On June 25, right after she cast her vote for the new Council of Representatives, Salwa Bugaighis was murdered at her home in Benghazi in eastern Libya. She was Libya’s most prominent female lawyer, a member of the former National Transitional Council (NTC) that led the rebel movement in 2011 and well-known civil activist. In February, …
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Final battle against IS expected in Sirte soon: report
Libya Dawn forces and Islamic State (IS) followers have been fighting in Sirte since 14 March and the battle is getting closer and closer to the downtown area. Both sides appear to be ready to fight to the end.
Libya’s Tobruk army shoots down Tripoli jet
Forces affiliated with Libya’s Tobruk-based government and parliament on Monday shot down a fighter jet affiliated with the rival Dawn of Libya militia, which is backed by Libya’s Tripoli-based government and parliament. The fighter jet was shot down in western Libya, the country’s official news agency quoted a military official …
Libya's Tobruk army shoots down Tripoli jet
Forces affiliated with Libya’s Tobruk-based government and parliament on Monday shot down a fighter jet affiliated with the rival Dawn of Libya militia, which is backed by Libya’s Tripoli-based government and parliament. The fighter jet was shot down in western Libya, the country’s official news agency quoted a military official …
Morocco talks take a break as Leon heads to Brussels to meet Libyan municipality representatives
The UN-brokered Libya dialogue negotiation taking place in Morocco have been paused temporarily with UN special Envoy to Libya Bernardino Leon flying to Brussels to chair a meeting of municipal representatives tomorrow, Monday, in a separate platform of the dialogue process.
Fighting near Tripoli with Libya rivals in crunch talks
UN envoy to Libya Bernardino Leon urged rival Libyan lawmakers to try to nail down a political agreement by the weekend as they began three days of “decisive” talks on Friday.
Libya’s Haftar not in position to fight ISIL: Pundit
Press TV has conducted an interview with Sabri Malek, a spokesman of Libya Democratic Party from London, to investigate a warning by the Libyan army chief General Khalifa Haftar about infiltration of the ISIL Takfiri terrorists into Europe. Malek says General Haftar is a “war criminal” and should be …
Escaping Hell: Libya’s Migrant Jails
As Libya descends further into civil war and lawlessness, migrants from Africa and the Middle East continue to journey to the country’s coast in search of smugglers to take them across the Mediterranean Sea and into Europe. Search and rescue operations by Libya’s coast guard are restricted due to diminishing …
Egyptian army fighting in Libya: military sources
Egyptian troops are fighting in Libya to support General Khalifa Haftar’s forces, according to military sources.
Will Hifter’s Libyan army fail?
Gen. Khalifa Hifter’s attempt to mobilize an army against the Islamic State (IS) in Libya might not yield tangible results, as this army is made up of civilian volunteers with little fighting experience.