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EU Report Accuses Tunisia of Migrant Trafficking to Libya
A report, presented to the European Parliament on January 29 by a group of researchers, accuses Tunisia of deporting...
Libya’s fragmented military and competition for its control
While the world is focused on the crises in the Middle East and Ukraine, a power struggle continues to destabilize...
Libya: Tripoli-based government inks controversial defense agreements with Turkey
Libya's Tripoli-based prime minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah signed two deals with Turkey's defence minister on Tuesday,...
Libya: 15 bodies found on Sabratha beach
Fifteen bodies were found on a beach near the Libyan city of Sabratha, some of them burned, the Libyan Red Crescent...
Libya-Turkey undersea gas deal angers European nations
Libya's Tripoli-based prime minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah has defended a deal signed earlier this week with Turkey over...
Libya’s eastern government signs oil and gas exploration deal with Turkey, rival government rejects it
Turkey's foreign minister signed a deal in Libya's capital Monday allowing for oil and gas exploration in Libya's...
Libya: Another gruesome mass grave unearthed in city of Sirte
Forty-two bodies have been found in a mass grave in the Libyan city of Sirte, an ex-stronghold of the Islamic State...
Libya: Clashes reignite in coastal town of Zawyah among militias supporting rival governments
Five people were killed and 13 wounded in gun battles in the western Libyan town of Zawiyah, the latest unrest in the...
Libya: Continued foreign meddling in a dangerously divided Libya ($)
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Libya: Elusive US engagement in Libya
By Hamza Mrkouar Ten years after the US ambassador to Libya was killed in the eastern city of Benghazi, the country...
Libya: International court abandons case against late Libyan security chief Tohami Khaled
The International Criminal Court said Wednesday it was dropping a war crimes case against deposed dictator Moamer...
Libya: Apparent calm hides potential for more violence
There is potential for new violence in Libya, a United Nations official said Tuesday, as the country faces delays in...
Libya: Egyptian migrants dead and missing after boat sank off the coast Tolmeta
Five migrants died and 16 went missing after their boat sank off the coast of eastern Libya while attempting to reach...
Libya: Dozens killed in militia clashes in Tripoli
By Hamza Mekouar Flights resumed and shops re-opened in Libya's capital Tripoli on Sunday after clashes between...
Libya in turmoil again as tensions escalate
The United Nations on Tuesday voiced "deep concern" over growing tensions between rival Libyan forces, calling for...
Libya: New mass grave found in Tarhuna
Libyan authorities said Monday that seven unidentified bodies were found in the western town of Tarhuna, where scores...
Libya: Dozens of suspects go on trial for alleged membership to IS
The trial opened Monday in Libya's western city of Misrata of 56 suspected Islamic State group militants captured...
Libya: Fighting between rival militias rocks El Jebs, south of Tripoli
Clashes between armed groups erupted overnight in Tripoli, according to local media reports, the latest violence to...
Libya: Rogue politician Fathi Bashagha still dreams of entering Tripoli to oust another rogue PM
By Paul Raymond Libya's Fathi Bashagha, appointed as prime minister in a challenge to a unity government in Tripoli,...
Libya: United Nations to broker new talks between rivals in Libya
The United Nations said Thursday it will broker new talks between rival institutions from war-torn Libya next week to...
Libya: ICC confirms death of militia leader Mahmoud al-Werfalli
The International Criminal Court on Wednesday confirmed the death of wanted war crimes suspect and Libyan militia...
Libya: New militia violence in Tripoli
A night of clashes between militias in the heart of a residential district of the Libyan capital Tripoli raised fears...
Tunisia/Libya: Another tragedy at sea with 70 missing migrants
Four migrants drown, three missing off Libya Tripoli, May 24, 2022 - Four migrants were found dead and three were...
The Libyan civil war: steady as it goes
By Arezki Daoud: Libya continues to surprise us. Its political leaders are morally bankrupt and getting worse by the...
Libya: Violent clashes in west Tripoli
Violent clashes rocked a western area of the Libyan capital overnight and until Sunday morning, an interior ministry...
Migrations: 70 migrants missing off Libya coast, presumed dead
Around 70 migrants are presumed dead after going missing off the Libyan coast since late February, the International...
Libya armed groups step back after Tripoli escalation
Libya's parliament-appointed prime minister said Friday that armed groups backing him had withdrawn from positions...
Libya: Political impasse as rival authority in east insists on PM Dbeibah departure
War-torn Libya's parliament rejects any "interference" in its work, its speaker told the UN envoy on Monday after she...
Libya: Militia ends siege of oil fields, production in Al-Sharara field resumes
Libya's National Oil Corporation said Tuesday that an armed group blockading two major oil fields had lifted its siege...
Libyan oil company dragged into political feuds
Five Western nations urged Libyans on Friday not to drag the National Oil Corporation into political disputes that...
Libya: Another promise from Libya: legislative elections in five months
Libya's interim prime minister Abdelhamid Dbeibah reaffirmed Monday that he will only cede power to an elected...
Libya: Concerts and fireworks planned in Libya to celebrate 11th anniversary of Kaddafi’s fall
By Hamza Mekouar Libyans on Thursday mark 11 years since the revolt that toppled dictator Moamer Kadhafi, but the...
Libya now has two prime ministers: expect fresh violence ahead
Libya since Kadhafi: a decade of civil war and chaos With Libya now having two rival prime ministers, this is a...
Algerian oil firm Sonatrach to resume operations in Libya
Algerian oil and gas giant Sonatrach said Thursday it had signed a deal with Libya's National Oil Corporation to...
Libya’s politics getting nasty and outright dangerous
Libya parliament names rival PM in challenge to unity govt By Hamza Mekouar: Libya found itself with two prime...
Libya: Rising tensions over premiership in Libya: PM defies attempts to oust him
Libya's interim Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dbeibah on Tuesday defied attempts by parliament to replace him, setting up...
Libya: Police seize cannabis wrapped with images of Russian president Putin
Libya's anti-drug squad on Monday announced the discovery of 323 bars of hashish wrapped with images of Russian...
Libya: Eastern parliament looking to replace Prime Minister Dbeibah, likely to spark new east-west power struggles
Libya's parliament on Monday began hearings of hopefuls to replace interim prime minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah, a...
Conflicts: How the UAE pays mercenaries in Darfur to wage war in Libya in support of Khalifa Haftar
Providing mercenaries in Libya's internal conflict has become the main source of revenue for armed groups from Sudan's...
Libya: Parliament speaker Aguila Saleh calls for new government
Libya's parliamentary speaker called Monday for a new interim government to be established in the capital Tripoli,...
Business: Production in four Libyan oil fields resumes
Production has resumed at four key oil fields in war-torn Libya after a three-week shutdown by gunmen linked to...
Sahel: Niger president says weapons from Libya fuel violence in Sahel
Niger President Mohamed Bazoum on Monday urged his country's allies to step up the fight against arms trafficking from...