We have started to collect the most important news related to Libya in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
The UN says nations must take decisive action to stem a "mounting loss of life in the Mediterranean".
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The future release of 18 Sicilian fishermen from a Libyan jail could depend on demands for a prisoner swap.
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Abd al-Rahman al-Milad was sanctioned by the UN in 2018 for violence against migrants in Libya.
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The headquarters of strongman Khalifa Haftar's government are torched in his eastern base of Benghazi.
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BBC finds evidence that a UAE drone killed 26 unarmed cadets in Libya’s capital Tripoli.
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The UN reports the deaths of at least 45 people in the largest shipwreck off Libya's coast this year.
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Gen Khalifa Haftar's forces have been besieging the capital for more than a year.
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Gen Haftar's forces have been beaten back from Tripoli but that does not mean peace is at hand.
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Russia urges peace talks as the US accuses it of meddling in the Libya conflict.
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The private military group has up to 1,200 members supporting a renegade general, a leaked UN report says.
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BBC Africa Eye investigates secret arms shipments into Libya, and shows how foreign powers are fuelling an ongoing war.
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These are the first deaths confirmed by the president since he sent troops to Tripoli last month.
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The UN-backed government says it cannot continue at the negotiations if it is under bombardment.
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The EU aims to enforce a UN arms embargo but remains concerned about migrant boats from Libya.
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"African capitals complain, with good reason, that Libya has become a toy of various powers," according to one analyst.
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The French president's accusation comes weeks after world leaders pledged not to interfere in Libya.
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Ghassan Salamé's remarks come on the eve of renewed peace talks between Libya's warring factions.
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The oil-rich North African country has been beset by a civil war for nearly a decade.
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Gunfire is heard around the capital shortly after an internationally brokered ceasefire is agreed.
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Presidents Erdogan and Putin meet in Turkey, amid warnings of a Syria-style civil war in Libya.
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Gen Khalifa Haftar's forces say they have taken Sirte from fighters loyal to the Tripoli government.
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Turkish forces will support the UN-backed government in Libya as it battles an insurgency.
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At least 30 people were killed and 33 wounded in the attack in the capital Tripoli, officials say.
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Libya's UN-backed government had asked Turkey for military assistance as the civil war worsens.
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The bill allows Turkey to deploy troops in Libya, though it is not clear when it will be voted on.
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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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July's strike near Tripoli, which killed 53, was described by the UN as a potential war crime.
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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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More victims may be trapped in the debris at an illegal gold mine near the Libyan border.
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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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One of the three centres to close was bombed last month amid fighting between rival Libyan forces.
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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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The government has accused the forces of rogue general Khalifa Hafta of carrying out the attack.
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At least 115 people are missing and more than 130 have been rescued, a Libyan naval official says.
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SOS Méditerranée restarts work off Libya with a new vessel, after the last one was forced to stop.
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The call comes after more than 50 people were killed in an attack at a migrant detention centre.
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France says the missiles, found in Libya, were due to be destroyed and were not sold to any group.
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Malta takes in 65 people picked up off Libya, saying they will be sent to other EU states.
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The UN says 500 people still at a detention centre hit by air strikes are vulnerable to new raids.
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More than 44 migrants die and 130 are injured by a blast at a detention centre near Tripoli.
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The release of the six men comes after Turkey warns it could use force against their captors.
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Turkey warns Khalifa Haftar's militia it will be a "legitimate target" if the detainees are not freed.
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Gharyan was a main supply base for an offensive on Tripoli by insurgents loyal to Khalifa Haftar.
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The UN envoy says that unless the flow of arms to Libya stops there could be a descent into chaos.
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Survivors say the boat left Libya on Thursday and ran into trouble during strong waves.
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The BBC's Feras Kilani reports on the self-styled Libyan National Army's push to seize Libya's capital.
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Militia groups unite to defend the Libyan capital from an offensive by eastern leader General Khalifa Haftar.
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Migrants and refugees trying to get to Europe are trapped on the front line in Libya.
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