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The National
April 29, 2018
Mr Salame's tweet emphasised the pivotal role the field marshal has played in Libyan politics since civil war broke out in July 2014. Later that same year Libya's parliament, the House of Representatives, based in the eastern town of Tobruk, appointed him its army commander and he has since led hisÃâà...
Daily Sabah
April 29, 2018
This is the real "agenda" behind the debt wars against specific European nations and behind the radical transformation of the EU into a structure ... To see an international policy of war launched by the EU and the U.S. against Russia today (and China tomorrow), against the Arab and Muslim world takesÃâà...
The Cairo Review of Global Affairs (blog)
April 29, 2018
Conflicting reports regarding who was responsible for instigating the violence emerged in the aftermath of the communal conflict. Yet in a statement condemning ... Until recently, the presence of non-Libyan fighting groups had largely gone unnoticed in the chaos engulfing Libya. Reports from Sabha haveÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
April 29, 2018
The United Nations hopes elections can help stabilize Libya, which was thrown into turmoil after long-time leader Muammar Gaddafi was toppled in a ... Troops loyal by eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar, a likely contender in any election who is backed by Egypt, last expelled Islamist militants fromÃâà...
The Libya Observer
April 29, 2018
One gunman was killed and two others were injured in armed fighting among fuel smuggling gangs in Garyat town - 350 km to Tripoli's south. Local media reported that the clashes broke out late on Saturday between smugglers who were securing a fuel tank and others who wanted to take the smuggledÃâà...
New York Magazine
April 29, 2018
Appearing on Fox News Sunday and CBS News' Face the Nation on Sunday, he explained that the White House has “very much in mind the Libya model from 2003, 2004,” a process which moved quickly after the U.S. was able to confirm Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi's intentions and verify his regime'sÃâà...
Libya Herald
April 12, 2018
Second, the war economy perpetuates negative incentives for those who profit from the state's dysfunction. Only effective governance, supported by a durable political settlement, can tackle the foundations of Libya's war economy. But neither a return to functioning central governance nor the development ofÃâà...
The Jamestown Foundation
April 6, 2018
Renewed fighting in southern Libya around the Kufra and Sabha oases demonstrates the difficulty of reaching anything more substantial than temporary and fragile political agreements in the region. The parties to the seemingly intractable conflict in the south include a range of legitimate andÃâà...
The Economist
April 5, 2018
The son of Libya's deposed dictator was captured after the revolution in 2011 and later condemned by the government in Tripoli (his father was killed by a ... General Haftar, who heads the self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA), rules the east with an iron fist (with backing from Egypt and the United ArabÃâà...
Middle East Eye
April 3, 2018
It fits into a wider pattern of the widening out of the so-called war on terror, and the increased desire to use air-dropped bombs as part of that conflict." ... Guma el-Gamaty, the head of the Taghyeer Party in Libya and a member of the UN-backed Libyan Political Dialogue group, told Middle East Eye that theÃâà...
KPAX-TV
April 3, 2018
February 21, 2011 - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon holds talks with President Moammar Gadhafi and demands that the conflict end ... March 20, 2011 - Gadhafi, speaking early Sunday on Libyan state TV, said the UN charter provides for Libya's right to defend itself in a "war zone.
The Intercept
March 31, 2018
Khalifa's lawyer, CUNY School of Law professor Ramzi Kassem, told the Intercept that the agreement expressly guaranteed that the Libyan would have the right to permanently settle in Senegal and rebuild his life there, rather than be returned to war-torn Libya. In addition to the deteriorating securityÃâà...
The Libya Observer
March 31, 2018
Two fighters were killed and others were injured in clashes in Ganfouda, western Benghazi between armed brigades loyal to Khalif Haftar-led forces. The fighting broke over a drugs dealer, sources from the city reported. The two killed fighters were from Ali Thimin Brigade whose fighters are accused ofÃâà...
New York Times
March 26, 2018
The area erupted into conflict in 2014 when a century-old peace treaty between the Tuareg and Tebu ethnic groups collapsed over a dispute about control of the fuel smuggling trade. The fighting, which occurred independently of the broader struggle for control of Libya after the 2011 overthrow of Col.
The Libya Observer
March 24, 2018
The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) said it had destroyed 150 tons of explosive remnants of war in Libya, adding that 8 EOD operations had been carried out to clear these remnants on 6550 square meters of land that could possibly contain mines and explosives. The UNMAS confirmed it willÃâà...
Xinhua
March 24, 2018
TRIPOLI, March 24 (Xinhua) -- The Libyan historic archaeological sites face multiple threats, mainly thefts and armed conflicts near historic sites. ... The head of the Authority visited the city following the recent conflict and pledged with the representative of Libya to UNESCO to repair the damage once theÃâà...
Atlantic Council (blog)
March 20, 2018
Libyan children displaced from the town of Tawergha are seen in their camp in Benghazi, Libya January 30, 2018. ... Violent extremists remain a threat to Libyans, their neighbors, and the international community, as does the risk of a full-scale civil war, according to a recent statement by US AFRICOMÃâà...
The Libya Observer
March 20, 2018
The spokesman for the Misrata military council Ibrahim Baytelmal also rejected naming Haftar as the commander of the Libyan army, saying “no war captive ... Mohammed Al-Ghusri said the meeting in Cairo is not serious and won't succeed as it is not transparent, calling for holding a meeting inside Libya.
The Libya Observer
March 20, 2018
A team of divers at the Marine Research Center have completed the first phase of the cleanup operation of the basin of Sirte Port on Sunday. The spokesperson for the Municipal Council Sirte, Mohammed Al-Amil, clarified in a press statement that the divers have cleaned up the port from impurities and theÃâà...
RT
March 20, 2018
As Amnesty International explains, all participants in the armed conflict in Libya “carried out indiscriminate attacks in heavily populated areas leading to ... For his part, French President Nicolas Sarkozy appeared to be singularly focused on killing Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who allegedly gave himÃâà...
Hull Daily Mail
March 19, 2018
A Hull mum-of-three has spoken of her anguish after going over a year without seeing her three children who are stranded in war-torn Libya. Khadeja Saad has been ... However, she has had four applications rejected and is now having to battle to get them to join her on resettlement visas. A distraughtÃâà...
KPAX-TV
March 19, 2018
February 21, 2011 - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon holds talks with President Moammar Gadhafi and demands that the conflict end ... March 20, 2011 - Gadhafi, speaking early Sunday on Libyan state TV, said the UN charter provides for Libya's right to defend itself in a "war zone.
KTVQ Billings News
March 18, 2018
February 21, 2011 - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon holds talks with President Moammar Gadhafi and demands that the conflict end ... March 20, 2011 - Gadhafi, speaking early Sunday on Libyan state TV, said the UN charter provides for Libya's right to defend itself in a "war zone.
Middle East Eye
March 11, 2018
Now a research director at the MSF Foundation and a professor at the University of Manchester's Humanitarian Conflict Response Institute (HCRI), ... wars". From Kosovo via Somalia, Iraq, Libya and Syria, Brauman reflects on the various crises that have prompted the so-called "international community" toÃâà...
New York Times
March 8, 2018
WASHINGTON — The United States military has carried out twice as many airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Libya since President Trump took ... Bill Roggio, editor of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies' Long War Journal, which tracks military strikes against militant groups, said the AfricaÃâà...
Xinhua
March 8, 2018
TRIPOLI, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Newspapers in Libya face the danger of extinction due to years-long lack of funding, with few struggling to issue irregularly. ... Abdulhafeeth Bilal, the head of media department of Sabratha University in western Libya, said the political conflict in Libya threatens journalism.
Xinhua
March 8, 2018
TRIPOLI, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Libya's eastern-based army on Thursday set a March 17 deadline for nationals from neighboring African countries to leave southern Libya ... It made the appeal after fighting between rival tribes in southern Libya reportedly caused casualties and displaced hundreds of people.
Reliefweb
March 8, 2018
Pressing forward for gender parity is one thing. Doing this in a context of war is another. Today, on International Women's Day, Cordaid honours women around the globe who are acting as bridge builders in the heart of armed conflict. Women like Rida Al Tubuly from Libya. Rida Al Tubuly is a professor inÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 7, 2018
According to media reports, several foreign armed groups were active in the fighting. The elected Mayor of Sabha, Hamed Al-Khayali told reporters that "There are Chadian and Sudanese fighters with their flags on attacking the Libyan Defence Ministry's Sixth Brigade in Sabha and they aim to control theÃâà...
Asharq Al-awsat English
March 6, 2018
Recent developments have shown that an imminent battle might erupt at any time between the forces of the Libyan National Army (LNA), led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, and forces loyal to the National Accord Government, headed by Fayez al-Sarraj, to control the south of the country, which has beenÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 1, 2018
Libya has been in a heightened state of violence for much of the past six years. The overthrow of leader Muammar Gaddafi has created a dangerous, politically divided atmosphere. The country has two rival seats of power, along with several dozen armed groups fighting for control. Now a leaked UN reportÃâà...
The Libya Observer
December 31, 1999
The "dirty money" of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia is being paid to recruit African mercenaries to occupy Libya's south and that money could lead to the division of the country if it was not blocked, Libya's Mufti, Al-Sadiq Al-Gharyani said Monday. In a new published article, the Mufti said UAEÃâà...
CSS Resources (blog)
December 31, 1999
Conflict has had devastating impacts on the populations of Libya and Syria, but it has also provided opportunities for new actors within their ... This article examines four principal modalities of the Libyan and Syrian war economies: the extraction of rents and extortion; the direct sale of goods; access to orÃâà...
BBC News
December 31, 1999
Armed groups in Libya are known to threaten and attack government officials and civilians. Moreover, it is often hard to assess the legality of an arrest because of the overlap between militias and government forces. The country has been in chaos since the overthrow of longstanding ruler Muammar GaddafiÃâà...
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