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Libya: Iranian ship boarded and searched at Libyan portF
Libya: Iranian ship boarded and searched at Libyan portF

Tripoli, April 27, 2019 - An Iranian registered cargo ship was  boarded and searched at Misrata port in western Libya, the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord said Saturday.  The "Iranian flagged... Shahr E. Kord" is docked at the country's main commercial...

Libya: Being immigrant in a war zoneF
Libya: Being immigrant in a war zoneF

Tripoli, April 25, 2019  - Sudanese migrants who fled fighting and turmoil in Darfur are facing war once again, caught for three weeks in the crossfire as Libyan unity government forces battle strongman Khalifa Haftar. After often brutal journeys, they have been...

Libya: France pressured to stop donating boats to Libyan coastguardF
Libya: France pressured to stop donating boats to Libyan coastguardF

Paris, April 25, 2019 - Eight international NGOs including Amnesty International and Doctors Without Borders demanded Thursday that France suspend the delivery of boats to Libya's coastguard on concerns they would be used to intercept migrants. French Armed Forces...

Libya: Unity government issues arrest warrant for HaftarF
Libya: Unity government issues arrest warrant for HaftarF

Tripoli, April 18, 2019 (AFP) - Libya's unity government on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for strongman general Khalifa Haftar for allegedly ordering deadly air strikes against civilian areas. Six of Haftar's officers were also named in the warrant issued by the...

Libya: The battle for Tripoli rages on, 147 killedF
Libya: The battle for Tripoli rages on, 147 killedF

Tripoli, April 15, 2019 - At least 147 people have been killed and 614 wounded in the offensive launched on April 4 by Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar to take the capital Tripoli, the World Health Organization said Monday. The clashes have displaced more than...

The Libyan crisis and Rome’s immigration nightmareF
The Libyan crisis and Rome’s immigration nightmareF

Rome, April 11, 2019  - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte warned Thursday that the deteriorating situation in Libya could create a humanitarian crisis and increase the number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean. "Ongoing fighting and a rising number of dead,...

Libya’s Escalating Civil War: The Oil DimensionF
Libya’s Escalating Civil War: The Oil DimensionF

By Rauf Mammadov* and Theodore Karasik** - 10 April 2019: Libya’s civil war intensified this month after General Khalifa Haftar, head of the Libyan National Army (LNA), which is allied with the eastern government based in Tobruk—the House of Representatives...

Libya: Thousands flee Libya clashesF
Libya: Thousands flee Libya clashesF

Tripoli, April 8, 2019 - Fighting raged around Tripoli and an air strike closed its only functioning airport Monday, as Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar defied international calls to halt his advance on the capital. Thousands were also reported by the United Nations to...

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