The death toll of the clashes in Tripoli has hit 254, and 1228 people have been injured, the World Health Organization said on Sunday. WHO added on Twitter that in the past week, its specialized emergency medical teams in frontline hospitals handled 89 major and 63 minor surgeries. "Our...
Pope Francis on Sunday urged world leaders to try again to bring peace to Libya and in Syria where millions of refugees and people displaced by conflict should be helped to return home. In his traditional Easter Sunday address to the faithful at the Vatican, where some 70,000 were gathered in...
The administration of the Mitiga Airport in Tripoli said Sunday that the only functional airport in the Libyan capital has reopened after it was temporarily shut down due to an air strike in the city by Khalifa Haftar's Air Force fighter jets. Mitiga airport, which was a former military...
Escalating violence in the Libyan capital of Tripoli inflictede a negative impact on 500,000 children. Around 1,800 children are currently in desperate need of leaving the area while another 7,300 have been displaced from their houses after being hit with clashes. This was revealed...
Khalifa Haftar's Air Force jets carried out on early hours of Sunday several airstrikes on different locations in Tripoli, including Sabiaa and Ain Zara, allegedly targeting Government of National Accord forces positions. According to eyewitnesses from Tripoli, Haftar's aircraft or unmanned...
Violent clashes broke out in the southern districts of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, as forces loyal to the country's UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) launched a counterattack to repel fighters allied to Khalifa Haftar. Residents of the city said they could hear sustained rocket...
The Head of the Libyan Presidential Council Fayez Al-Sirraj has condemned the "silence" of his international allies as opposing forces advance on the capital Tripoli. Fayez Al-Serraj told the BBC on Thursday that the Libyan people were starting to feel abandoned by the world as there had been no...
US President Donald Trump spoke by phone with Khalifa Haftar, the White House revealed Friday, as the Libyan warlord’s forces continued to push toward the heart of Tripoli with heavy shelling in the southern parts of the Libyan capital. A White House statement said Trump "recognized...
The Tripoli-based Military Prosecutor has issued arrest warrants of Khalifa Haftar and others under his command for war crimes and recruiting underaged boys in his attack on Tripoli. The Military prosecutor also issued arrest warrants of six others; Abdelsalam Al-Hassi, Saqir Al-Juroushi,...
At least 205 people have been killed and more thaan 900 wounded in the battle for control of the Libyan capital Tripoli, the World Health Organization said Thursday. Fighting broke out on April 4 when Khalifa Haftar launched an offensive to take Tripoli, seat of the UN-recognised Government of...
The UN envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame, has condemned in the strongest terms the overnight heavy rocket shelling on the high-density residential neighbourhood of Abu Slim in Tripoli which resulted in scores of civilian deaths and injuries. "According to initial medical sources, civilian...
Tunisian authorities have detained 24 “armed Europeans” who recently crossed into the country from Libya, according to local officials. “An armed group consisting of 13 French nationals attempted to cross the border in 4x4 vehicles at the Ras Jedir crossing on Sunday,” Interior Minister...
A proposed UN resolution demands that all parties in Libya immediately de-escalate the fighting and commit to a ceasefire, with the number of displaced people in the battle for control of the capital Tripoli estimated at nearly 20,000. The British-drafted resolution, circulated to Security...
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged conflict parties in Libya to end fighting and return to peace negotiations, her office said on Monday. Merkel has spoken with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi in a telephone call that focused on recent developments in Libya and Sudan, her...
Libya's Head of Presidential Council has told Sky News that there could be an influx of more than 800,000 migrants from Libya into Europe if the instability in his country continues. Al-Sirraj told Sky News's Alex Crawford who went to Tripoli for the report that the international community must...
The Head of media office at the Health Ministry of the Government of National Accord in Tripoli, Wedad Abo Al-Niran said the fighting in Tripoli has caused 475 injuries and 76 deaths so far. Ms. Abo Al-Niran told Libyan Express that the casualties don't include those of the attacking forces...
The UN envoy to Libya Ghassan Salamé has expressed his growing concerns over the war situation in Libya particularly the battle for the capital Tripoli which is escalating and claiming more lives. Mr Salamé described the current situation as a military stalemate in an interview with BBC Radio...
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday met in Cairo with Khalifa Haftar, the commander of eastern-based Libyan forces, who is under international pressure to halt an advance on the capital Tripoli. Egypt has close ties with Haftar, whose Libyan National Army (LNA) controls the east and...
The International Organization for Migration has repatriated 160 African migrants who have been living under dire conditions in Libya amid the chaos reigning in the country. The U.N. migration agency says it returned the stranded migrants to their home countries despite what it calls the...
As violent clashes continue in southern Tripoli areas with Khalifa Haftar's forces pursuing their war in the capital on different frontlines with frequent airstrikes on various locations. According to media reports, over 100 people have been killed and over 200 injured in the fighting so far from...
Al-Sirraj lashes out at silence of international community as offensive on Tripoli toughens
Tripoli-allied forces push back Haftar's forces in most violent clashes in Tripoli so far
Tunisia detains French and European armed experts trying to cross border from Libya
Tripoli's only functional airport resumes flights as Haftar's spokesman vows more airstrikes tonight
Al-Sirraj lashes out at silence of international community as offensive on Tripoli toughens
Tripoli-allied forces push back Haftar's forces in most violent clashes in Tripoli so far
Tunisia detains French and European armed experts trying to cross border from Libya
Tripoli's only functional airport resumes flights as Haftar's spokesman vows more airstrikes tonight
