libya: Khalifa Haftar warplane kills 40 migrants who were jailed in a detention center
Tripoli, July 3, 2019 (By Imed LAMLOUM) - Nearly 40 migrants were killed in an air strike Tuesday night on their...
Libya: UAE weapons used by warlord Haftar
Dubai, July 2, 2019 - The UAE denied Tuesday it shipped US missiles to Libya, which is under a UN arms embargo, after...
Libya: Haftar’s embarrassing defeat in Gharyan may complicate the Libyan civil war
Tripoli, July 2, 2019 - By Imed Lamloum - Libya's military strongman Khalifa Haftar, by provoking Turkey, seeks to...
Libya: Haftar frees Turkish sailors before it is too late
July 1, 2019 - Six Turkish sailors held by forces led by Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar have been freed, a Turkish...
Libya: Turkey warns Libyan warlord Haftar
Comments by Arezki Daoud: Warlord Haftar is chewing more than he can swallow. Not only he lost his base in Gharyan to...
Libya: Warlord Haftar complicates his situation as he loses Gharyan
Benghazi, Libya, June 29, 2019 - Strongman Khalifa Haftar has threatened to attack Turkish interests in Libya after...
Libya: Parliamentary speaker calls for the shutdown of national oil production
Libya's National Oil Company has warned that any bid to tamper with the sector could escalate unrest in the...
The Libyan civil war: no break for Tripoli
Tripoli, June 20, 2019 - Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar has vowed to press ahead with an offensive to seize Tripoli,...
Libya: Three wounded in air raid on site operated by Mellitah Oil & Gas Company
Tripoli, June 19, 2019 - Libya's National Oil Company deplored an air raid that on Tuesday evening destroyed a...
Libya: Everyone wants arms embargo on Libya, but action on the ground lacks
June 10, 2019 - The UN Security Council on Monday renewed its authorization of a European Union mission to combat arms...
Libya: Migrants starving and dying of tuberculosis in Libyan detention centers
June 7, 2019 - The UN attacked Friday horrific conditions in migrant detention centres in Libya, with dozens dying...
Libya: Appalling conditions in migrant detention centers in Libya
Rome, June 4, 2019 - Aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Tuesday slammed the conditions in migrant detention...
Libya: NOC warns of possible collapse of oil production amid intensifying civil war
Tripoli, June 3, 2019 - The head of Libya's National Oil Company warned Monday against a "collapse in production"...
Libya: Haftar troops unable to capture Tripoli, more violence ahead
Al-Swani, Libya, June 3, 2019 - As meat sizzled on a barbeque in a Tripoli suburb, Libyan fighters defending the...
Rescues of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea continue
The Italian navy rescued 100 migrants stranded in the Mediterranean on Thursday, as 178 others were taken to the...
Libya: UN evacuates vulnerable migrants from war-torn Tripoli
Rome, May 30, 2019 - Nearly 150 migrants from East Africa, including 65 minors and 13 babies under one, were rescued...
Libya’s power sector: collateral damage of the civil war
Tripoli, May 31, 2019 | By Nawas Al-Darraji: Precariously perched 50 metres up an electricity pylon providing power to...
Libya hands over suspected Islamic State insurgent to Egypt
Cairo, May 29, 2019 - One of the most-wanted Egyptian militants who was captured in neighbouring Libya last year has...
Libya: Two journalists released
Tripoli, May 25, 2019 (AFP) - Two Libyan journalists held by an armed group for more than three weeks have been...
The aggressive meddling of UAE and Saudi rulers in other countries’ affairs
May 24, 2019 - Turkey and Qatar risk losing geopolitical influence due to turmoil in Libya and Sudan, as regional...
Libya: Tripoli braces for a long war, Haftar wants no negotiations
May 26, 2019 - Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar, who is leading a military offensive against the UN-recognised...
Libya: Building of lawmakers opposing warlord Haftar hit by rocket
Tripoli, May 24, 2019 - A hotel complex in the Libyan capital serving as a base for lawmakers opposed to strongman...
Libya: Death toll in battle for Tripoli exceeds 500, no break for civilians in Ramadan
Tripoli, May 21, 2019 (By Imed Lamloum) - Violent clashes raged Tuesday south of Tripoli, marking an uptick in...
Libya: Four kidnapped foreign workers in Libya released
May 17, 2019 - Three Filipino civil engineers and a South Korean colleague kidnapped in Libya last July have been...
Libya: How Tripoli residents cope with Haftar’s incessant attacks
Tripoli, May 16, 2019 (By Rim Taher) - Peering through the gate of a home in the western suburbs of Libya's war-torn...
Libya: Haftar follows Sarraj’s path, visits European leaders
Rome, May 16, 2019 - Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar, who has launched a military offensive against the UN-recognised...
Libya: Migrants in distress rescued off Libyan coast
May 15, 2019 - German charity Sea-Watch reported rescuing 65 migrants in distress off Libya on Wednesday, sparking an...
Libya: More weapons flowing into Libya
May 13, 2019 - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has told the Security Council he is deeply concerned by the...
Libya: Europe warns of escalating crisis in Libya, worried about more immigration
Brussels, May 13, 2019 - Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar's offensive against Tripoli represents a threat to...
Libya: Dozens of migrants, mostly Bangladeshis die in fatal sea crossing
Tunis, May 11, 2019 - Around 60 migrants most of them from Bangladesh have died after their boat capsized in the...
Libya: Claiming to fight against terror groups, warlord Haftar is enabling the return of Islamic State
Tripoli, May 11, 2019 (Imed Lamloum) - The battle for Tripoli between rival Libyan forces both championing the fight...
General Sisi of Egypt confirms his support to Libyan warlord Haftar in his quest to destroy Tripoli
Cairo, May 9, 2019 - Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar was in Cairo on Thursday for the second time since he launched a...
Another migrant boat sinks in the Mediterranean, two dead, scores missing
Tunis, May 10, 2019 - A boat carrying up to 70 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa has sunk in the Mediterranean, leaving...
Libya: Islamic State strikes again, attacks town in south of Libya
Tripoli, May 9, 2019 - Two civilians were killed and four captured Thursday in a southern Libyan town held by...
The Libyan Solution Passes through Rome, via Moscow and Doha
Analysis by Alessandro Bruno: No country more than Italy – which faces both the prospect of another migrant wave and...
MEA Risk Podcasts: Chaos in Libya
In this podcast, recorded 7 May 2019, MEA Risk analysts Alessandro Bruno and Arezki Daoud discuss the state of affairs...
Libya: Oil union chief kidnapped near Benghazi as tension between oil company and Haftar’s forces worsens
Libya: Haftar’s army says it downed warplane, captured “foreign mercenary”
Tripoli, May 7, 2019 - Troops loyal to Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar said Tuesday they shot down a...
Libya: Despite the start of Ramadan, warlord Haftar maintains his destruction of Tripoli
Tripoli, May 6, 2019 - Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar, who launched an offensive against Tripoli last month, has...
Libya: Fayez al-Sarraj to tour Europe to ask for support against warlord Haftar
Tripoli, May 6, 2019 - Libya's internationally recognised government said Monday its head Fayez al-Sarraj will tour...