News: Libya

We have started to collect the most important news related to Libya in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Libya – overview

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• November 12th 2020 – April 26th 2019
• April 20th 2019 – August 25th 2017
• August 21st 2017 – September 30th 2016
• September 24th 2016 – April 13th 2016
• April 11th 2016 – September 2nd 2015
• August 28th 2015 – May 11th 2015
• May 8th 2015 – February 16th 2015
• February 16th 2015 – October 30th 2014
• October 27th 2014 – July 21st 2014
• July 21st 2014 – April 22nd 2014
• April 15th 2014 – December 21st 2013
• December 20th 2013 – October 6th 2013
• October 5th 2013 – May 11th 2013
• May 10th 2013 – November 22nd 2012
• November 21st 2012 – September 7th 2012
• September 5th 2012 – June 25th 2012
• June 24th 2012 – April 29th 2012
• April 25th 2012 – February 20th 2012
• February 20th 2012 – January 7th 2012
• January 6th 2012 – November 18th 2011
• November 15th 2011 – October 22nd 2011
• October 21st 2011 – October 7th 2011
• October 7th 2011 – September 18th 2011
• September 18th 2011 – September 7th 2011
• September 7th 2011 – August 31st 2011
• August 30th 2011 – August 25th 2011
• August 24th 2011 – August 18th 2011
• August 18th 2011 – July 28th 2011
• July 28th 2011 – July 1st 2011
• June 30th 2011 – June 17th 2011
• June 17th 2011 – June 1st 2011
• May 31st 2011 – May 17th 2011
• May 16th 2011 – April 30th 2011
• April 30th 2011 – April 19th 2011
• April 19th 2011 – April 8th 2011
• April 7th 2011 – March 31st 2011
• March 31st 2011 – March 25th 2011
• March 25th 2011 – March 20th 2011
• March 20th 2011 – March 13th 2011
• March 13th 2011 – March 7th 2011
• March 7th 2011 – March 2nd 2011
• March 2nd 2011 – February 25th 2011
• February 25th 2011 – February 21st 2011
• February 21st 2011 – July 14th 2010
• July 14th 2010 – September 26th 2009
• September 23rd 2009 – May 1st 2009
• April 29th 2009 – July 23rd 2008
• July 17th 2008 – July 27th 2007
• July 26th 2007 – October 17th 2006
• October 14th 2006 – November 15th 2005

Libya: news

Europe migrant crisis: Scores die in shipwreck off Libya - UN

Thursday, November 12th 2020, 17:47

The UN says nations must take decisive action to stem a "mounting loss of life in the Mediterranean".
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Fisherman in Sicily marooned in jail in 'red prawn war'

Thursday, November 5th 2020, 0:00

The future release of 18 Sicilian fishermen from a Libyan jail could depend on demands for a prisoner swap.
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Libya detains notorious people smuggler Abd al-Rahman al-Milad

Thursday, October 15th 2020, 12:09

Abd al-Rahman al-Milad was sanctioned by the UN in 2018 for violence against migrants in Libya.
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Khalifa Haftar's rival Libya government resigns after Benghazi protests

Monday, September 14th 2020, 10:19

The headquarters of strongman Khalifa Haftar's government are torched in his eastern base of Benghazi.
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UAE implicated in lethal drone strike in Libya

Friday, August 28th 2020, 4:03
related places: Tripoli

BBC finds evidence that a UAE drone killed 26 unarmed cadets in Libya’s capital Tripoli.
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Dozens of migrants die in shipwreck off Libya - UN

Wednesday, August 19th 2020, 19:41

The UN reports the deaths of at least 45 people in the largest shipwreck off Libya's coast this year.
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Libya government regains full control of capital

Thursday, June 4th 2020, 13:32
related places: Tripoli

Gen Khalifa Haftar's forces have been besieging the capital for more than a year.
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Libya conflict: Russia and Turkey risk Syria repeat

Sunday, May 31st 2020, 23:16
related countries: Syria, Turkey
related places: Tripoli

Gen Haftar's forces have been beaten back from Tripoli but that does not mean peace is at hand.
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US says Russia sent jets to Libya 'mercenaries'

Tuesday, May 26th 2020, 17:16
related countries: Russia, United States

Russia urges peace talks as the US accuses it of meddling in the Libya conflict.
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Wagner, shadowy Russian military group, 'fighting in Libya'

Thursday, May 7th 2020, 10:36
related countries: Russia

The private military group has up to 1,200 members supporting a renegade general, a leaked UN report says.
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Turkey sends secret arms shipments into Libya

Thursday, March 26th 2020, 0:29

BBC Africa Eye investigates secret arms shipments into Libya, and shows how foreign powers are fuelling an ongoing war.
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Libya conflict: Turkey confirms first soldiers killed

Tuesday, February 25th 2020, 18:31
related countries: Turkey
related places: Tripoli

These are the first deaths confirmed by the president since he sent troops to Tripoli last month.
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Libya conflict: Tripoli rocket attacks halt peace talks

Wednesday, February 19th 2020, 12:32
related places: Tripoli

The UN-backed government says it cannot continue at the negotiations if it is under bombardment.
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Libya conflict: EU agrees new patrols to stop arms flow

Monday, February 17th 2020, 17:20

The EU aims to enforce a UN arms embargo but remains concerned about migrant boats from Libya.
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How Africa has been frozen out of Libya peace efforts

Tuesday, February 4th 2020, 0:18

"African capitals complain, with good reason, that Libya has become a toy of various powers," according to one analyst.
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Libya civil war: Macron accuses Erdogan of meddling in conflict

Wednesday, January 29th 2020, 18:27
related countries: France

The French president's accusation comes weeks after world leaders pledged not to interfere in Libya.
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Libya civil war: UN envoy Salamé says foreign intervention must end

Saturday, January 18th 2020, 15:52

Ghassan Salamé's remarks come on the eve of renewed peace talks between Libya's warring factions.
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What's behind the fight for Libya?

Friday, January 17th 2020, 0:04

The oil-rich North African country has been beset by a civil war for nearly a decade.
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Libya conflict: GNA and Gen Haftar's LNA ceasefire 'broken'

Sunday, January 12th 2020, 11:02
related countries: Russia, Turkey

Gunfire is heard around the capital shortly after an internationally brokered ceasefire is agreed.
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Libya conflict: Turkey and Russia call for ceasefire

Wednesday, January 8th 2020, 22:17
related countries: Russia, Syria, Turkey

Presidents Erdogan and Putin meet in Turkey, amid warnings of a Syria-style civil war in Libya.
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Libya conflict: Opposition forces 'seize strategic city Sirte'

Monday, January 6th 2020, 18:16
related places: Tripoli

Gen Khalifa Haftar's forces say they have taken Sirte from fighters loyal to the Tripoli government.
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Libya conflict: Turkey sends troops to shore up UN-backed government

Monday, January 6th 2020, 10:29
related countries: Turkey

Turkish forces will support the UN-backed government in Libya as it battles an insurgency.
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Libya conflict: Tripoli military school suffers deadly air strike

Sunday, January 5th 2020, 11:14
related places: Tripoli

At least 30 people were killed and 33 wounded in the attack in the capital Tripoli, officials say.
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Libya conflict: Turkish MPs approve bill to send troops

Friday, January 3rd 2020, 9:22
related countries: Turkey

Libya's UN-backed government had asked Turkey for military assistance as the civil war worsens.
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Libya conflict: Turkey troop deployment bill sent to MPs

Monday, December 30th 2019, 16:41
related countries: Turkey

The bill allows Turkey to deploy troops in Libya, though it is not clear when it will be voted on.
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Libya: Migrant mother's dying wish to get children to Europe

Wednesday, November 13th 2019, 0:00

The BBC's Orla Guerin meets a family waiting to cross to Europe from Libya with orphaned children whose mother died on the way.
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Libya migrant attack: UN investigators suspect foreign jet bombed centre

Wednesday, November 6th 2019, 14:05
related places: Tripoli

July's strike near Tripoli, which killed 53, was described by the UN as a potential war crime.
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Trapped in Tripoli: The people stuck in Libya’s civil war

Wednesday, October 23rd 2019, 5:01

Survivors of a deadly air strike on a migrant detention centre in July tell the BBC they feel abandoned by the United Nations, and are desperate to escape Libya.
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Chad gold mine collapse leaves about 30 people dead

Thursday, September 26th 2019, 16:15

More victims may be trapped in the debris at an illegal gold mine near the Libyan border.
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'I stole a plane to get out of the Navy'

Saturday, September 21st 2019, 23:16
related countries: Netherlands

When Theo Van Eijck was kicked out of a Dutch pilot-training programme in 1964, he stole a plane and flew to Libya.
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Libya to close 'inhuman' migrant detention centres after outcry

Friday, August 2nd 2019, 12:55

One of the three centres to close was bombed last month amid fighting between rival Libyan forces.
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Migrant crisis: Self-immolation exposes UN failures in Libya

Tuesday, July 30th 2019, 23:20
related countries: Somalia

A Somali man held in a detention centre burns himself to death, leading to renewed criticism of EU and UN policy.
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Air strike on Libya hospital kills five doctors

Sunday, July 28th 2019, 14:10

The government has accused the forces of rogue general Khalifa Hafta of carrying out the attack.
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Libya shipwreck: Scores of migrants feared drowned

Thursday, July 25th 2019, 20:46

At least 115 people are missing and more than 130 have been rescued, a Libyan naval official says.
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SOS Méditerranée resumes Mediterranean migrant rescues

Sunday, July 21st 2019, 15:48

SOS Méditerranée restarts work off Libya with a new vessel, after the last one was forced to stop.
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UN calls for Libyan migrant detention centres to be shut

Sunday, July 14th 2019, 12:49

The call comes after more than 50 people were killed in an attack at a migrant detention centre.
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Libya conflict: French missiles found on pro-Haftar base

Wednesday, July 10th 2019, 15:01
related countries: France

France says the missiles, found in Libya, were due to be destroyed and were not sold to any group.
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Migrant crisis: EU to take people rescued by Alan Kurdi ship

Sunday, July 7th 2019, 22:54
related countries: Malta

Malta takes in 65 people picked up off Libya, saying they will be sent to other EU states.
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Libyan migrants 'fired upon after fleeing air strikes'

Thursday, July 4th 2019, 16:32

The UN says 500 people still at a detention centre hit by air strikes are vulnerable to new raids.
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Libya migrants: UN says attack could be war crime

Wednesday, July 3rd 2019, 23:00

More than 44 migrants die and 130 are injured by a blast at a detention centre near Tripoli.
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Libyan warlord Haftar releases six Turkish citizens

Monday, July 1st 2019, 12:06
related countries: Turkey

The release of the six men comes after Turkey warns it could use force against their captors.
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Turkey threatens Libyan strongman Haftar as six citizens detained

Sunday, June 30th 2019, 20:17
related countries: Turkey
related places: Tripoli

Turkey warns Khalifa Haftar's militia it will be a "legitimate target" if the detainees are not freed.
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Libya crisis: UN-backed government 'retakes' key town of Gharyan

Thursday, June 27th 2019, 1:11
related places: Gharyan, Tripoli

Gharyan was a main supply base for an offensive on Tripoli by insurgents loyal to Khalifa Haftar.
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Libya crisis: UN warns battle for Tripoli is 'start of a bloody war'

Tuesday, May 21st 2019, 16:51
related places: Tripoli

The UN envoy says that unless the flow of arms to Libya stops there could be a descent into chaos.
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Dozens drown as migrant boat capsizes off Tunisia

Friday, May 10th 2019, 20:09
related countries: Tunisia

Survivors say the boat left Libya on Thursday and ran into trouble during strong waves.
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Libya crisis: The fight for Tripoli explained from the front line

Saturday, May 4th 2019, 23:14
related places: Tripoli

The BBC's Feras Kilani reports on the self-styled Libyan National Army's push to seize Libya's capital.
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The self-styled Libyan National Army has launched airstrikes on Tripoli

Monday, April 29th 2019, 5:47
related places: Tripoli

Militia groups unite to defend the Libyan capital from an offensive by eastern leader General Khalifa Haftar.
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The refugee families caught up in a war zone in Libya

Friday, April 26th 2019, 9:47

Migrants and refugees trying to get to Europe are trapped on the front line in Libya.
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