Libya

Haftar wants guns to speak, claims offensive in final phases

Sep 08, 2019 10:04

Forces under the command of Libya's renegade general, Khalifa Haftar, have rejected a UN call to return to the negotiating table, saying war is the best way to resolve the conflict.
Car bomb kills 2 UN staffers in Libya’s Benghazi

Aug 10, 2019 16:59

A car bomb explosion in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi has left two UN staffers dead and several others wounded.
UN urges rival Libya forces to agree to humanitarian truce

Aug 09, 2019 15:39

The United Nations has called on forces loyal to Libya's internationally-recognized government and a rival administration to commit to a humanitarian truce by midnight on Friday.
Libya's GNA govt. protests at 'untruths' in UN report

Aug 01, 2019 18:22

The Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) has protested at UN envoy Ghassan Salame's latest report to the United Nations Security Council on the ongoing conflict in the North African country.
Up to 150 refugees feared drowned in shipwreck off Libya

Jul 25, 2019 18:53

A spokesman for the UN refugee agency says up to 150 refugees trying to reach Europe from Libya are believed to have died after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea.
Libya’s Haftar says victory imminent despite repeated fails

Jul 25, 2019 07:24

Renegade Libyan general Khalifa Haftar has claimed that his forces will “soon” capture the capital, Tripoli, even as they have been unable to advance for almost the entire duration of their offensive.
Haftar forces preparing for new push to capture Tripoli

Jul 21, 2019 12:04

Libya's UN-recognized government says forces loyal to strongman General Khalifa Haftar appear to be preparing for a new offensive to capture the capital city Tripoli.
UN accuses Libyan guards of shooting refugees fleeing Tripoli airstrikes

Jul 05, 2019 11:42

“There are reports that following the first impact, some refugees and migrants were fired upon by guards as they tried to escape,” said the OCHA report, which came a day after UN authorities emphasized that the airstrikes -- by renegade Libyan General Khalifa Haftar – may have constituted a war crime.
Putin blames NATO for destruction of Libya, warns about flow of terrorists from Syria

Jul 05, 2019 08:01

Russian President Vladimir Putin says the US-led NATO military alliance is to blame for the destruction of Libya, warning that the situation there was deteriorating as more and more terrorists are moving from Syria into the North African country.
UN envoy slams EU blindness to plight of migrants in Libya after strikes on detention center

Jul 04, 2019 19:28

The UN has lambasted the EU's “blindness” on the plight of refugees in Libya, urging a rethink of returning Europe-bound migrants intercepted at the Mediterranean to the North African country.