Latest in Tag: Tripoli Highlight
Latest in Tag: Tripoli
Egypt truckers warned on Libya
International community expresses concern over Libya, Egypt reiterates travel warning
Egyptian national shot dead in Benghazi in militia crossfire
Egyptian foreign ministry remains concerned over security and political situation in Libya
International call for Libya ceasefire
Egypt joins international chorus to end âviolence, terrorism and extremismâ in Libya
Shoukry and US Libya envoy discuss regional security situation
Foreign minister stresses coordinative role international community has in achieving stability in Libya
Egypt officials discuss Libya violence
The Egyptian foreign ministry stressed the need for violence and armed clashes to end in neighbouring Libya in a Thursday statement. The ministryâs political action group met to discuss the situation on Wednesday as the situation worsened in Libya with people attempting to flee the militia fighting in their hundreds. The ministry statement reported that the meeting âemphasised the importance of …
Egyptian workers leaving Libya increases unemployment in Egypt: Chambers of Commerce official
Infighting among Libyan militias leads Egyptians to flee, increasing the 13% unemployment rate for Egyptâs 26 million workforce, says chair of Recruitment Division at Chambers of Commerce Federation
Egypt intensifies efforts to evacuate its nationals from Libya
Egyptians arrive from conflict-torn Libya as militant fighting intensifies in neighbouring country
Egypt mourns the death of 23 nationals in Libya shelling
Foreign ministry calls on Libyan authorities to identify the perpetrators as violence in the neighbouring country intensifies
Al-Sisi discusses situation in Libya with UN Secretary Generalâs special envoy to Sahel
Egypt reiterates its concern over Libya violence which prompted the evacuation of UN staff from the country
Court rules election of Libya PM Miitig unconstitutional
Outgoing prime minister Abdullah Al-Thani had refused to recognise Miitigâs government, saying he would await the judiciaryâs decision before handing over power.
Al-Qaeda urges Libyans to fight rogue general
AFP – Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb urged Libyans to fight a rogue general who is pressing an offensive against Islamist militias in the countryâs east, labelling him an âenemy of Islamâ. Last month, ex-general Khalifa Haftar unleashed forces from his so-called National Army on Islamist militias in Benghazi in a campaign dubbed âOperation Dignityâ. …
Egypt distances itself from violence in Libya
Foreign ministry addresses the alleged coup attempt in Libya which left at least 79 killed
Libya from paramilitary forces to militias: The difficulty of constructing a state security apparatus
By Luis Martinez When the Gaddafi regime was toppled in 2011, it left behind a security vacuum. Rather than a national police force, army or security service, powerful regional militias have taken over management of their own territories and the security of the people residing there. The visceral refusal by the regions to obey …
Deadly clashes in Libya as rogue general accused of leading coup
Haftar says his campaign against the Islamists aims to purge the restive city of “terrorist” groups, but he has been denounced by the authorities in Tripoli of trying to stage a coup — a charge he denies
Kidnapped Jordan envoy freed in swap for jihadist
A plane carrying Aitan touched down at Marka military airport in Amman, and he was greeted by relatives and officials led by Prince Faisal bin Hussein, the brother of King Abdullah II.
One dead as pro-, anti-Damascus gunmen clash in Beirut
AFP – A firefight between pro- and anti-Damascus factions in Beirut killed one gunman and wounded 13 Sunday, a security official said, in the latest spillover of the conflict in neighbouring Syria. The gun battle raged from 3am to 8.30am (0100 to 0630 GMT) in a poor Sunni Muslim district in the south of the …
Six embassy workers kidnapped in Libya
Five administrative attachés and cultural adviser abducted in Libya
10 killed in days of clashes in Lebanon’s Tripoli: security
The deaths are the latest in multiple rounds of fighting between the Sunni neighbourhood of Bab al-Tebbaneh and the Alawite neighbourhood of Jabal Mohsen
Libya militias say they have left Tripoli
The Al-Qaaqa Brigade said it had handed back to the authorities a site it had occupied and pulled out of the city with its weapons and vehicles, including tanks
Libya’s Tripoli on strike after deadly clashes
Demonstrators protesting against the militias on Friday were fired upon from a base belonging to battle-hardened fighters from the western city of Misrata, who killed several protesters before rival militias swept in, with gunfire and explosions echoing across the city.
Car bombs at Lebanon mosques kill 42, wound hundreds
Both blasts hit at the hour of weekly Muslim prayers, in a city where Sunni supporters of Syria’s rebels engage in frequent, often deadly, clashes with Alawites, who back the Assad regime.
Clashes in Lebanon’s Tripoli kill 11
Fighting between Sunni and Alawite residents of the city was continuing for a fourth day on Wednesday
Britain withdraws some embassy staff from Libya
Britain is temporarily pulling out some staff from its embassy in the Libyan capital Tripoli due to security concerns
Gunmen demand Libya government quits
Zeidan’s government launched a campaign a few weeks ago to remove the militias from the capital Tripoli
Army deploys around Libya capital amid seiges
Soldiers in pickup trucks mounted with machineguns and anti-aircraft weapons were deployed in the Tripoli
French embassy in Tripoli bombed, 2 injured
A car bomb blasted the embassy of France in Tripoli, injuring two French guards and causing serious damage to the building.
Libyans call on Egypt to extradite Qaddaf al-Dam
Hundreds protest outside Egyptian embassy in Libya calling for Qaddaf al-Dam to be extradited to Libya for trial
Funeral of Egyptian who died in Libya held in Assiut
Atallah died while being interrogated by Libyan authorities for charges of proselytising
Egyptian embassy in Libya follows up on arrested Copts
The Egyptian ambassador in Libya met with the family of the deceased Egyptian Copt in Libya, is following up on the remaining Copts in Libyan custody
Syria-linked clashes kill six in Lebanon
The fighting broke a tense calm that had held since the army deployed troops between the two impoverished neighbourhoods early on Friday