AFP Photographer Arrested In Eastern Libya
AFP's photographer in the Libyan city of Benghazi, Abdullah Doma, has been arrested at his home by the security services ...
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Pilot Killed In Libya Fighter Jet Crash
A Libyan air force pilot was killed Wednesday as his fighter jet crashed in the east of the country after ...
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, ...
East Libyan Forces Claim Victory In Southwest Benghazi
Khalifa Haftar's east Libyan forces have claimed capture of the final holdout of hardline armed forces in the southwest of ...
Key Forces Battling For Control In Libya
Dozens of armed factions have battled for control of oil-rich Libya since the 2011 fall of longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi. ...
Clashes Rock Libya Capital For Third Day
Artillery exchanges rocked the Libyan capital for a third day on Wednesday after forces loyal to the UN-backed government stormed ...
Moscow Apparently Has Forces At Base In Egypt
Moscow has apparently deployed military forces to a base in western Egypt, a US official said Tuesday, a sign Russia ...
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 ...
Libya Strongman Launches Assault On Oil Terminals
Troops commanded by Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar launched an offensive on Tuesday to seize two of the country's key ...
Libya Strongman Launches Offensive On Oil Terminals
Troops commanded by Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar launched an assault on Tuesday to seize two of the country's key ...
East Libya Forces Prepare To Retake Key Oil Ports
Forces loyal to eastern Libya's strongman Khalifa Haftar said Monday they were preparing a large counter-offensive to retake key oil ...
Rival East Libya Factions Battle For Crucial Oil Ports
Rival armed factions are fighting for control over crucial oil terminals in the east of Libya. The forces of military ...
East Libyan Forces Target Rival Brigades With Air Strikes Around Oil Ports
East Libyan forces carried out air strikes around major oil ports overnight as they sought to regain control of the ...
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 ...
Armed Faction Enters Major Libyan Oil Ports, Putting Output At Risk
An armed faction entered two major Libyan oil ports on Friday, pushing back forces that captured and reopened the terminals ...
Libya Rivals Battle For Key Oil Region
Islamist militias on Friday attacked Libya's main oil-production area in the east, prompting the forces of strongman Khalifa Haftar who ...
Russia Urges ‘national Dialogue’ At Libya PM Meeting
Russia's foreign minister on Thursday pushed an "inclusive national dialogue" in Libya at talks with its UN-backed premier that came ...
Libya Rival Factions Agree To Hold General Elections In 2018
Libya will hold elections in 2018. Conflicting factions in the country agreed to hold presidential and parliamentary elections by February ...
Tripoli Residents In Daily Ordeal On Uprising Anniversary
Six years after the start of an uprising that toppled a dictator, Libyans in Tripoli see no reason to celebrate ...
Egypt Mediates In Libyan Conflict
Rival factions have been fighting for power since the fall of Col Gaddafi's government in 2011 Egyptian negotiators trying to ...