CAIRO – Intense shelling of Libya’s capital by the country’s rival, east-based forces killed three civilians Friday, the city’s health authorities said, the latest victims in a yearlong siege of Tripoli. The offensive on Tripoli by forces loyal to commander Khalifa Haftar has only escalated over the past weeks, despite a chorus of calls for a cease-fire so the war-torn country’s weak…
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For nearly nine years, Libyans have lived through war and political turmoil. The country has become a place for regional heavyweights and aspiring major powers to advance self-interests, often at the expense of the Libyan people. International attention and the recent peace conference in Berlin…
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Libya’s internationally-recognised government has said its forces have killed eight fighters loyal to eastern-based renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar. The announcement by military spokesman Mohamed Gnunu on Saturday came as forces aligned with the United Nations-recognised…
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TRIPOLI — Early last spring, just before a planned American-backed peace conference between warring factions in Libya, the aspiring Libyan strongman Khalifa Hifter arranged a phone call with John R. Bolton, then the White House national security adviser. Mr. Hifter did not want to…
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Libya’s volatile conflict has limited the movement of people into the country and made it difficult for coronavirus to spread. However, while there have been relatively few confirmed cases so far, public health officials in the country are right to fear that the virus could further devastate the war-torn country…
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The UN refugee agency is warning that the humanitarian crisis in Libya is becoming even worse. Fighting has increased and Libya’s healthcare system is ill-prepared to handle a coronavirus outbreak. At least one person in Libya has died of Covid-19 so far. A year after the launch of…
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One year since the launch of a military offensive in Tripoli, Libya, fighting is further worsening with COVID-19 now bringing new threats, warns UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. More than 300 civilians have been killed and 150,000 others displaced from their homes since last April. Despite the …
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A succession of meetings over the last two months in Berlin, Geneva and Munich has signified a renewed multilateral effort to resolve the Libyan civil conflict. With 13 nations led by the UN, seeking to enforce a brittle arms embargo and comprehensive cease-fire, the concerned parties…
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Ministry of education of the Accord Government in the western part of Libya announced Friday the suspension of study for two weeks starting from next Sunday. The ministry said that this announcement comes as precaution procedure after the spread of corona virus in neighboring countries…
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Terrorist activity linked to Islamic State (IS) in Libya returned to the spotlight in 2019, directing international attention to the restless country. Having been driven out of its stronghold in the coastal area of Sirte in late 2016, IS has become a point of reference for groups within the country to discredit …
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