The Libyan Parliament appointed on Sunday Colonel Abdul Razzaq Nazuri as the new chief of staff replacing Major-General Abdussalam Jadallah Obeidi. Nazuri who won 88 votes beating five rivals...
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News A spokesman of Fajr Libya (Libyan Dawn) troops accused Egypt and the United Arab Emirates of involvement in the airstrikes that hit military bases in Tripoli last Friday leading...
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News Egypt has denied any link to a series of unclaimed airstrikes that hit military camps recently in the Libyan capital Tripoli. "Egypt denies categorically reports and claims that Egyptian...
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News Thousands of Libyans took part in protests in six cities on Friday against the Karama Operation led by retired general Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi, Anadolu reported. The protests were...
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News There is a crisis in the provision of cooking gas in the Libyan capital Tripoli, a senior member of the Ministry of Oil and Gas said. In a telephone...
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News Forces led by the retired Libyan general Khalifa Haftar announced their responsibility for the airstrikes on military camps near Tripoli airport yesterday, the Anadolu news agency reported. At least...
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News Nine countries of the Western Mediterranean Basin are preparing to conduct joint combat exercises to counter any potential terrorist attack using military or commercial aircraft stolen from Libya, the...
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News Mass protests broke out on Friday in a number of Libyan cities against the parliament's call on the United Nations to support the so-called Operation Libya's Dawn, launched by...
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News Violence has returned to the Libyan capital Tripoli as rival militias renewed fighting in three neighbourhoods to control the city today. Eyewitnesses reported that sporadic clashes erupted in the...
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News The retired Libyan General Khalifa Haftar said in a taped speech Friday that seeking the help of Arab troops in Libya is "no longer unlikely." Haftar addressed members of...
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News Algerian military intervention in Libya is unlikely and would not be a solution to the crisis, Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal said yesterday, stressing his country's rejection of any foreign...
Egypt denied reports concerning its intention to launch a military operation in Libya to confront a surge in Islamist militant activity in its neighbouring country, the Anadolu news agency...

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August 5, 2014 |
Wadah Khanfar The developments over the past month in Iraq, Palestine, Yemen and Libya take us to a new phase of radical change, just one of a series that our region...
An official at the Libyan Ministry of Agriculture in the southern city of Sabha said that farmers in Libya's south are suffering from major losses as a result of...
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News Egypt and Algeria are considering a joint military operation in Libya to prevent the rise of Islamic State (ISIS) fighters in their increasingly unstable neighbour Libya, an Algerian newspaper...

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August 1, 2014 |
Samira Shackle When western powers decided to give their support to the rebels in Libya, back in 2011, the move was met with international approval. The UN approved the decision to...
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Libya Libya's coup d'état leader General Khalifa Haftar reportedly flew to Egypt two days ago, along with his ally Mahmoud Jibril, the chairman of the Civil Forces Alliance Party, to...
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Islamist rebels in Libya appear to be heading for a decisive military success after taking control of Benghazi in the east of the country. The rebels inflicted a major...
Nearly 27,000 Libyans have fled the deteriorating security situation in their country to neighbouring Tunisia through the Ras Jedir border crossing, Al-Sharq news website quoted a Tunisian security source...
The procession of the British embassy in Libya was subject to intense gunfire on Sunday as it left the capital Tripoli on the way to neighboring Tunisia, a Libyan...
The Turkish foreign ministry announced on Friday that it has suspended its diplomatic mission in the Libyan capital Tripoli for security reasons. More than 500 Turkish nationals left Libya...

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The military coup in Egypt and the lengthy revolt in Syria have blurred the once steady progression of the Arab Spring. Consequently, commentators and researchers alike have shifted to...
Head of Libya's Al-Qimmah Party and a prominent Zintan Brigade leader, Abdullah Naker said he called the head of Tunisia's Ennahda Party Rashid Ghannouchi and asked him to mediate...
More than 47 people have been killed and 120 injured during clashes between rival militias to control Tripoli International Airport, Libya's Health Ministry announced yesterday. A ministry spokesman told...
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News Libya's Grand Mufti Sheikh Sadiq al-Ghariani has called for Muslims all over the world to obey the call issued by their religious scholars to support the Gaza Strip, which...
Ninety per cent of aircrafts parked at Tripoli International Airport have been destroyed and two people were killed during an attack against the airport on Monday night, government spokesman...
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News Government owned Tunisian Airlines has canceled all flights to the Libyan cities of Tripoli and Misrata for security reasons, the company said in a statement yesterday. "The airline canceled...
Libyan Prime Minister, Abdullah Al-Thani expressed deep regret at the events taking place in Tripoli International Airport and other sites near the city which have resulted in a number...
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News The Libyan government and army have called for an immediate ceasefire around Tripoli Airport in the south of the capital, Anadolu news agency reported on Sunday. Libya's Ministry of...
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News The United Nations Support Mission in Libya, UNSMIL, evacuated its foreign staff from Libya on Sunday due to the deteriorating security situation in the capital Tripoli. Anadolu news agency...
Rebel Libyan General Khalifa Haftar has welcomed a meeting with an envoy from the Arab League, but rejects mediation for dialogue with "extremists", Haftar's spokesman Mohamed Hijazi said on...
Rebel Libyan General Khalifa Haftar has welcomed a meeting with an envoy from the Arab League, but rejects mediation for dialogue with "extremists", Haftar's spokesman Mohamed Hijazi said on...