Germany and other European nations have suspected Ankara of violating the United Nations Security Council’s arms embargo against civil-war-torn Libya. On Monday, German authorities confirmed that an attempted inspection of a Turkish-flagged cargo ship bound for the North African nation was stopped following a vocal protest by Turkish authorities.

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar told reporters at the Turkish parliament in the capital Ankara Tuesday that European Union’s Operation IRINI was stillborn, saying “it has lacked a solid basis in terms of international law since the beginning”.

Turkey on Monday said the German navy had conducted an “unauthorised” search on a Turkish-flagged vessel in a bid to enforce an arms embargo on Libya but only found humanitarian aid.

A race-based colonial mindset that views the continent as Europe’s playground and dismisses the concerns of Africans continues to fuel death and destruction.

The Minister of Interior of the Government of National Accord, Fathi Bashagha, held discussions with the European Union (EU) Ambassador to Libya, Jose Sabadell, on Tuesday, on the security cooperation in the field of combating terrorism.

On September 3, the United Nations warned that war-torn Libya is at a “decisive turning point,” with weapons from foreign backers pouring into both sides of the conflict. The main foreign protagonists in the Libyan conflict are split into two camps. In one camp is Russia, the United Arab Emirates …

Operation EUNAVFOR MED Irini reported yesterday that it had boarded and inspected on Tuesday the Merchant Vessel (MV) MEDKON SINOP in application of the United Nation Security Council’s Resolution 2292 of 2016 concerning the arms embargo on Libya.

The Commander of the Greek Navy in NATO, Brigadier General Theodoros Micropoulos, assumed his official duties as the commander of the European Navel Operation IRINI, set up to monitor the implementation of the arms embargo on Libya.

Members of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle were hit with sanctions by the European Union on Thursday over the Kremlin’s involvement in Libya, as well as the poisoning of opposition figure Alexei Navalny.

The Foreign Minister of the Libyan Government of National Accord Mohammed Sayala has expressed concern over the African Union Commission’s memorandum that says it will slap sanctions on Libya as it didn’t pay the contribution funds of 2020 before the end of last September.