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 Parliament-backed Prime Minister of Libya Fathi Bashagha. Picture: Mahmud Turkia/AFP

Tripoli

Rival Libya government enters capital, prompting clashes

By AFP

Clashes broke out between rival armed groups shortly after the prime minister of the Libyan government, Fathi Bashagha, entered the western city, an AFP...

  • Picture: libyaflag.facts.co

    Bodies of four children wash up on Libyan coast

    The fate of the other passengers, their nationalities and point of departure were as yet unknown.

    563 days ago
  • Rescued migrants sit on the coast of Khoms, some 100 kilometres (60 miles) from the Libyan capital Tripoli, on 26 July 2019. Picture: AFP

    Libyan Coast Guard picks up nearly 500 migrants in region surrounding Tripoli

    Libya’s western coast is a main departure point for migrants fleeing war and poverty and hoping for new lives in Europe, though the number of crossings has dropped sharply since July 2017.

    1016 days ago
  • Military officers of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA)inspect damage and debris at a migrant detention centre used by the GNA in the capital Tripoli's southern suburb of Tajoura on July 3, 2019, following an air strike on a nearby building that left dozens killed the previous night. Picture: AFP.

    100 migrants walk free from shelled detention centre in Tripoli

    The air strike, on 3 July, killed 53 people and injured 130 others, the World Health Organisation said in its latest death toll on Twitter.

    1088 days ago
  • FILE: Libyan security forces deploy in the capital Tripoli. Picture: AFP

    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.

    1103 days ago
  • A view of the Mitiga airport in Tripoli. Picture: Google Earth.

    Eastern Libyan forces attack Tripoli airport for second night

    The LNA late on Thursday attacked the military part of the airport, targeting a “Turkish plane,” the force said in a statement.

    1121 days ago
  • Libyan children walk through the ruins of a building. Picture: @UN/Twitter

    Economic warfare plays out as Libyans battle for capital

    Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands wounded since the battle for Tripoli erupted on 4 April, when commander Khalifa Haftar launched an assault to take the city.

    1138 days ago
  • Libyan children walk through the ruins of a building. Picture: @UN/Twitter

    Battle for Libya's Tripoli gives chance to IS

    Jihadist groups capitalised on Libya's descent into chaos after the 2011 uprising that killed veteran dictator Moamer Kadhafi to establish a presence in the North African country.

    1149 days ago
  • A fighter loyal to the internationally-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) stands on a rooftop as smoke rises in the distance during clashes with forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar, in Espiaa, about 40 kilometres south of the Libyan capital Tripoli on 29 April 2019. Picture: AFP

    Libyan air strikes kill four, wound 37 - government

    This came a day after a similar attack on the capital killed another four civilians and injured 20, according to the GNA.

    1160 days ago
  • An International Organization for Migration (IOM) member stand next to Ivorian migrants returning from Libya to be repatriated in their country as they arrive at the airport of Abidjan on 20 November 2017. Picture: AFP.

    Migrants in Libya shot as fighting rages between rivals: MSF

    On Wednesday, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said it had evacuated 325 asylum seekers from the Qasr Bin Ghashir detention centre.

    1163 days ago
  • FILE: This grab obtained from a video published on the Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar's self-proclaimed Libyan National Army War Information Division's Facebook page on 3 April 2019, allegedly shows military convoys heading towards western Libya and Tripoli, coming from the LNA controlled territory in the east. Picture: AFP

    Libya asks UN to investigate Tripoli attacks

    Libya's UN-recognised government said forces loyal to commander Khalifa Haftar had killed and displaced civilians, destroyed property and recruited child soldiers.

    1164 days ago
  • FILE: A tank belonging to Libyan fighters loyal to the Government of National Accord (GNA) is pictured during clashes with forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar south of the capital Tripoli's suburb of Ain Zara, on 20 April 2019. Picture: AFP

    Air strikes and explosions hit Libyan capital

    The Libyan National Army force loyal to commander Khalifa Haftar started an offensive two weeks ago but has been unable to breach the government’s southern defenses.

    1169 days ago
  • FILE: This grab obtained from a video published on the Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar's self-proclaimed Libyan National Army War Information Division's Facebook page on 3 April 2019, allegedly shows military convoys heading towards western Libya and Tripoli, coming from the LNA controlled territory in the east. Picture: AFP

    UN chief urges ceasefire to avert 'bloody battle' for Tripoli

    Thousands of people have fled heavy fighting on the outskirts of Tripoli that has left dozens dead and prompted mounting global alarm.

    1178 days ago
  • FILE: Secretary-General António Guterres visits Ain Zara Detention Centre in Tripoli, Libya, where migrants and refugees face indefinite detention. Picture: United Nations Photo.

    UN chief urges ceasefire to avert ‘bloody battle’ for Tripoli

    Thousands of people have fled heavy fighting on the outskirts of Tripoli that has left dozens dead and prompted mounting global alarm.

    1178 days ago
  • FILE: UN chief Antonio Guterres. Picture: @Antonioguterres/Twitter

    UN's Guterres calls for peace in Libya as renegade troops march on Tripoli

    His appeal was echoed by the United States, Britain, France, Italy and the United Arab Emirates.

    1184 days ago
  • FILE: Libyan security forces deploy in the capital Tripoli. Picture: AFP

    Rockets fired near airport in Tripoli, Isis claims attack on oil company

    Rival groups have been fighting in Tripoli for several days but clashes had been focused on the south of the city. Matiga airport lies in an eastern suburb.

    1390 days ago
  • A file image of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) of Libya, in the capital Tripoli. Picture: AFP.

    Headquarters of Libya national oil firm under attack

    A Libyan security source said that the national oil company's headquarters had caught fire and was surrounded by security.

    1391 days ago
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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.

    1399 days ago
  • FILE: Illegal migrants of different African nationalities arrive at a naval base in the capital Tripoli on 6 May 2018, after they were rescued from inflatable boat off the coast of Al-Zawiyah. Picture: AFP

    Libya's coast guard recovers five bodies from migrant boat

    Libya’s western coast is the main departure point for migrants trying to reach Europe by the sea, though the number of crossings has dropped sharply since last July.

    1474 days ago
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