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Libya’s Fragile Peace Shaken Again by Local Violence
Tensions are flaring again in Libya, from deadly street battles in Tripoli’s suburbs to violent protests in Sabratha....
Libya in Perpetual Crisis: How Khalifa Haftar Is Gaining Ground Amid Institutional Collapse
Libya is unable to find a way out of its crisis. It is caught between two rival governments, a dysfunctional...
Libya: Rival forces agree to protect water network
The United Nations on Thursday welcomed the creation of a joint security force from rival sides in Libya to secure the...
Libya: Countries jockeying for lucrative projects in Libya when stability returns
By Hamza Mekouar A decade after Libya descended into chaos, a host of countries are eyeing potential...
Libya: Water supply to west and south Libya cut because of political terrorism
Libyan authorities have shut water supplies to swathes of the country after gunmen demanding the release of a jailed...
Libya: Strong disagreements over December elections in Libya
A day of UN-led talks between delegates from war-torn Libya failed to reach agreement on a constitutional framework to...
Refugees: Hundreds rescued from drowning off the coast of Libya
By Estelle Emonet Rescue ships picked up more than 700 people trying to cross the Mediterranean in makeshift vessels...
Libya gets 2 million Sinopharm doses with more expected
Libya called Monday on people to come forward to be vaccinated after it received two million doses of the Chinese...
Libya: Seif al-Islam wants to become the next ‘Kadhafi’
Anyone supporting Seif is a foolish person: Opinion by Arezki Daoud A decade ago, Seif had the opportunity to save his...
Libya: Militia gang leader Mohammed al-Kani gunned down
A Libyan militia gang leader accused of major human rights violations has been shot dead at a farm in the eastern city...
Covid-19: Libya announces night curfew to stem rise of coronavirus, but not in Haftar’s controlled territories
Libya's government Monday announced a two-week overnight curfew in the areas it controls in the centre and west of the...
Covid-19: Rush to vaccinate in Libya as pandemic continues to spread
Libyan authorities on Saturday stepped up their vaccination campaign around the capital Tripoli, as coronavirus cases...
Libyans facing an expansive Eid El-Adha holiday
Muslims in war-scarred Libya mark Eid al-Adha from Tuesday, but few will be able to afford the sheep or goat...
Libya’s normalization efforts at an impasse
The UN envoy for Libya, Jan Kubis, on Thursday warned of an impasse in the political, security and budgetary plans for...
Libya: Migrants returned to Libya by Europe suffer “horrific violations’
Amnesty International on Thursday condemned the "horrific violations" being committed against migrants returned to...
Covid-19: Covid cases in Libya hit new high, country faces critical situation
Libya on Sunday imposed sweeping restrictions to stem the spread of coronavirus as recorded cases hit a new high, with...
Migrants: Rescue ship Ocean Viking docks in Sicily with almost 600 migrants
Italy on Thursday authorised the Ocean Viking migrant rescue ship to dock in Sicily after the group urged EU members...
Libya: Russia and Turkey signaling willingness to pull tiny number of their mercenaries from Libya
By Hui Min Neo and Shaun Tandon Hopes grew Wednesday for Libya's stability following a decade of bloodshed as Russia...
Tunisia: With a destabilized Libya, Tunisia grapples with migrant crisis
Tunisia authorities on Thursday rescued 267 migrants, most of them Bangladeshis, who tried to sail from neighbouring...
Libya: Sexual slavery in Libya’s 21st century
By Caroline Nelly Perrot For Aisha, sexual slavery was something you only heard about happening to others in...
Libya: Efforts to stabilize Libya stymied by persistent violence
Two members of Libya's security forces were killed and five others wounded Sunday evening in a car bomb blast at a...
Libya: Red Crescent official kidnapped in Ajdabiya
The Libyan Red Crescent said Sunday that unidentified assailants abducted one of its local officials several days ago...
Libya: In sign of reconciliation, Tripoli and Tobruk resume air link
Flights have resumed between Libya's capital Tripoli and the eastern city of Tobruk after a break of several years, as...
Tunisia: Two migrants drown, others missing
At least 23 migrants were missing and two bodies recovered from the sea off Tunisia, the Red Crescent reported...
Libya: Warlord Haftar wants to stay relevant, but no one cares anymore
By Jihad Dorgham and Hamza Mekouar Libya's military strongman Khalifa Haftar is polishing his political image ahead of...
Libya: With Libya struggling to expel mercenaries, Germany wants another conference to help out
By Hui Min Neo Germany will host a new set of Libyan peace talks on June 23 in Berlin, with Libya's transitional...
Libya: Pressure on Libya and Europe to review their rescue operations in the Med Sea
By Robin Millard The United Nations urged Libya and the EU to overhaul their search and rescue operations in the...
Libya: UN decries lack of progress in withdrawal of mercenaries from Libya
Libya has seen "no reduction of foreign fighters or of their activities" in the center of the country, says UN...
Libya’s latest unity government faces uphill battle
(Photo: Libya's interim PM Dbeibah) - By Hamza Mekouar - A new unity government in Libya had raised hopes the...
Libya: 78 jailed pro-Haftar insurgents released in reconciliation move
Seventy-eight prisoners who fought on the side of eastern Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar in his year-long offensive...
Libya warns Italy over illegal fishing after incident with Italian trawlers
Libya's coastguard on Sunday warned against "illegal" fishing in its waters, denying Italian claims it had wounded a...
Libya: Armed men stage show of force at presidential council HQ
Dozens of armed men staged a show of force late Friday at a hotel used as a headquarters by Libya's presidential...
Libya asks Turkey to get its troops and mercenaries out
Libya's new interim government urged Turkey Monday to "cooperate" over the withdrawal of foreign troops and...
Libya: Military court in the east sentences 22 to death on bogus charges
Eastern Libyan military courts have sentenced at least 22 people to death and jailed hundreds more since 2018 in...
Libya: Interim Prime Minister unwelcome in eastern Libya
The Libyan government postponed the prime minister's first visit to the east of the country late Sunday, hours after...
Libya: Tragedy at sea after migrant boat capsizes
Ten bodies were spotted near a capsized rubber boat off the coast of Libya on Thursday, which had around 130 people...
Libya: Central Bank-Oil Company feud forces shut down of oil exports from Port of Hariga
Libya's National Oil Corporation said crude exports have been suspended from one of the country's top terminals...
Libya: Russia’s influence in Libya is growing, wants more military ties
Russia on Friday welcomed the prospect of renewed military cooperation with war-shattered Libya as Defence Minister...
Sahel: Chad claims it killed hundreds of “rebels” near Libya border
The Chadian army said Monday it had killed 300 rebels in the north of the country at the weekend, adding that it had...
Libya: UN Security Council unanimously endorses Libya progress
The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously adopted a resolution endorsing the progress that Libya's warring sides...
Libya: In its quest for normalcy, Tripoli renovates its old town
By Rim Taher - In alleys criss-crossing the Libyan capital's Old City, construction crews are hard at work restoring...
Libya: UAE recognizes new interim government. Likely end-of-the-road for warlord Haftar
Editor's opinion: The end of Khalifa Haftar’s reign of terror may be near By Arezki Daoud: Khalifa Haftar is...




























