News Libya: Allied airstrikes on Libya killed 48, state television says
BENGHAZI, Libya -- The United States and European nations pounded Moammar Gadhafi's forces and air defenses with cruise missiles and airstrikes Saturday, launching the broadest international military ...
News Libya: Libya holds funeral for military officials killed in plane crash in Turkey
Libya has held a military funeral for its western military chief and four officers who died in a plane crash in Turkey.
News Libya: Protesters blame UNSMIL for Libya’s political deterioration
Protesters gathered on Monday near the headquarters of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) in Janzour, expressing rejection of what they described as growing foreign interference in Libyan affairs. Demonstrators called on the international community to respect the will of Libyans and their right to self-determination without guardianship or external dictates.
News Libya: Libyan Political Parties Bloc: Any sustainable solution must reflect the will of Libyans
The Libyan Political Parties Bloc has voiced serious concern over the current political and institutional trajectory in Libya, accusing the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) of failing to help end the crisis and instead contributing to deeper political and institutional divisions that undermine national sovereignty.
News Libya: Congress Scrambles To React As Libya Events Unfold
Hearings Thursday were expected to be dominated by questions about President Obama's decision to begin military action in Libya without congressional approval and his apparent lack of a clear exit strategy. But a new flash point has emerged: whether the U.S. should arm Libyan rebels.
News Libya: Guterres hails UN roadmap, calls for an end to unilateral actions in Libya
The UN Secretary General António Guterres stressed, in his latest report submitted to the Security Council, that the UN mission has effectively begun implementing a political “roadmap” aimed at ending the transitional period in Libya. He explained that the roadmap is based on recommendations from an advisory committee of Libyan experts and on an inclusive national interest.
News Libya: Eastern Libya Force Strikes Misrata Air College-Source, Witness
BENGHAZI, Libya — Forces of the eastern Libyan National Army (LNA) loyal to Khalifa Haftar struck Misrata's air college early on Tuesday, a military source and resident said. Misrata is a coastal city ...
News Libya: Libya: LNA Accuses Emir of Qatar of Financing Tripoli Militias
Despite announcing what he described as “an airbridge from Turkey and Italy towards Misrata,” Mesmari stressed that the ... Meanwhile, the US Embassy in Libya called on all parties to intensify their ...
News Libya: Libya drone strike heightens fears of air war and risk of civilian deaths
Photograph: Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters An air war in Libya is intensifying as rival forces in the divided ... Last week an airstrike by a drone destroyed a Ukrainian cargo plane at an airbase in Misrata, ...
News Libya: Libya: Mediterranean Migration - Europe Must Act Now to End Preventable Deaths in Libya and At Sea
Press Release - An estimated 150 people drowned whilst fleeing Libya. It brings this year's toll in the Central Mediterranean Sea to at least 576 people. This entirely avoidable loss of life highlights the desperate lack of search and rescue capacity, and the terrible plight of those fleeing Libya.
News Libya: Peace in Libya ‘ll help Africa’s development – Buhari
ABUJA – PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari Thursday said a peaceful Libya will help the overall development of Africa ... The Ambassador expressed appreciation to President Buhari for his show of support and ...
News Libya: In 1986, Libya Tried to Shoot Down an SR-71 Spyplane. They Failed.
Out my left window, Libya looks like one huge sandbox ... she wasn’t about to let an errant inlet door make her miss the show. With the power of forty locomotives, we puncture the quiet African ...
News Libya: Libya's U.N.-Backed Government Steps Up Defence Spending as War Drags On
Libya's internationally recognised government has allocated 40 million Libyan dinars (£23.5 million) for its defence ministry, it said on Tuesday, stepping up spending to fend off an eastern offensive as the war enters a fifth month.
News Libya: Libya Intercepts 3 Boats Carrying 122 Europe-Bound Migrants
CAIRO — Libya's coast guard says it has intercepted 122 Europe-bound migrants off the country's Mediterranean coast in recent days. Spokesman Ayoub Gassim says Tuesday the migrants, including two ...
News Libya: The Battle to Liberate Tripoli Enters Its Final Phase
The situation in Libya's capital, Tripoli, was relatively calm due to heavy losses of armed militias loyal to Government of National Accord (GNA), according to Commander of Libya National Army’s (LNA) Ain Zara axis, Major General Fawzi al-Mansouri. Mansouri said that the battle to liberate Tripoli had entered its final phase, pointing that 32 militants were killed and dozens of others injured.
News Libya: Libya: LNA Downs Several Drones
The situation in Libya's capital, Tripoli, was relatively calm due to heavy ... Army sources denied the allegations indicating the drone dropped in al-Jufra belonged to Tripoli militias. In other news ...
News Libya: Migrant crisis: Self-immolation exposes UN failures in Libya
In the case of Libya, the EU works with partners present on the ground ... The UNHCR's top official admits: "These detention centres, at least some of them, they work on a business model that involves ...
News Libya: Libya shutting down three migrant detention centers
2 (UPI) --Libya's three largest migrant detention centers will shut ... "These detention centers, at least some of them, they work on a business model that involves smugglers, traffickers, sometimes ...
