Fighting rips through Libyan capital, killing 13
Rival factions fought each other in Tripoli overnight and into Friday, killing 13 people in the Libyan capital’s worst clashes for two years as a political standoff festers....
Libya
Clashes rock Tripoli as Bashagha forced from capital
Clashes erupted in Libya’s capital on Tuesday as the parliament-appointed prime minister, Fathi Bashagha, tried to take over government there but was forced back by a...
Son of former Libyan ruler Gaddafi runs for president, officials say
Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi, son of Libya’s former leader Muammar al-Gaddafi, registered on Sunday as a presidential candidate for the Dec. 24 election, an official from...
UN praises Cyprus support for work on plane suspected of breaching sanctions
The United Nations has praised Cyprus support for the work UN inspectors carried out on the island on a small plane suspected to have violated...
FBI in Cyprus to inspect suspected arms-smuggling plane
A squad of FBI experts is in Cyprus to inspect an aircraft at Paphos airport with potential links to arms smuggling to Libya, police confirmed...
Aircraft under police guard over possible links to arms smuggling
A small aircraft that has been in Cyprus since 2019 and is currently parked at Paphos airport is being guarded until UN experts arrive to...
Greece working towards resetting relations with Libya
Greece and Libya have agreed to hold talks on marking out their maritime zones in the Mediterranean, Prime Minister Mitsotakis said on Wednesday, after a...
The results of the political dialogue in Geneva: a surprise or a natural sequence of events?
The last round of the voting process at the Libyan Dialogue Forum in Geneva on February 5, 2021 resulted in victory for a list of...
Ahmed Maiteeq, a politician who can make a difference
There are politicians in Libya who are able to communicate with the West on an equal footing Experts believe Ahmed Maiteeq stands out among them...
International law shields Republic from recognition of north says expert
Possible recognition of the north by Turkey’s satellite states or close allies would violate UN Security Council resolutions and international law, a law expert said...
