Tunisian authorities reopen Ras Ajdair border temporarily

The Tunisian government has reopened the Ras Ajdair border with Libya temporarily from 7am to 7pm for travellers and other purposes.The Ras Ajdair border has been closed by Tunisian authorities since the beginning of March upon the…

UAE drops terror charges on detained Libyan businessmen

Terrorism charges have been dropped against a Libyan-Canadian, two Libyan-Americans and a Libyan detained for more than 550 days in the United Arab Emirates, but the four remain in custody on downgraded charges.Salim Alaradi, a…

Libya’s South could be new ISIS haven

Paris: A potentially critical conflict has gone largely unnoticed in southern Libya yet could open up a gateway to sub-Saharan Africa for the Daesh group, analysts say.Daesh has consolidated its hold along Libya’s northern…

ISIS is fueling the Libyan crisis day by day

The plumes of black smoke from Es Sider and Ras Lanuf could be seen from space — a black marker of Isis’ destructive power that hung in the sky, meandering in a trail over the coast of Libya.On January 4, members of the jihadi group…