Category: Libya

U.S. Confirms Killing Eleven AQIM Terrorists in Airstrike in South Libya

December 3, 2018

The U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) has confirmed that eleven al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) terrorists were killed in “a precision airstrike”, conducted near Al ... Read More

Libya: Oilfield Attacked by Gunmen, Triggering Fears over Country’s Stability

November 22, 2018

Libya’s oilfield sub-station Sharara was attacked by a group of gunmen, said on Thursday the National Oil Corporation (NOC), noting that one was killed in ... Read More

Morocco Remains Attached to Political, Consensual Solution in Libya

November 14, 2018

Morocco remains attached to a political, consensual and durable solution in Libya, a solution that would enable the North African country to recover its stability, ... Read More

Moscow: Skhirat Accord, Only Basis for Resolution of Libyan Crisis

November 13, 2018

The UN-brokered agreement inked by Libya’s warring factions in the Moroccan coastal town of Skhirat remains the only viable basis for achieving a long-term solution ... Read More

Libya Mired in Chaos Seven Years after Gadhafi’s Death

October 31, 2018

Libya remains in turmoil, battered by infighting between heavily armed militias and a political crisis that has divided the country. The initial euphoria is a ... Read More

UN Envoy to Libya Holds Consultations with Morocco

October 30, 2018

UN special envoy to Libya Ghassan Salamé held talks Monday in Rabat with Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, focused on the Libya crisis. At a joint ... Read More

South Korea Bans Citizens to Travel to Libya over Security Concern

October 17, 2018

South Korea Tuesday forbade 26 of its citizens to travel to the North African country as part of a blanket travel ban on the North ... Read More

Is Moscow Planning to Exploit Libya’s Migration Routes to Destabilize the West?

October 9, 2018

Russia is planning to make the war-torn Libya “his new Syria” and challenge the West in North Africa, warn UK intelligence chiefs. Moscow is sending ... Read More

Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 84,345 in 2018; Deaths Reach 1,777

October 8, 2018

IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 84,345 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2018 through 3 October, with 38,451 to Spain, the ... Read More

Libya: UN to Delay December 10 Elections

October 1, 2018

Head of the UN mission in Libya Saturday said it will be hard for the country to hold its much expected elections on December 10 ... Read More