Tripoli’s battle has passed it’s 100th day with a striking death toll of over 1050 killed, 5500 injured and over 100.000 displaced.
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Battle for Tripoli: Libya coastguard braces for naval offensive
Libya‘s coastguard is on alert as the battle for control of Tripoli threatens to spread to the sea.
ICC Prosecutor initiates legal procedures in the airstrike of the immigration centre in Tajoura
Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda confirmed that it has initiated the necessary measures on the aerial bombardment of the immigrants’ centre of Tajoura, Tripoli.
New challenges for Moscow with arrest of ‘Russian trolls’ in Libya
Security forces of Libya’s internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) reportedly arrested two Russian men in Tripoli in May, though the arrests were not announced until early July. Tripoli authorities claim that the Russians possessed laptops and memory sticks that revealed their work in a Russian “troll factory” that allegedly sought …
UN agencies call for resumption of EU naval rescue operations
Two United Nations agencies have called on the European countries to resume rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea and to stop refugee and migrant returns to Libya, where they face dire conditions and are at risk due to the ongoing conflict.
Libya: Migrants protest while leaving detention centre after Haftar’s attack
Seven days after Haftar’s bombing of the migrant detention centre in Tajoura, killing 53 people, several migrants exited the facility and began a protest against the delay in their deportations.
Libya demands ‘urgent answers’ over French missiles found at Haftar base
Libya’s internationally recognised government on Thursday demanded urgent answers after Paris conceded French missiles were found at a base used by strongman Khalifa Haftar whose forces are fighting to take over the capital Tripoli.
Latest Libyan Shock Should Come as No Surprise
A few years ago, I was asked by an international journalist to comment on rumors about the presence of French troops in eastern Libya. Purportedly, France was actively supporting former Qaddafi army general Khalifa Haftar in his attempt to expand his control over the entire region of Cyrenaica. This was …
Haftar’s militias are triggering clashes in Murzuq, government says
The Presidential Council (PC) has stated that the insurrectionist forces which came from Al-Rajma – in reference to Haftar’s militias- had provoked tribal conflicts in Murzuq, south Libya, by spreading sedition among its people.
6 people killed, 30 injured in twin car bombings at military funeral in Libya’s Benghazi
Six people have been killed and over 30 others have been wounded as two car bombs exploded at a funeral for a former special forces commander in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi.