Tag: Libyan
Libyan forces may conspiring with migrant smugglers on human trafficking: UN
UNITED STATES: Human trafficking is on the rise in Libya, according to a report by a UN panel of experts which found that Libyan forces...
Libyan army launch operation against JEM militants
TRIPOLI: Commander Khalifa Haftar’s forces, backed by Tobruk-based House of Representatives in Libya, started an operation on Thursday against the Justice and Equality Movement...
Mediterranean: Over 90 migrants missing
TRIPOLI: Between 90 and 100 migrants were missing after their makeshift boat sank in the Mediterranean off the coast of Libya, the country’s navy said...
Libyan government set to release files on Lockerie bombing
The new Libyan government in Tripoli is prepared to open all files relating to the Lockerbie bombing, the country’s ambassador to the UK has...
Rival militias clash in Libyan capital
Rival Libyan militias fired guns and rocket-propelled grenades at each other in Tripoli on Sunday and set fire to a former intelligence building, one...
Libya denies ex-premier beaten
Libyan medics and officials on Tuesday denied claims by the lawyer of Baghdadi al-Mahmudi, Moamer Kadhafi's last premier, that he was beaten and hospitalised...
Gaddafi regime had undeclared chemical weapons
The Libyan regime of Moamer Gaddafi possessed mustard gas shells which it had not declared as a member of the Organisation for the Prevention...
Russia demands NATO enquiry of Libyan civilian deaths
Russia stepped up demands for NATO to account for civilian deaths from the air strike campaign which led to the downfall of Libyan strongman...
Libyan leaders send UN new appeal to unfreeze funds
Senior figures in Libya’s new leadership have written a letter to the United Nations asking it to release funds still frozen three months after...
Libyan rulers say ready to forgive Gaddafi fighters
Libya’s new rulers said on Saturday they are ready to forgive the forces of slain dictator Moamer Gaddafi who battled rebels trying to topple...
Pakistan recognises new Libyan govt
Breaking its months-long silence, Pakistan on Thursday announced it had formally recognised the new National Transitional Council (NTC) government of Libya, which came into...
New Libyan leaders ‘owe’ France: defence minister
France will seek a leading role in post-war Libya, Defence Minister Gerard Longuet said Friday, arguing that Libya’s new leaders “owe” Paris for leading...
Libyan leaders face challenge of post-Gaddafi era
Libya’s new leaders faced huge pressure on Friday to proclaim liberation and launch the transition to democracy as euphoria gripped the nation over the...
Libyan government forces push into centre of Sirte
Libyan government forces fought their way, street by street, into the centre of Muammar Gaddafi’s birthplace of Sirte on Wednesday after their commanders said...
Britain unfreezes Libyan assets as Cameron and Sarkozy arrive in Libya
British Prime Minister David Cameron arrived in Libya on Thursday for a visit with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, a spokeswoman for his Downing Street...
New Libyan leaders pledge ‘moderate’ Islamic rule
Libya’s new leaders pledged “moderate” Islamic rule even as their fighters were accused by Amnesty International on Tuesday of committing possible war crimes. A...
NATO’s head says to keep up Libyan operation
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Monday that it will continue its military operations in Libya while the threat to civilians persists,...
