Tripoli

Libyan armed groups and authorities reached an accord in Tripoli to secure important infrastructure, the country’s interior minister announced Friday, following concern from the UN over recent fighting and a brewing crisis surrounding the…
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Reemerging bloodshed and power struggles in Libya have raised fears of a broader escalation, threatening to deal a fatal blow to the UN-brokered political transition and push the war-torn country deeper into turmoil. The vast North…
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The United Nations urged restraint on Friday after Libya’s Tripoli-based government put its forces on high alert for an assault by fighters loyal to an eastern-based strongman in the remote southern desert. Energy-rich Libya has been…
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The United Nations mission in Libya has urged authorities to investigate the shooting deaths of 10 people in a Tripoli neighborhood, with city security chiefs saying the victims included two members of a powerful armed faction. The UN…
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Libyan Government of National Unity Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah thanked Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for reopening the Kingdom’s embassy in Tripoli, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Thursday.…
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A leader of the Daesh group who allegedly planned and sponsored three deadly attacks in the Libyan capital Tripoli in 2018 has been captured, the country’s prime minister said Thursday. “Our forces apprehended on Tuesday a leader of the…
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Saudi Arabia expressed deep concern over recent armed clashes in Libya’s capital on Wednesday. Tripoli’s worst armed clashes in a year have killed 55 people and wounded 146, Libyan media reported as a truce took hold. Fighting erupted…
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Gun battles between two leading armed groups in the Libyan capital Tripoli have killed 27 people and wounded 106, a toll update from the Emergency Medicine Center said Wednesday. The center, which provides emergency services in the west…
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Clashes broke out in the Libyan capital Tripoli late on Monday, residents said, after the reported seizure of a powerful armed faction commander by a rival force. “We have heard gunfire for almost two hours now and we do not know what…
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Italy’s prime minister held talks in Libya on Saturday with officials from the country’s west-based government focusing on energy and migration, top issues for Italy and the European Union. During the visit, the two countries’ oil companies…
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