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Libya

Libya urges UN to lift arms embargo in fight against ISIL militants

The UN Security Council has been urged to lift an arms embargo on Libya to enable its internationally recognised government to tackle ISIL and other

19/02/2015

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Hundreds of rescued migrants arrive in Sicily

18/02/2015

Libya

Italy and Arab League call for international response to boost security in Libya

The Arab League and Italy have called for urgent action to halt Libya’s slide into chaos. The UN Security Council is due to meet later tonight to

18/02/2015

Italy

3,800 migrants flee Libya's rising danger since Friday

More than 600 migrants have been rescued at sea over the last few days and taken to Porto Empedocle in Sicily. Most arrivals have risked their lives

17/02/2015

Egypt

Rising tensions between Cairo and Tripoli prompt calls for intervention in Libya

Egypt is calling on the international community to intervene in Libya after its air force bombed targets in the eastern Libyan city of Darna on

17/02/2015

Libya

Libya: Tripoli-based parliament condemns Egypt strikes as 'assault on sovereignty'

Libya’s Tripoli-based parliament has condemned Egypt for carrying out an air strikes in the eastern city of Derna. The raid came a day after the

16/02/2015

Libya

Egypt's bombing of ISIL in Libya shows militant threat spreading

Western concern is growing that the radical group ISIL (Islamic State) is exploiting the discord of two separate Libyan governments struggling for

16/02/2015

Egypt

Egypt bombs Islamic State militants in Libya

Egypt has bombed several Islamic State targets in Libya, reportedly killing up to 50 militants. It comes after the group released a video appearing

16/02/2015

World

Libya's Abdulhakim Belhadj: 'We are working to find a solution to end this crisis'

Euronews interviewed politician, military leader and president of the nationalist Islamist Al-Watan Party, Abdulhakim Belhadj

03/02/2015

Egypt

Fate of Egyptian Christians kidnapped in Libya unknown

Egyptian workers kidnapped in Libya are still being held captive, the most vulnerable among them Coptic Christians. Their families have pleaded with

29/01/2015

Libya

American contractor among nine dead in Tripoli five-star hotel blast

An American security contractor was among at least nine people killed in an attack on a Libyan hotel on Tuesday. The contractor has been identified

27/01/2015

Libya

Libya: Casualties reported in Tripoli hotel attack

Gunmen in the Libyan capital Tripoli have attacked a hotel often used by government officials and foreign delegations. There are reports of several

27/01/2015

Libya

Libya calls for help to fight oil terminal fires caused by rocket attack

Libya is calling for overseas help to fight fires burning at one of the country's main oil export terminals

31/12/2014

Libya

Libyan soldiers killed in militant attacks

One of Libya’s largest oil facilities was hit on Thursday by a rocket as armed factions, allied to competing governments, fight for control of the

26/12/2014

Libya

Rocket hits tank at Libyan oil port Es Sider

A rocket hit a storage tank at the eastern Libyan oil port of Es Sider as armed factions loyal to competing governments fought for control of the

25/12/2014

France

Libya set to dominate visit of Egypt's Sisi to Paris

26/11/2014

World News

Somaliland migrants dying for a life in Europe

20/11/2014

Libya

Libya: At least 40 people die after migrant boat sinks off

11/05/2014

Libya

Libyan parliament president confirms Ahmed Maiteeq as new prime minister

05/05/2014

USA

Democrats in US Congress demand an end to Benghazi “witch hunt”

09/04/2014