Heavy clashes shook Ubari this week, once again casting doubt on the dragged out peace talks between the Tebu and the Tuareg. The two communities are at war since August 2014, fighting for the control of the southwest Libyan desert oasis. Last November, representatives from both sides signed a peace …
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Khalifa Haftar or no concord government, eastern region officials tell UNSMIL
The UN Support Mission in Libya is in limbo because of the fate of renegade Gen. Khalifa Haftar in the UN-imposed government.
Al-Qaeda leader menaces West if they enter Libya
A leader in Al-Qaeda group in the Islamic Maghreb warned the West against intervention in Libya, calling on all Libyans to unite to ditch democracy, describing the Prime Minister of being an ally of the West, according to him, Aljazeera net reported.
Analysis: Ajdabiya, the latest battleground of Libya’s civil war
While the Islamic State Group grabbed headlines last week when it attempted to seize two of Libya’s most important oil terminals, nearby a town is sliding into violence without having raised much attention so far. Ajdabiya is divided along political, tribal and ideological lines and residents fear that the war …
Mystery airstrikes hit Islamic State group in central Libya: eyewitnesses
Unidentified warplanes struck Islamic State group positions in central Libya on Sunday, eyewitnesses have reported.
Clashes prevent Unity Government PM from leaving Libya after visit to Zliten
Fighting near the western Libyan city of Misrata is preventing Faiez al-Serraj, Prime Minister of Libya’s newly formed Government of National Accord, from leaving neighboring Zliten, where Serraj paid a visit Friday evening to express his condolences following a brutal terror attack the day before.
ISIS Expansion in Libya and the Government of National Accord
Libya’s Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) branch has expanded its grip on Libyan territory through multiple parallel tactics and the sluggish pace of negotiations between the feuding governments in Tripoli and Beida has contributed to this expansion. The confrontation between the two factions has led to a paralysis in the …
Transcripts show Blair warned Kadhafi to find ‘safe place’
Former British prime minister Tony Blair urged Moamer Kadhafi to stand aside and find a bolthole in the early days of the Libyan uprising, telephone transcripts released Thursday showed.
Residents say ‘slaughter to start any day’ after IS seizes Libya town
Residents of Ben Jawad, a coastal Libyan town that fell to the Islamic State (IS) group this week, have spoken of their fears that the militants could soon start carrying out mass executions.
Dozens killed in bomb attack on Libyan police academy
A truck-bomb attack on a police training centre in a western town in Libya has killed at least 65 people, according to hospital and police officials.