Hundreds of migrants in Libya flee detention facility, citing hunger
Hundreds of migrants have fled a detention center in coastal Libya and crowded overnight around a U.N. facility, saying they were denied food for weeks. Around 450 people left Abu Salim detention center late Tuesday. Two of the migrants, as well as activists, said they ...
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 ...
UNHRC center for 'most vulnerable' migrants in Tripoli said severely overcrowded
The United Nations said Tuesday its center in the Libyan capital for migrants singled out as "most vulnerable" was overcrowded and appealed for third countries to take in more refugees. "UNHCR continues to call for more slots for resettlement, evacuations," the United Nations High Commissioner ...
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 ...
Drone strike by Khalifa Hifter's forces on south Libyan town kills at least 43, official says
A drone airstrike by eastern Libyan forces on the southern Libyan town of Murzuq has killed at least 43 people, a local official said on Monday. The attack is the second major airstrike blamed on the eastern Libyan National Army (LNA) forces loyal to Khalifa ...
Libya warplane of Khalifa Hifter's forces makes emergency landing in Tunisia
A Libyan warplane of military commander Khalifa Hifter's forces made an emergency landing in neighboring Tunisia on Monday, authorities in Libya said. The aircraft was on a "reconnaissance and patrol mission and suffered a technical problem resulting in an emergency landing" in southern Tunisia, said ...
French missile claim hints at role in war to take Tripoli, Libya minister says
France's admission that it owned sophisticated U.S.-made missiles found at a Libyan base seized from strongman Khalifa Hifter's forces indicates it backs his offensive to seize the capital, the interior minister of Libya's internationally recognized government said. The Javelin anti-tank missiles were uncovered when government ...
France says its missiles were found on pro-Khalifa Hifter base in Libya
France said Wednesday its missiles had been found at a Libyan base used by forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Hifter, in an embarrassing admission that raises fresh questions about its role in the conflict. Confirming a report in the New York Times, a defense ministry ...
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 ...
