Members of Manchester’s Libyan community are struggling to come to terms with the fact one of their own was behind a bomb blast at a concert that left 22 people dead and scores wounded. Salman Abedi, 22, who was born in the northern English city to Libyan parents, is believed[…]
The British government operated an “open door” policy that allowed Libyan exiles and British-Libyan citizens to join the 2011 uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi even though some had been subject to counter-terrorism control orders, Middle East Eye can reveal. Several former rebel fighters now back in the UK told MEE[…]
Italian authorities allowed hundreds of Syrian refugees to drown despite being told their boat was in danger, new audio tapes suggest. Some 268 refugees, including 60 children, drowned in 2013, after their boat capsized while sailing to Italy from Libya. The incident was one of the worst tragedies in the[…]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor has expressed alarm at the inhumane detention of thousands of vulnerable refugees and migrants in Libya and said she was examining whether an investigation could be opened into crimes against them. Libya is the main gateway for refugees and migrants attempting to reach Europe[…]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday defended his choice of former Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad to be the UN peace envoy to Libya after the United States blocked the appointment. The decision to put forward his candidacy “was solely based on Mr Fayyad’s recognized personal qualities and his competence[…]
Hundreds of refugees and migrants attempting to reach Europe have been intercepted in recent days by Libyan authorities, according to a coastguard spokesman. The announcement on Saturday came a day after European Union leaders agreed on a controversial new plan to help stem the flow of migrants from the North[…]
At least nine people were killed and 20 injured after military jets reportedly struck civilians near the town of Houn in central Libya. The UN-backed government has denied flying bombing missions in the area. The Thursday airstrike near the oasis town was carried out by unidentified warplanes, according to eyewitnesses[…]
US fighter jets have carried out air raids on positions of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the Libyan city of Sirte for the first time, according to the country’s unity government. “The first American air strikes on precise positions of the Daesh (ISIL) organisation were[…]
Libya’s UN-backed government has reacted strongly following France’s confirmation that its special forces have been operating in the country, which also sparked angry protests in the capital Tripoli against French military intervention. The French government announced on Wednesday that three of its soldiers had been killed in a helicopter crash[…]
The UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution on Monday calling for Libya’s feuding militias and security forces to unite and strengthen national security forces to defend the country from “terrorism.” The resolution encouraged the recently formed national unity government to finalise interim security arrangements to stabilise the country “as[…]
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