Port hit by barrage of rocket fire in Libyan capital, say witnesses
A port in the capital of war-torn Libya was hit by a barrage of rocket fire on Tuesday, witnesses said. The Tripoli port, used by merchant shipping and the navy, was cordoned off by security forces and there were no immediate reports of casualties. "The rockets ...
Hifter agrees to heed cease-fire and will join Libya talks, Germany says
Libyan strongman Khalifa Hifter has agreed to abide by a cease-fire and said he was ready to participate in an international conference in Berlin on Sunday, Germany's foreign minister said. Libya's U.N.-recognized government in Tripoli has been under attack since April from Hifter's forces, with ...
Both sides in Libya's conflict agreed to a cease-fire from Sunday to end nine months of fighting following weeks of international diplomacy and calls for a truce by power-brokers Russia and Turkey. The oil-rich North African country has been wracked by bloody turmoil since a ...
Europe and North Africa in diplomatic flurry to avoid 'second Syria' in Libya
Europe and North Africa have launched a diplomatic offensive to try to prevent Libya, with the increased involvement of international players in its conflict, from turning into a "second Syria. The flurry of visits across the two sides of the Mediterranean comes after Libyan strongman ...
Turkey to send troops to Libya at Tripoli's request, Erdogan says
Turkey will send troops to Libya at the request of Tripoli as soon as next month, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday, putting the North African country's conflict at the center of wider regional frictions. Libya's internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) in ...
An airstrike Thursday on a shopping area during rush hour near Libya's capital killed at least two civilians and wounded 20 others, a local official said. The airstrike on the town of Zawiya, 45 km (30 miles) west of Tripoli, hit a pharmacy, a bakery ...
Layla Mohammed barely had time to gather her children's belongings before fleeing their southern Tripoli home when shelling targeted the Libyan capital's outskirts earlier this year. For months she moved her family between apartments as soaring rents in the crowded city exhausted her savings, eventually ...
Four killed in Libyan capital by projectile blast in vegetable market: medic
Four civilians were killed Tuesday when a projectile exploded in a vegetable market in an eastern suburb of Libya's capital, a rescue workers' spokesman said. "Four civilians were killed and six wounded by an explosive device that targeted the Tajoura vegetable market," Oussama Ali told ...
A Libyan press freedom group said Tuesday the arrest of a journalist at a Tripoli airport over the weekend amounted to "forced disappearance," while the U.N. called for him to be released or put on trial. Libyan national Rida Fhel el-Boum was arrested on Saturday ...
Libya's Khalifa Haftar announces 'decisive battle' for Tripoli
Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar announced a "decisive battle" for the capital Tripoli on Thursday, eight months after he launched an offensive to wrest it from the unity government. "Zero hour has come for the broad and total assault expected by every free and honest ...
Scores of migrants scattered after being rescued off Libyan coast
At least 71 illegal migrants rescued after four days in distress at sea were brought to shore east of the Libyan capital Tripoli early on Sunday but then fled and no attempt was made to capture them, a navy official said. Libya is one of ...
The only functioning airport in the Libyan capital was closed on Sunday after being struck by artillery fire overnight. There were conflicting reports on the number of injuries at Mitiga airport. A media officer for the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) said four people ...
