Libya

Amnesty International has called for a war crimes investigation into the shooting at an illegal migrants detention center in Qasir Benghashir, Tripoli.“This incident demonstrates the urgent need for all refugees and migrants to be…

The Secretary General-designate of the Arab-European Center for Human Rights and International Law, Dr. Ramadan Benzeer, has urged the Head of the UNSMIL, Ghassan Salame, to name the party that is destroying Tripoli in the current fighting,…

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has today evacuated some 325 refugees from the Qaser Ben Gasheer detention centre in southern Tripoli amid deteriorating security and escalating violence.The relocation, carried out together with IOM,…

The Guardian said European officials are hoping Donald Trump’s surprise expression of support for the Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar can be reversed amid division in Washington over US policy on the north African country.Accirding to…

The member of the High Council of State (HCS) Abdelrahman Al-Shater has called on the Presidential Council (PC) and its Head Fayez Al-Sirraj to name all the countries that are giving support for the offensive led by Khalifa Haftar against…

Amid retreats, hundreds of deaths and injuries as well as captives, Libya’s “weakman” Khalifa Haftar was barley surviving his ill-considered offensive of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, when he got the phone call that breathed life into…

It is rather sad that Khalifa Hafter’s militias bombard the civilians in Tripoli with impunity using rockets and heavy artillery while the whole world keeps conspicuously silent, said the President of the Democratic Party, Ahmed…

The World Health Organisation says 264 people have now died and 1,266 others have been injured in clashes between the eastern-based army and the UN-backed government’s forces around Libya’s capital Tripoli.The WHO and the Office for…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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.…

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…