Tag: Muammar Gaddafi
Russia steps up support for private military contractor in Libya –...
Russia has stepped up its logistic support for private military contractor Wagner Group in Libya with some 338 military cargo flights from Syria in...
Trump security adviser warns against foreign military involvement in Libya
The United States on Tuesday condemned all foreign military involvement in Libya, including the use of mercenaries and private military contractors, and said Libyans...
ISS: Is Gaddafi still dispensing largesse from the grave?
The news that Bashir Saleh Bashir, former chief of staff and reputed ‘banker' to the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, was shot...
Hilltop tribe’s bitterness a challenge for Libya peace effort
Elders of a powerful tribe that defended the regime of former leader Muammar Gaddafi have a message for the United Nations as...
Gaddafi loyalists stage rare protest in eastern Libya
Supporters of toppled Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi staged a rare demonstration in the eastern city of Benghazi on Tuesday, shouting "Muammar, Muammar",...
ISS: Is military intervention in Libya the answer?
Three years after the toppling of Muammar Gaddafi's regime, Libya is far from the democratic state many had envisioned and hoped for....
Libya starts trial of ex-Gaddafi officials, sons absent
Libyan prosecutors opened the trial of deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi's sons and former regime officials on Monday in a major test for...
Bomb explodes on runway of Libya’s main airport in Tripoli
A bomb exploded on the runway of Libya's main airport on Friday, the transport minister said, highlighting the deteriorating security situation in...
Car bombs kill at least eight at Libya army academy in...
A powerful car bomb attack targeted a military academy in Libya's eastern of city of Benghazi on Monday, killing at least eight...
Niger extradites Gaddafi’s son Saadi to Tripoli, Libya says
Niger has extradited Muammar Gaddafi's son Saadi, who just arrived in Tripoli and was brought to a prison, the Libyan government said...
Libya parliament agrees to ‘early’ election amid public anger
Libya's parliament will call elections "as early as possible", its president said on Monday, in an apparent effort to assuage ordinary Libyans...
Libyan Islamist party’s ministers quit government
Libya's Islamist Justice and Construction Party on Tuesday pulled its five ministers, including the oil minister, out of Prime Minister Ali Zeidan's...
Daughter of Libya’s former spy chief calls for him to be...
Muammar Gaddafi's former spy chief should be brought to The Hague to face trial, his daughter said on Wednesday, warning that he...
Gunmen kill U.S. teacher in Libya’s Benghazi
Gunmen shot dead an American teacher working in the Libyan city of Benghazi on Thursday more than a year after Islamist militants...
Libya struggles to pay salaries, more clashes erupt
Libya's Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said on Wednesday his government will be unable to pay public salaries and may have to seek...
ISS: Did Nato intervene in Libya just to get rid of...
Libyans do not want revenge; they want justice to be done, former prisoner Ali Elakermi tells the BBC in a moving interview...
Libya militia withdrawal tests Tripoli after clashes
Militia fighters blamed for the worst unrest in Tripoli since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi pulled out of the capital on Monday...
Libya’s PM was embattled even before his brief capture
Even before he was briefly snatched by an armed group on Thursday, Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan had cut an isolated figure,...
Premier’s brief ‘arrest’ highlights anarchy in Libya
Libyan gunmen on the government payroll seized the prime minister in his nightshirt on Thursday and held him for several hours, in...
Britain to probe Libya torture reports
An independent inquiry will investigate allegations that British security services were involved in illegally sending terror suspects to Libya where they risked...
World powers, new Libya leaders to map out rebuilding
Leaders of the Libyan uprising that overthrew Muammar Gaddafi sit down with world powers today to map out the country's rebuilding, 42...
Italian Predator completes first mission over Libya
The Italian Air Force has flown its first Predator B mission over Libya as part of its contribution to NATO's Operation Unified...
US apologises to Libya for dismissive comments
The US State Department apologized for dismissive comments its spokesperson made about Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's call for "jihad," often translated as...
Gaddafi did not mean armed struggle against Swiss
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi did not mean armed struggle when he called for a jihad against Switzerland but rather an economic boycott,...
Libyan old guard block young Gadaffi
Libya's powerful old guard appears to be holding up the appointment of Muammar Gaddafi's western-leaning son to a top government role, leaving...
End of Gaddafi’s AU presidency stirs speculation
Malawi is scheduled to take over the rotating African Union presidency from Libya at an AU summit next week. But, delegates gathering...
Libya still jailing dissenters: Human Rights Watch
Libya is jailing people for their political views, years after committing to reform, Human Rights Watch said in a report released.
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