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Pope rebukes countries whose weapons foment migration but refuse refugees
Sep 30, 2019 05:18Pope Francis on Sunday scolded countries that produce weapons for wars fought elsewhere and then refuse to take in refugees fleeing the very same conflicts.
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US airstrike in southern Libya kills 17 people
Sep 28, 2019 03:00At least 17 people have been killed in a US airstrike in southern Libya in the third such air raid in the North African state in a little more than a week.
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Libya's PM says rebel general ‘not a partner for peace’
Sep 26, 2019 12:08Libya’s Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj has ruled out any more peace talks with renegade general Khalifa Haftar, who is commanding an offensive on the capital, denouncing him as a “war criminal.”
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UNGA 2019: Qatar, Egypt leaders butt heads over Libya
Sep 25, 2019 05:59The leaders of Egypt and Qatar have traded accusations of backing rival groups in Libya, during their speeches at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
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East Libyan forces carry out airstrikes on central Sirte city
Sep 16, 2019 10:58Eastern Libyan forces have conducted airstrikes against positions in the central city of Sirte held by the Government of National Accord (GNA), amid rising tensions in the North African country.
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Haftar wants guns to speak, claims offensive in final phases
Sep 08, 2019 05:34Forces 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.
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Car bomb kills 2 UN staffers in Libya’s Benghazi
Aug 10, 2019 12:29A car bomb explosion in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi has left two UN staffers dead and several others wounded.
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UN urges rival Libya forces to agree to humanitarian truce
Aug 09, 2019 11:09The 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.
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Libya's GNA govt. protests at 'untruths' in UN report
Aug 01, 2019 13:52The 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.
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Israel’s involvement in Libya’s civil war
Jul 28, 2019 05:43Tel Aviv, along with Cairo, Paris, Riyadh and Abu Dhabi support retired Libyan General Khalifa Haftar, whose opponents suspect him of wanting to become a “new Gaddafi” who seeks to establish an Egyptian-style military dictatorship in Libya.