Libya Conflict

• Protesters storm Libya’s parliament, set fires amid growing political crisis

  Political chaos has broken out after a scheduled election was halted in December and the eastern-based parliament replaced the interim unity government with a new leader.

  World

  Jul 1, 2022
  
• 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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• At least 40 dead after migrant detention centre in Libya hit by air strike: official

  An air strike late on Tuesday hit a detention centre for mainly African migrants in a suburb of the Libyan capital of Tripoli, killing at least 40 people and wounding 80, a health official said.

  World

  Jul 2, 2019
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• UN chief calls for arms embargo against Libya

  Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is strongly urging all countries to implement a U.N. arms embargo against Libya, saying illegal weapons transfers by land, sea and air are fueling the current fighting in the oil-rich country.

  World

  Jun 10, 2019
• 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