Caretaker Prime Minister Abdullah Thenni called upon army personnel yesterday to adhere to military laws and regulations and have pride in and loyalty to the army for the defence of the nation and its borders.

As foreigners continue to stream out of Libya, the border crossings in both the east and the west of the country have been inundated with Egyptians fleeing the country.

Statements on Egypt’s apparent intention to intervene in Libya caused many observers to recall the sole military incident between Egypt and Libya, which occurred in 1977. However, today’s crisis is nothing like that of 1977’s crisis. Libya’s Colonel Muammar Qaddafi was a leader who is all about slogans. Back then, he dared …

Fresh clashes have flared up on the Libyan-Tunisian border forcing guards to open fire.

As the battle between militias rages on, the Libyan state and its institutions struggle to survive.

Islamist militants took control of the biggest special forces base in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi on Tuesday after a battle that killed 30 people, a special forces officer said.

Scores of people have been killed in Libya as violence ramps up.

In a major blow to its power and position, Benghazi’s Saiqa Special Forces Brigade has been forced to abandon its headquarters in Buatni district after another day of intensive missile strikes by Ansar Al Sharia and its allies. Pictures of Ansar’s head Mohamed Al-Zahawi and Wissam Ben Hamid, the leader …

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.

The arrest took place near Egypt’s Mediterranean city of Marsa Matrouh and included six Sudanese