The Libyan Air Force launched a series of airstrikes against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) positions in the eastern city of Derna on Saturday, the stronghold of a number of extremist groups currently operating in the war-torn country.
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New military vehicles arrive in Tobruk
A consignment of 70 new armoured cars was shipped into Tobruk this week, according to a source at Tobruk Security Directorate. The delivery, he explained, was the part of a larger order of 100 vehicles. Five were going to the border guards at Musaid, five were being kept for the Security Directorate …
IS seizes Libya airbase after Misrata forces pull out
Islamic State (IS) militants in Libya have taken control of an airbase on the outskirts of Sirte after forces fighting the group since February withdrew from positions, saying they lacked munitions and personnel.
Money and power: the forces fuelling Libya’s civil war
At the end of April came the news that the UN had failed yet again to bring together the two sides in Libya’s civil war.
Money and power: the forces fuelling Libya's civil war
At the end of April came the news that the UN had failed yet again to bring together the two sides in Libya’s civil war.
Perceptions of Security in Libya Institutional and Revolutionary Actors
Three years after the fall of Muammar Gadhafi and his regime, Libya is again on the brink of civil war. Various circumstances underlie this predicament—mistrust between regions, political power struggles, and sporadic and uncoordinated security and justice sector reforms. So that better understanding of the security needs of Libyan citizens …
Dignity rejects UNSMIL invitation to dialogue, calls on Leon to tell UN to lift embargo
Operation Dignity has rejected an invitation from UN Special Envoy Bernardino Leon to join in the military platform of the Dialogue process. It says it is part of the regular army, not a militia, and that it takes its instructions only from the General Staff and the had of the …
Libya says detainees admit murders of seven journalists
TRIPOLI, Libya: Libya’s internationally recognized government on Wednesday said five detainees had admitted to killing five reporters from a local television station as well as two Tunisian journalists, in murders previously claimed by ISIS.
Libya concerned over EU action on migrants
The European Union sought to reassure Libya on Tuesday that any action being considered by the 28-nation bloc to stem the deadly flow of migrants across the Mediterranean should not be perceived as an attack against the Libyan people.
28,000 Libyan families displaced from Benghazi: report
Over 28,000 families have been displaced from the war-weary city of Benghazi since fighting erupted there last October between forces loyal to Libya’s Tobruk government and armed militias, a local NGO said Tuesday.