Showing posts with label #Libya. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #Libya. Show all posts
Monday, March 29, 2021

France reopens Libya embassy after 7-year closure

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Most diplomats and other foreigners left the North African country after repeated attacks and kidnappings. Source: https://www.aljazeera...
Thursday, February 18, 2021

The Middle East Is Blanketed in Rare Snowfall

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It snowed in the Middle East on Wednesday, covering parts of Libya, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, and Israel in rare whi...
Wednesday, February 17, 2021

‘Oil, arms sales, money’: What became of Libya’s revolution?

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Ten years after Libya’s Day of Revolt, Al Jazeera’s Imran Khan recalls the hope and optimism he witnessed in 2011. Source: https://www.a...
Friday, October 23, 2020

Libya’s rival forces sign permanent ceasefire at UN-sponsored talks

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Deal includes departure of all foreign fighters for at least three months and prisoner exchange Rival forces in Libya have agreed a perma...
Sunday, August 2, 2020

Gaddafi’s prophecy comes true as foreign powers battle for Libya’s oil

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A showdown looms in the fight for control of the country – with Africa’s largest oilfields as the prize In August 2011, as Libya’s rebels...
Tuesday, June 9, 2020

Libya has a chance at peace but Russia and the US are in the way

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Haftar seems to be on his way out, while Turkey risks creating a new Afghanistan on Europe’s southern flank Source: https://www.independ...
Sunday, October 6, 2019

Libya was destroyed due to Western leaders’ lust to continue exploiting Africa’s riches – Gaddafi spokesman

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The 2011 NATO intervention in Libya, which helped topple the government of Muammar Gaddafi, was done to put an end to his attempts to stop ...
Thursday, July 25, 2019

Shipwreck kills up to 150 people off the coast of Libya

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A further 150 were rescued and are being returned to Libya Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/libya-migrant-sh...
Friday, May 24, 2019

Libyan Navy rescues almost 300 migrants off Tripoli coast

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Read Full Article at RT.com Source: https://www.rt.com/newsline/460196-libya-navy-migrants-tripoli/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&...
Thursday, April 25, 2019

Trump 'encouraged' Libyan warlord Haftar's deadly assault on Tripoli

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Densely populated residential areas ‘gradually turning into battlefields’ as three-week offensive goes on Source: https://www.independen...
Saturday, April 20, 2019

‘Oil is everything’: Why Western allies like US & France swing weight in favor of Libya’s Haftar

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General Haftar, whose forces are on the move towards Tripoli, is the right man for the West to feed their oil appetites – but he is also th...
Friday, April 19, 2019

Trump and Libya: White House egged on warlord who intensified attack on Tripoli

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Trump didn’t, however, call the country’s UN-backed prime minister Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/trump-li...
Tuesday, April 9, 2019

The Outsourced War in Libya

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Barack Obama admitted that failing to plan for a post-Qaddafi Libya was the “worst mistake” of his presidency. He didn’t appreciate how fra...
Sunday, April 7, 2019

US moves troops out of Libya as fighting surges between rival military groups

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‘The security realities on the ground in Libya are growing increasingly complex and unpredictable,’ US commander says Source: https://ww...
Saturday, April 6, 2019

‘Airstrikes’ & clashes: Libya’s Haftar forces claim control of Tripoli airport as rivals ‘bomb’ them

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Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar’s forces say they have taken full control over the former Tripoli International Airport, 34km from the city...
Thursday, April 4, 2019

Libyan strongman Haftar orders troops to move on Tripoli

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Eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar has ordered his troops to move on the capital Tripoli, seat of the UN-backed government of Prime Mi...