For weeks, rival Libyan militias had been pounding one another’s positions with artillery, mortar rounds and rockets in a desperate fight to control the international airport in the capital, Tripoli. Then suddenly, early Saturday morning, the fighting just stopped.
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Egypt border guards arrest 157 illegal migrants near Libya
The arrest took place near Egypt’s Mediterranean city of Marsa Matrouh and included six Sudanese
Read More »Libya: Security Council condemns ongoing violence and its use to pursue political gains
23 July 2014 – The United Nations Security Council today condemned once again the continued violence in Libya, including the fighting around Tripoli International Airport, and reaffirmed that violence must not be used to pursue political goals.
Read More »The Arab War(s) on Terror
Barack Obama recently declared it is the Arabs’ job to stop the terrorist-related violence gripping their region. So, despite numerous problems, just what are Arab states doing to stamp out this phenomenon, both collectively and individually? Today, Florence Gaub and Patryk Pawlak take a look.
Read More »Taking Sides in Libya
Two days before she was murdered in Benghazi on June 25, the Libyan human rights activist Salwa Bugaighis walked into a Tripoli hotel guarded by Islamist militias wearing three-inch heels and no veil.
Read More »650 عاملاً تركيًّا يغادرون سرت بعد إنذار حفتر
قال مدير موقع مشروع تنفيد محطة الخليج البخارية في سرت لإنتاج الطاقة الكهربائية (1400 ميغاوات) المهندس أبوبكر مخيون: «إن الأتراك العاملين بشركة (جاما) التركية العالمية، وعددهم 650 تركيًّا من مهندسين وفنيين وعمال غادروا أمس نهائيًّا مدينة سرت إلى بلادهم (تركيا) عبر مطاري مصراتة وطرابلس الدوليين بناءً على تعليمات السفارة التركية …
Read More »Drug bust sparks Benghazi port battle
Seven people were killed Saturday (June 21st) in an attack on the Benghazi port following a major drug bust. Eighteen others were injured.
Read More »Libya: Whipped, Beaten, and Hung from Trees
Detained Migrants, Asylum Seekers Describe Torture, Other Abuse in Detention
Read More »The Law is Failing the Women of Libya
TRIPOLI — What started as a normal day for an ordinary young woman here in Libya turned into a nightmare when a security guard at her public university physically and verbally attacked her, trying to bar her from entering her classroom because she was not wearing a head scarf.
Read More »25 يونيو.. ليبيا على موعد مع الصندوق
على أصوات طلقات الرصاص، وقذائف المعارك الدائرة بين قوات اللِّواء المتقاعد خليفة حفتر ، والقوات المؤيدة للمؤتمر الوطني الليبي، يتجه الليبيون إلى صندوق الاقتراع الأربعاء المقبل 25 يونيو آملين في استحقاق انتخابي نزيه يوقف نزيف الدماء في البلاد، ويجنب الثورة الليبية الدخول إلى نفق مظلم على غرار ما حدث من …
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