Clashes in libya
Rival Libya government enters capital, prompting clashes
Clashes broke out between rival armed groups shortly after the prime minister of the Libyan government, Fathi Bashagha, entered the western city, an AFP...
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Libya mired in chaos 10 years after Arab Spring
A decade on, it is clear that the so-called Arab Spring revolts in Libya brought carnage rather than the longed-for freedom and progress, a fate rivalled only by the suffering in war-torn Syria and Yemen.
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Libya embarks on new transition phase
Libya has been mired in violent turmoil with the country riven by divisions between the GNA in Tripoli and a rival administration backed by military strongman Khalifa Haftar in the east.
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Libyans meet in Geneva to select transitional leaders
The 75 participants at the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum have until Friday to select a prime minister and a three-member presidency council from a list of 45 candidates.
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Libya unity govt says it recaptured two strategic cities
On their Facebook page, GNA forces published images of Grad rocket launchers, 10 tanks and armoured vehicles they said they had captured in the cities, which had been controlled by Salafist militias allied with Haftar.
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Libya summit calls for all parties to refrain from oil hostilities
The draft also recognizes Tripoli-based state oil company NOC as the sole legitimate entity allowed to sell Libyan oil.
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SOS Mediterranee relaunches migrant rescue missions off Libya
SOS Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) "are back at sea with a new vessel, the Ocean Viking, to conduct search and rescue activities in the central Mediterranean", it said.
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Egypt jihadist returned from Libya back on trial: media
The jihadist was flown back to Cairo in May, after being handed over by Libyan National Army chief Khalifa Haftar whose forces captured him in 2018 in the eastern city of Derna.
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Famine on rise in Near East and North Africa: FAO
These included Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, whose ongoing four-year war has killed tens of thousands of people, including many civilians, according to humanitarian organisations.
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Facebook blocked in Tripoli and other cities as fighting rages: residents
Facebook is the main platform for news in Libya with officials, ministries and armed groups that effectively control the country posting statements there.
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Some 400 prisoners escape prison in Tripoli chaos
The inmates forced open the doors of the Ain Zara prison and guards were unable to stop them, the official said, confirming a judiciary police statement posted on social media.
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US lifts travel ban on Chad citizens: White House
With Chad taken off the list, seven countries — Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, North Korea and Venezuela — are still subject to the travel restrictions.
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Libyan court clears Gaddafi son of footballer's murder
He was fined 500 Libyan dinars ($377) and given a suspended one-year prison sentence for drinking and possession of alcohol in the 2006 case, the statement said.
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Airport in Libya's capital reopens after closure due to clashes
Mitiga airport, located just east of Tripoli city centre, appeared to be operating normally, with both departures and arrivals areas busy with passengers.
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20 dead as clashes shut airport in Libyan capital
The violence also undermines GNA efforts to persuade diplomatic missions to return there.
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At least nine killed in clashes near airport in Libyan capital
Local media reported that nearly 30 people had been wounded in the fighting.
