French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has constantly warned against the increasing presence of extremist organizations and movements in southern Libya and about the area turning into a safe haven for groups the French army expelled from northern Mali last year. Senior US officials and some military leaders, like Gen. David …
Libya protesters storm parliament building in Tobruk
Protesters stormed Libya’s parliament building in the eastern city of Tobruk, demonstrating against …
Rival Libyan officials hold UN-led election talks in Switzerland
Two senior Libyan officials began two days of talks on constitutional arrangements for elections, th…
‘Slavery, rape, torture’: Libya threatened by foreign fighters
Libya faces a serious security threat from foreign fighters and private military companies, especial…
The Guardian: UN investigators say Wagner Group fighters did not mark mines’ positions and may have rigged bomb to teddy bear
Russian mercenaries in Libya systematically broke international law by laying mines in civilian area…
Libya: Landmines, Other War Hazards, Killing Civilians
At least 130 people, mostly civilians, have been killed by landmines and abandoned or unexploded ord…
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As Libya Spirals Toward Chaos, The West Has Financial Levers To Stop The Fighting
Just as oil and gas wealth were the pillars of Col. Muammar Gaddafi’s brutal rentier state, they are at the heart of the civil conflict raging in Libya – demonstrated recently by an escalating battle over storage depots and lifting ports in the country’s oil-rich East, and rumors of an imminent …
UNSMIL “running out of time and ideas” – may give up on Libya
UNSMIL chief Bernardino Leon has admitted that he is running out of ideas and Libya is running out of time to find a negotiated end to violence. He has warned that the time may be approaching when “The international community will have to use more stick and less carrot”.
U.S. condemns deadly Libyan strike on tanker
The United States Tuesday condemned a strike by Libyan aircraft that bombed an oil tanker off the Islamist-held port of Derna, killing two crew members.
Online forum offers Libyans opportunity to discuss constitutional drafting process
A new initiative called the Agora Libyan Constitution Project is being targeted at Libyans worldwide to give them the opportunity to network together and discuss their thoughts about the new constitution.
Libyan National Army claims to have received four new Sukhoi jet fighters
The Air Force of the Libyan National Army (LNA), representing the House of Representatives (HoR)/ Abdullah Thinni government based in eastern Libya, claimed yesterday that it has received four new Sukhoi SU-27 fighter jets.