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.

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Libya: news

Libya crisis: Clashes erupt south of capital Tripoli

Saturday, April 20th 2019, 22:13
related places: Tripoli

The UN-backed government says it launched a counter-offensive against Gen Khalifa Haftar's forces.
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Libyan teenager starts weekly fast for peace

Wednesday, April 10th 2019, 23:54

Teenager Sajeda Shareif hopes her actions will encourage peace in a country which has faced instability since 2011.
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Libya crisis: Air strike at Tripoli airport as thousands flee clashes

Monday, April 8th 2019, 22:20
related places: Tripoli

Flights are halted in Libya's capital as a power struggle for the country's capital drags on.
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Libya conflict: Air strike closes sole working airport in Tripoli

Monday, April 8th 2019, 22:17
related places: Tripoli

Passengers were evacuated after the air strike on at Mitiga International Airport.
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Libya crisis: Fighting near Tripoli leaves 21 dead

Monday, April 8th 2019, 9:37
related countries: India, United States
related places: Tripoli

Forces led by Gen Khalifa Haftar have ignored all calls to stop their offensive.
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Libya crisis: Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj vows to defend Tripoli

Sunday, April 7th 2019, 10:18
related places: Tripoli

Fayez al-Serraj vows to defend Tripoli as rebel forces advance from the east.
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Libya crisis: Fighting flares on outskirts of Tripoli

Saturday, April 6th 2019, 21:21
related places: Tripoli

The UN's Libya envoy has insisted that a planned conference on possible new elections will go ahead.
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Libya fighting prompts condemnation by G7 and UN

Saturday, April 6th 2019, 13:52
related places: Tripoli

The self-styled Libyan National Army is marching on Tripoli, prompting international concern.
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Libya crisis: General Haftar tells forces to take capital

Friday, April 5th 2019, 6:17
related places: Tripoli

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who is in Tripoli, urges an end to the escalation.
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Migrant ship capture: Maltese armed forces take control of hijacked tanker

Thursday, March 28th 2019, 11:58
related countries: Malta

A special operations team seizes the tanker hijacked by migrants who did not want to return to Libya.
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Rescued migrants hijack merchant ship near Libya - reports

Wednesday, March 27th 2019, 22:07

More than 100 migrants are said to have acted after they were told they be taken back to Libya.
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Chad: 'More than 250 rebels' captured in convoy raid

Saturday, February 9th 2019, 16:52
related countries: France

French military are involved in an operation to stop a convoy of vehicles from Libya.
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Migrant crisis: Libya opposes EU plan for centres, says minister

Friday, October 19th 2018, 14:48
related countries: Austria

Assessment centres outside the EU are not acceptable, the foreign minister tells Austrian media.
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Europe migration: 'Horrific experiences' on the crossing from Libya

Wednesday, September 26th 2018, 6:28

With fewer rescue ships, a higher proportion of migrants are dying crossing from Libya to Europe.
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Libya's Tripoli airport diverts flights after rocket attack

Wednesday, September 12th 2018, 3:45
related places: Tripoli

Flights are diverted from the Libyan capital's sole working airport, which had only just reopened.
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Migrant crisis: Scores drown off Libyan coast

Tuesday, September 11th 2018, 11:53

The survivors, including children, are now reportedly in "arbitrary detention" in Libya.
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Libya violence: Gunmen storm oil corporation building

Monday, September 10th 2018, 11:57
related places: Tripoli

An armed group has attacked the headquarters of the National Oil Corporation in Tripoli.
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Libya violence: The human cost of Tripoli unrest

Friday, September 7th 2018, 23:37
related places: Tripoli

The impact of recent fighting has had a devastating impact on communities in the Libyan capital.
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Libya violence: UN says ceasefire agreed

Tuesday, September 4th 2018, 21:48
related places: Tripoli

The UN-brokered accord follows a week of fighting in Tripoli that forced thousands to flee their homes.
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Migrant crisis: Mediterranean crossings deadlier than ever - UNHCR

Monday, September 3rd 2018, 11:28

Traffickers are taking greater risks as Libyan coastguards ramp up surveillance, a UN report says.
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Hundreds escape Libya prison amid deadly clashes in Tripoli

Monday, September 3rd 2018, 0:07
related places: Tripoli

Some 400 detainees force open the doors of a prison near Tripoli as militias battle in the capital.
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Western countries urge calm after deadly Tripoli clashes

Saturday, September 1st 2018, 15:32
related places: Tripoli

At least 39 people, including civilians, have died as rival militias battle in the capital Tripoli.
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Migrant crisis: Life and death on a Spanish rescue boat in Mediterranean

Wednesday, August 29th 2018, 11:52
related countries: Spain

A photographer spent 29 days on board a Spanish rescue boat off the coast of Libya
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Libyan court sentences 45 to death over 2011 killings

Wednesday, August 15th 2018, 22:03

The Justice Ministry announces says 45 Gaddafi-era militiamen will be executed for 2011 killings.
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Residents of the Libyan city of Sirte say they feel 'abandoned'

Thursday, August 2nd 2018, 2:46

Residents of the Libyan city of Sirte say they feel 'abandoned' nearly two years after the so-called Islamic State group were pushed out.
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Why Gaddafi's home is still a ghost town

Wednesday, August 1st 2018, 23:44

Residents of the Libyan city of Sirte say they feel "abandoned" nearly two years after Islamic State fighters left.
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Migrant crisis: Italy and NGO in row over migrant deaths

Wednesday, July 18th 2018, 13:10
related countries: Italy, Spain

Spanish rescuers say Italy and Libya's coastguard "abandoned" a woman and child found dead at sea.
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IS fighters' orphaned children stranded in Libya

Monday, July 16th 2018, 21:29

Children like Jumana have been left behind after the Islamic State group was pushed out of Sirte, Libya.
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Italy accuses migrants of hijacking rescue ship off Libya

Thursday, July 12th 2018, 10:37

Rescued migrants violently forced the vessel to flee the Libyan coastguard, officials say.
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Brent crude suffers biggest price drop in two years

Wednesday, July 11th 2018, 22:22

The price of Brent crude sinks almost 7% to $74.30 a barrel after Libya said it will boost supplies.
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Libya holds the key to solving Europe migration crisis

Saturday, July 7th 2018, 0:00

Libyan politicians lack the clout to rein in people-smugglers once controlled by former strongman Muammar Gaddafi, writes the BBC's Farouk Chothia.
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Migrant crisis: Many missing after boat disaster off Libya

Tuesday, July 3rd 2018, 7:00
related places: Tripoli

As many as 63 migrants are said to be missing after their boat sank east of Tripoli on Sunday.
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Libyan jailed in US over Benghazi attack

Thursday, June 28th 2018, 10:53
related countries: United States

Ahmed Abu Khattala was convicted of lesser charges over the attack, which killed the US ambassador.
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Travel ban: Trump hails 'tremendous' Supreme Court ruling

Tuesday, June 26th 2018, 19:03
related countries: Iran, Somalia, United States, Yemen
related places: Trump

The president says his policy is best for the US, arguing European countries have been "over-run".
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UN sanctions for people traffickers in Libya in global first

Thursday, June 7th 2018, 23:52

Six traffickers and smugglers are hit with UN sanctions, including a travel ban and assets freeze.
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Migrant crisis: Smugglers 'shot escaping migrants' in Libya

Saturday, May 26th 2018, 16:10

People smugglers opened fire on 100 migrants trying to flee their clutches, an aid agency reports.
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Libya violence: Twelve killed in Tripoli election HQ attack

Wednesday, May 2nd 2018, 15:58
related places: Tripoli

The Islamic State group says it was behind the attack, amid concerns over election security.
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Libyan conflict: Gunmen free Tripoli Mayor Abdelraouf Beitelmal

Thursday, March 29th 2018, 21:35

A government official insists the brief capture of Mayor Abdelraouf Beitelmal was a legal procedure.
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Nicolas Sarkozy: France's ex-president to face corruption trial

Thursday, March 29th 2018, 16:46
related countries: France

French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy is accused of trying to influence a judge in a corruption case.
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Spain police recover artefacts looted by IS in Libya

Wednesday, March 28th 2018, 18:21

Two people are arrested accused of buying and selling the ancient objects looted from Libya.
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Nicolas Sarkozy: French ex-president under formal investigation

Wednesday, March 21st 2018, 21:14
related countries: France

The ex-French president allegedly received illegal campaign funds from Libya's Colonel Gaddafi.
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Benghazi attack: US captures man in Libya over 2012 raid

Monday, October 30th 2017, 22:44
related countries: United States

Mustafa al-Imam is accused of taking part in the attack that killed four US citizens at a compound.
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Migrant crisis: Dozens feared drowned off Libya coast

Thursday, September 21st 2017, 22:08

At least 50 people are feared drowned after a dinghy reportedly ran out of fuel off the Libyan coast.
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Libya-IRA reparations fund call rejected

Thursday, September 14th 2017, 23:43

A group of MPs wanted a fund for victims of IRA attacks in which Libyan-supplied weapons were used.
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'It's like hell'

Thursday, September 7th 2017, 21:06

The EU wants Libya to do more on migrants but the unstable country is struggling to cope.
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Migrant crisis: 'I feel like a dead person'

Thursday, September 7th 2017, 18:44
related countries: United Kingdom

Hennessy was trying to get back to the UK, but ended up in a migrant detention centre in Libya's capital.
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Manchester bomber's brother faces trial in Libya

Thursday, August 31st 2017, 0:59

Hashem Abedi is suspected of providing support before the suicide attack in May that killed 22.
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The UK's national anthem as you've never heard it before

Friday, August 25th 2017, 9:03
related countries: United Kingdom

A Libyan military band tried to perform the UK's national anthem for the arrival of Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, as he arrived in Benghazi.
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