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Families flee Libyan city of Sirte as fighting with ISIL militants escalates

Families have begun fleeing Libya’s coastal city of Sirte after two days of clashes between so called ISIL militants and fighters loyal to a

Libya

Libyan peace talks falter as fighting continues

There are fears of an early and fruitless end to the UN’s Libyan peace talks. Delegates convened again on Friday as the second week ended to find

Libya

ISIL accused of kidnapping foreign oil workers in Libya

Morocco

Warring factions hold peace talks as Libya slides further into chaos

With Libya on the brink of all-out war, rival factions are again trying to find common ground in UN-backed negotiations. Libya’s

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Libya factions hold peace talks

Libya’s warring factions held UN-backed peace talks in Morocco with the aim to end the conflict between the two rival governments which many fear

Italy

Police arrest suspect in latest migrant tragedy in Italy

Italian police have arrested one of two men suspected of involvement in the latest migrant tragedy in the Mediterranean which killed 10 people. The

Italy

Italy: Coastguard rescues almost 1,000 migrants in 24 hours

Dramatic footage from Italy’s coastguard has captured migrants’ desperate attempts to reach the safety of a rescue vessel after their own boat

Libya

ISIL may use Libya as doorstep to Europe, says analyst

Around 50 people are now known to have died in three suicide car bombings in Libya. Fighters loyal to the group calling itself Islamic State (ISIL)

Egypt

Tension between Qatar and Egypt over airstrikes on ISIL

Egypt defends its airstrikes in Libya on suspected militants who have expressed support for the ISIL terrorist group

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

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Hundreds of rescued migrants arrive in Sicily

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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

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

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

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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

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

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

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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

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

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