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The Rival Libyan Leaders Holding Paris Talks
Libya's UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj and military strongman rival Khalifa Haftar are set to meet near Paris...
Global Terror Attacks Down, Iran Again Top ‘state Sponsor’
The US State Department said Wednesday that global terror incidents and deaths fell last year, while it maintained its...
Children of Jihadists Flown Back To Sudan From Libya
Sudanese authorities on Tuesday brought home from Libya eight children, including a one-year-old, whose parents are...
Kadhafi’s Son Seif ‘set Free’ In Libya
Seif al-Islam, the second son and heir apparent of the late deposed Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, is said to have...
Nigerians and Eritreans ‘freed From Libya Prison’
Some of the women were on their way to Europe when IS fighters kidnapped and held them as sex slaves Libyan authorities...
UN ‘working On Solution For Ex-IS Captives Released In Libya’
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has confirmed that a group of 35 people, mainly women and children from Eritrea who were...
Russia Trying To Gain Influence In Libya
Russia is trying to expand its influence in Libya through a combination of military means and oil and weapons sales, a...
Exclusive: Russia Appears To Deploy Forces In Egypt, Eyes On Libya Role
Russia appears to have deployed special forces to an airbase in western Egypt near the border with Libya in recent...
Forces of East Libya Strongman Concede Loss of Oil Export Terminal
The forces of eastern Libya's military strongman Khalifa Haftar have lost control of a key oil export terminal they had...
Libya Officially Requests NATO To Help Train Its Armed Forces
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has confirmed the receipt of an official request from Libya’s United...
Libya Still In the Mire As Another Anniversary Passes
Libya's transition has been bogged down by insecurity and chaos, leaving the country looking like a "failed state" six...
US Strikes In Libya ‘kill 80 Rebels’
A US air strike on Libya has killed more than 80 rebels from so-called Islamic State (IS), said outgoing US Defence...
Hijackers Arrested As Drama Ends Peacefully
The hijacking of a Libyan plane has ended peacefully after the men who seized control surrendered in Malta. The...
How the West Changed Its Mind On Libya’s Gaddafi
How the West changed its mind on Libya’s Gaddafi In the 42 years that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi ruled Libya, Western...
War-Weary Libyans Miss Life Under Kadhafi
Five years after an uprising killed Libya's Moamer Kadhafi, residents in the chaos-wracked country's capital joke they...
Libya PM-Designate Visits Battleground City
Tripoli (AFP) - The head of Libya's unity government on Wednesday visited the coastal city of Sirte where loyalist...