Libya leader Serraj will not sit down with rival Khalifa Hifter to end war on Tripoli
Libya's internationally recognized Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj said on Sunday he was not prepared to sit down with eastern commander Khalifa Hifter to negotiate an end to the two-month offensive against Tripoli. His comments to Reuters suggest low prospects for a ceasefire soon in the ...
Tripoli's children struggle to study as war reaches the capital
For 13-year-old Taha Aboud, who dreams of becoming an engineer, war in Libya's capital Tripoli has meant his family fleeing their home and him missing studies as they searched for a new school. "I'm happy to be back at school. I hope to become a ...
'Calm before the storm' in Tripoli, on front lines of Libya's civil war
As meat sizzled on a barbecue in a Tripoli suburb, Libyan fighters on the front lines defending the capital from a military offensive rested during "the calm before the storm." "We don't deprive ourselves of anything," said a fighter who traveled some 200 kilometers (120 ...
Heavy clashes have been slowly nearing the center of Libya's capital, Tripoli, as forces loyal to the military commander Khalifa Hifter battle to seize power, an official and residents said Monday. Hifter opened a military offensive on Tripoli in early April despite commitments to move ...
Libya's Khalifa Hifter tells Macron there will be no Tripoli cease-fire without negotiator
Libyan commander Khalifa Hifter said in a meeting on Wednesday with French President Emmanuel Macron that he cannot work toward a cease-fire because he has no one with whom to negotiate. Hifter opened a military offensive on the Libyan capital of Tripoli in early April ...
Libyan National Army hires firm to forge closer ties with U.S.
A Libyan general who has gained control of the Libyan city of Benghazi and is believed to have ties to the CIA has hired a Texas-based lobbying firm to help him forge closer relations with the U.S. as he seeks to defeat rival militias ...
U.N. alleges possible war crime as Libya gunmen cut water pipeline to besieged Tripoli
Gunmen have cut off the main water pipeline to Libya's besieged capital, Tripoli, spelling more misery for residents already reeling from weeks of fighting. The United Nations said the water blockage was a possible war crime as Libya's internationally recognized government accused forces loyal to ...
France seeks Libya cease-fire after Tripoli migrant center is struck
France's President Emmanuel Macron called on Wednesday for a cease-fire in the month-long battle for Libya's capital Tripoli after fighting hit a migrant detention center overnight. With foreign powers aghast at the latest flare-up in a nation in chaos since the 2011 toppling of Moammar ...
U.N. evacuates 325 detained African migrants as war reaches Tripoli
The United Nations refugee agency evacuated 325 African refugees on Wednesday from Qasr Ben Gashir detention center in southern Tripoli because of deteriorating security and escalating violence. The refugees — mainly Eritrean, Sudanese and Nigerian — were taken to a detention center in Zawiya, a ...
Veteran bench boss Zeljko Pavlicevic steered Al-Ittihad to the brink of a potential deep run in the Libyan League playoffs earlier this spring. But the outbreak of violence this month in the North African nation forced the Libyan Basketball Federation on April 6 to suspend ...
Eastern Libyan forces plan to intensify Tripoli offensive as death toll rises to 254
Eastern Libyan forces said on Monday they would intensify an assault on Tripoli, the capital in the west of the country that is held by the internationally recognized government, as the death toll in a battle now in its third week rose to 254. The ...
Libya strongman Khalifa Hifter's forces press offensive, close in on Tripoli
Forces backing Libya's unity government battled to push back an offensive by strongman Khalifa Hifter on Sunday as his troops approached the gates of Tripoli after air raids overnight. Hifter's self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA), galvanized by victories in its eastern stronghold and in the ...
