One of the militants killed in a U.S. air strike in Libya over the weekend was a “high-ranking” official in al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), the Pentagon said on Wednesday.
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Tripoli mayor abducted overnight, municipality suspends work in protest
The mayor of Tripoli central municipality was kidnapped on Wednesday and had been led to an unknown place, according to sources from the municipality.
Read More »Serraj spokesperson vague on Hafter cooperation in south
Mohamed El-Sallak, the official spokesperson for Presidency Council (PC) head Faiez Serraj, was rather vague and evasive when asked about whether the airstrikes in the south of Libya by the Hafter-led Libyan National Army Air Force were conducted in cooperation with the PC.
Read More »Antiques looted in Libya by ISIS sold in Spain, two experts arrested
Two Spanish art experts suspected of running a ring that sold antiques looted from archaeological sites in Libya by groups linked to the ISIS group have been arrested, police said Wednesday.
Read More »Libyan chief investigator points finger at Maltese fuel smugglers
Libya’s head of investigations in the Attorney General’s office has said fuel smuggling is being carried out by a network of organised crime linking Europe to Libya.
Read More »Niger ambassador to Libya denies presence of Nigerian rebels in Libya
Niger’s ambassador to Libya Hussein Melloul has denied presence of any Nigerien opposition fighters on Libyan territory.
Read More »Libya court postpones trial of foreign fuel smugglers
The first court hearing for the five foreigners accused of smuggling Libyan fuel was postponed to the first of April.
Read More »LNA jet fighters bomb CCMSR Chadian opposition militias in southern Libya
Libyan National Army (LNA) Mig-24 fighter jets carried out an airstrike in the south of the country targeting a checkpoint run by the Chadian opposition militia the Counceil de Comandament Militair Pour le Salut de la Répunlique (CCMSR) on Sunday in Tmassah village, 161 kms south-east of Sebha.
Read More »US air strike in Libya kills two jihadist ‘leaders’
Two jihadist “leaders” were killed in a US air strike in southern Libya on Saturday, the government announced. The strike was “coordinated” with the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) of Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, the premier’s spokesman Mohamed El Sallak said.
Read More »Libya east forces say Tripoli SDF handed over Benghazi fighters detained in Tripoli
The media outlets and social media of east-based Libya self-styled army led by Khalifa Haftar claimed Thursday that the Tripoli-based Special Deterrence Force (SDF) handed over fighters from the Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB) who were detained in Mitiga prison.
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