Military sources denied Monday some media reports about the launching of Egyptian military operations against Islamic State (IS) jihadist group in Libya, stressing that Libya is an independent sovereign state that no one should interfere with its affairs.
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Exodus from Libya
There can be no stronger indictment of the international community’s slow response to the tragic events unfolding in Libya and the Mediterranean than reading that children being trafficked resort to drinking their own urine while imprisoned in the hell of a smuggler’s seafaring prison.
Read More »Security source: Egypt embroiled in illegal emigration across Libya
A Libyan security source who declined to be identified has told Arab 21 that the Al-Tabu entity allied with Khalifah Haftar, commander of the army aligned to the dissolved Tabruq Parliament, is actively transporting thousands of illegal emigrants from the south of Libya to the north. The emigrants are taken …
Read More »EU mulls military action against human traffickers in Libya
EU leaders gathering in Brussels on Thursday will consider launching a military operation against human traffickers in Libya, in a bold effort to halt the deadly flow of refugees trying to reach Europe by sea.
Read More »Morocco, Algeria compete over Libya
On April 19, in the Moroccan coastal city of Skhirat, reports circulated that the Libyan crisis will end soon and positively. Bernardino Leon, the UN secretary-general’s special representative and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya, announced a major breakthrough in the new round of talks begun April 15 between the delegations …
Read More »Libyans don’t need more weapons
The United Nations is walking a tightrope in Libya. Last week, the UN Security Council passed a resolution condemning the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the latest non-state actor to emerge in the current chaos. Because of this threat, pressure is mounting on the UN to relax …
Read More »Libyans don't need more weapons
The United Nations is walking a tightrope in Libya. Last week, the UN Security Council passed a resolution condemning the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the latest non-state actor to emerge in the current chaos. Because of this threat, pressure is mounting on the UN to relax …
Read More »Action against smugglers, not an invasion of Libya – Joseph Muscat on Porta a Porta
What the European Union is planning is not an invasion of Libya, but action against the smugglers who are making between one and five million dollars for every migrant voyage, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said on Tuesday evening.
Read More »EU Leaders Urged to Look at Libya Mistakes as More Migrants Perish at Sea
In what’s been described as the worst disaster on the Mediterranean Sea yet, only 27 refugees survived.
Read More »Bomb blast strikes near Spanish Embassy in Tripoli
An apparent bomb blast has reportedly gone off across from the Spanish Embassy in the Libyan capital of Tripoli amid the ongoing unrest in the war-ravaged North African country.
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