By Libya Herald staff. Tripoli, 25 August 2014: Over the past five years Libya has failed to deal effectively with illegal immigration an official from the UN-backed International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has said.  In an interview following the deaths of scores of migrants in the Mediterranean, the official, speaking on …

CAIRO — Twice in the last seven days, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates have secretly launched airstrikes against Islamist-allied militias battling for control of Tripoli, Libya, four senior American officials said, in a major escalation of a regional power struggle set off by Arab Spring revolts. To read the …

CAIRO (AP) —The newly appointed U.N. envoy to Libya said Tuesday he doesn’t believe foreign intervention of any kind can halt the North African country’s turmoil as political divisions and infighting push it deeper into chaos. To read the full article, please click here. The Wall Street Journal

An inability to accept defeat has led to civil war in Libya, according to analysts who say the country faces partition or complete disintegration

The democratically elected legislature in Libya just named Ansar al-Sharia a terrorist group as Islamists militias wreak havoc across the country.

By Libya Herald staff. Cairo, 25 August 2014: Egypt’s foreign minister Sameh Shoukri warned today that a spillover of the conflict in Libya could prompt foreign intervention. Both, he said, had to be avoided at all costs. What was the fourth meeting between Libya’s neighbouring countries — Egypt, Chad, Tunisia, Algeria …

The summit of North African foreign ministers on Monday comes after Egypt denied claims over the weekend of intervening with the UAE against Islamist militias in Libya

TRIPOLI, Libya — “The fire is inside the airport!” a militiaman cried, as he fired an antiaircraft cannon on the back of a pickup truck toward the runway of Libya’s main international airport. “God is great, the flames are rising!”

All the various committees of the Constitutional Drafting Authority are working fully, stressed Sidig Dressy, the official spokesperson for the Authority yesterday.

CAIRO, Aug 24 (Aswat Masriya) – Egypt did not conduct any military operations in Libya, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Sunday.