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Libya has struggled to recover from the NATO-backed 2011 uprising that toppled and killed longtime leader Moamer Kadhafi. The country remains split between a UN-recognised government in Tripoli ...
Flights resumed on Friday at Tripoli airport as businesses and markets reopened after days of deadly fighting between armed ...
After clashes kill six in Tripoli, Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah says a military operation restored calm in the capital. A Libyan flag flutters on a destroyed car as children walk past ...
Libya's Government of National Unity (GNU), based in Tripoli, declared a state of emergency on Monday night, according to local media. This followed clashes between the 444th Brigade and the ...
A day after deadly clashes shook Tripoli, Libya’s United Nations-recognised government in the west of the country has begun asserting control following the reported killing of powerful militia ...
Tripoli and the northwest, where the internationally recognised GNU and most major state institutions are based, are home to rival armed factions that have repeatedly fought. Reporting by Libya ...
The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is “alarmed by the unfolding security situation in Tripoli with intense fighting with heavy weaponry in densely populated civilian areas,” it said in a ...
The United Nations has called for urgent de-escalation in Libya’s capital, Tripoli, as rival gunmen exchanged fire in the city’s southern districts after the killing of a powerful militia ...
Egypt suspends flights to Tripoli amid rising tensions, while efforts to mediate the conflict continue. Libya's oil sector faces renewed disruptions following the resumption of intense fighting in ...
The United Nations Libya mission UNSMIL said it was “deeply alarmed by the escalating violence in densely populated neighborhoods of Tripoli” and urgently called for a ceasefire. The latest ...
The United Nations has called for calm as clashes in the capital Tripoli followed the killing of a leading militia official.