Libya Civil War

• Feds try to reclaim $347 million insurance payout to Suncor linked to Libya unrest

  Export Development Canada, which insures against losses caused by political violence, argues that Suncor's facilities in Libya still deliver returns for the Calgary-based company.

  Canada

  Aug 2, 2023
  
• Turkey sent at least 3,500 Syrian fighters to Libya this year: Pentagon

  The report comes as the conflict in oil-rich Libya has escalated into a regional proxy war fueled by foreign powers pouring weapons and mercenaries into the country.

  World

  Jul 17, 2020
  
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• Libyan ceasefire erodes as rival government forces clash in advance towards key city

  Libya sits on Africa's Mediterranean coast, and is divided between rival governments, each supported by various armed militias and foreign backers. It has the ninth largest known oil reserves in the world and the biggest oil reserves in Africa.

  World

  Jan 26, 2020
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• 11 countries agree to push for Libya ceasefire, respect arms embargo

  The agreement came after about four hours of talks at the chancellery in Berlin.

  World

  Jan 19, 2020
• More than 200 killed in a month as rivals battle for control of Libya’s capital: WHO

  The clashes, which erupted earlier in April, have threatened to ignite a civil war on the scale of the 2011 uprising that toppled and killed longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi.

  World

  Apr 18, 2019
• Fighting in Libya plunges country into chaos: Here’s what you need to know

  Libya has been plunged into chaos again, with forces loyal to a polarizing military commander marching on the capital and trading fire with militias aligned with a weak U.N.-backed government.

  World

  Apr 8, 2019
• Tripoli airport attacked as Libyan National Army advances on official government

  Casualties were mounting in fighting that threatens to disrupt U.N. plans for an election to end rivalries between parallel administrations in Libya.

  World

  Apr 8, 2019
• Meeting with Libya commander advancing on capital leaves UN chief ‘deeply concerned’

  The military thrust has marked a dangerous escalation of a power struggle that has dragged on since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.

  World

  Apr 5, 2019