UN envoy appeals for other nations to ‘keep out of Libya’
Jan 07, 2020, at 04:18 pm
New York/IBNS: The top UN official in Libya has delivered a stern message urging other nations to stop intervening in the country’s ongoing crisis.
UN Libya Mission strongly condemns bombing of military academy, at least 30 dead
Jan 06, 2020, at 09:51 am
New York/IBNS: The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), on Sunday strongly condemned the bombing of a military academy in the capital Tripoli, which according to news reports left at least 30 dead and more than 30 others wounded.
Libya: UN refugee agency deeply concerned by shelling near Tripoli facility
Jan 04, 2020, at 06:22 am
New York/IBNS: Shelling near a major facility run by the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Thursday, has sparked the deep concern for the safety of refugees and asylum seekers there.
Turkish president says to fully implement agreements with Libya in 2020
Dec 31, 2019, at 08:56 pm
Ankara/Xinhua: Turkey will fully implement the agreements signed with Libya on security and maritime delimitation in 2020, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday.
Turkish president says to fully implement agreements with Libya in 2020
Dec 31, 2019, at 06:52 pm
Ankara/Xinhua/UNI: Turkey will fully implement the agreements signed with Libya on security and maritime delimitation in 2020, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday.
Continued airstrikes in western Libya ‘utterly unacceptable’, says UN mission chief
Dec 30, 2019, at 09:07 am
New York/IBNS: The top United Nations official in Libya has condemned recent airstrikes targeting civilian installations that left at least three people dead and several others injured.
US expresses concern over situation in Libya
Dec 22, 2019, at 08:27 am
Washington/UNI: The United States is concerned by foreign actors in Libya funnelling fighters and military aid to the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord and the Libyan National Army of Khalifa Haftar, US Department of State said in a statement.
Libya's eastern-based army destroys military equipment of UN-backed gov't in Misurata
Dec 16, 2019, at 05:23 pm
Tripoli/Xinhua/UNI: The eastern-based army of Libya on Monday announced launching airstrikes on location in Misurata city, some 200 km east of the capital Tripoli, and destroying military equipment belonging to the UN-backed government forces.
Libya's eastern-based army destroys military equipment of UN-backed gov't in Misurata
Dec 16, 2019, at 04:59 pm
Tripoli/Xinhua/UNI: The eastern-based army of Libya on Monday announced launching airstrikes on location in Misurata city, some 200 km east of the capital Tripoli, and destroying military equipment belonging to the UN-backed government forces.
Libya's Tripoli int'l airport to resume flights on Dec 12
Dec 02, 2019, at 10:16 am
Tripoli/Xinhua/UNI: The Ministry of Transport of the UN-backed Libyan government on Sunday announced that the Mitiga International Airport in the capital Tripoli will resume flights on Dec. 12.
2 killed in shelling in Libya's Tripoli
Nov 11, 2019, at 10:04 am
Tripoli/Xinhua/UNI: Shelling has killed two people in south of the capital Tripoli, which is under armed conflict between the UN-backed government and the eastern-based army, said a statement on Sunday.
Nov 07, 2019, at 01:04 pm
New York/IBNS: Libya remains entangled in a “cycle of violence, atrocities and impunity”, International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda told the UN Security Council on Wednesday, nearly a decade since the Court began its work in the country.
Ninety-eight illegal immigrants rescued off Libya's western coast
Oct 18, 2019, at 08:30 am
Tripoli (Xinhua/UNI) The Libyan navy rescued 98 illegal immigrants of different African nationalities Thursday off the country's western coast.
Deadly airstrikes and drone hits displace thousands of civilians in Libya oasis town
Aug 21, 2019, at 10:18 am
New York, Aug 21 (IBNS): Intensifying clashes in the southern Libyan town of Murzuq involving air and drone strikes in recent days have left at least 90 people dead and displaced thousands of “terrified” civilians, the UN said on Tuesday.
Aug 15, 2019, at 11:49 am
New York, Aug 15 (IBNS): A UN call for a humanitarian truce over this week’s Eid al-Adha religious holiday led to a “palpable reduction” of violence around the embattled capital of Tripoli, the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said in a statement released on Wednesday.
Arab league chief condemns Benghazi car bomb attack
Aug 11, 2019, at 06:59 pm
Cairo, Aug 11 (Sputnik/UNI) The secretary-general of the Arab League (LAS), Ahmed Aboul Gheit, on Sunday condemned the recent attack in the Libyan city of Benghazi, which resulted in the deaths of at least three UN employees.
Jul 24, 2019, at 10:11 am
New York, July 24 (IBNS): The heads of the two key UN agencies championing refugees and migrants have called for an end to their “arbitrary detention” across Libya, following an agreement on Tuesday by European Union countries to offer those fleeing across the Mediterranean a safe berth through a new distribution mechanism.
Jul 13, 2019, at 08:27 am
New York, July 13 (IBNS): “As a priority, we ask that 5,600 refugees and migrants currently held in centres across Libya be freed in an orderly manner and their protection guaranteed” the UN refugee and migrants chiefs said in a joint statement, released on Friday.
Clashes near Libya's Tripoli leave over 1,000 people killed over 3 months: WHO
Jul 09, 2019, at 05:26 pm
Moscow, Jul 9 (Sputnik) Clashes between the Libyan National Army (LNA) and Libya's UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) near the country's capital of Tripoli have left over 1,000 people killed and over 5,500 people injured over three months, the World Health Organization (WHO) in Libya said on Tuesday.
Seven Moroccans killed in airstrike in Libya
Jul 07, 2019, at 07:11 pm
Rabat, Jul 7 (Xinhua/UNI) Seven Moroccan migrants were killed in an airstrike that hit a migrant center in Tajoura, east of the Libyan capital Tripoli.
Jul 06, 2019, at 06:42 am
New York, July 6 (IBNS): The toll from Tuesday’s reported airstrikes on a detention centre in the suburbs of Tripoli has risen to 53 dead and more than 130 injured among the “severely traumatized” surviving migrants and refugees, UN aid agencies said on Friday, reiterating their appeal to close all such facilities in the embattled country.
Lebanon's security forces arrest 2 Syrians over planning terrorist attacks
Jun 17, 2019, at 05:33 pm
Beirut, June 17 (Xinhua/UNI) Lebanon's Internal Security forces arrested in Southern Lebanon on Monday two Syrian nationals belonging to the Islamic State (IS) militant group and planning for future terrorist attacks in churches in the country.
Libyan air forces launch three strikes in southern Tripoli
Jun 12, 2019, at 10:08 am
Tripoli, Jun 12 (Xinhua/UNI) The air forces of the UN-backed Libyan government launched 3 airstrikes against the eastern-based army in south of the capital Tripoli, as the armed conflict in the city between the two parties continues.
Libya’s migrants and refugees with tuberculosis ‘left to die’ in detention centres
Jun 08, 2019, at 06:36 am
New York, June 8 (IBNS): Migrants and refugees suffering from tuberculosis are being left “effectively to die” in a Libyan detention centre south of Tripoli, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday, citing reports that those returned to shore by the coastguard have been disappeared or sold to traffickers.
Three illegal immigrants rescued, two drown off Libyan western coast
Jun 03, 2019, at 10:04 am
Tripoli, Jun 3 (Xinhua/UNI) Libyan navy on Sunday announced rescuing 73 illegal immigrants, and recovering two bodies off the country's western coast. "A coast guards patrol found a broken rubber boat with no engine some 14 km off the coast of Garrabulli town," said the navy spokesman Ayob Qassem.
‘Abhorrent’ ambulance attack in Libyan capital imperils life-saving work, warns UN
May 10, 2019, at 08:46 am
New York, May 10 (IBNS): An attack on an ambulance in Tripoli on Wednesday that has critically injured the head of emergency services in Libya’s war-torn capital, along with two paramedics, has been strongly condemned by UN humanitarians.
May 09, 2019, at 03:41 pm
New York, May 9 (IBNS): The arrest and transfer of three men in Libya who are wanted on war crimes charges – including the son of former ruler Muammar Gadaffi - would “send a strong and necessary message” to victims, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) told the UN Security Council on Wednesday.
May 01, 2019, at 08:00 am
New York, May 1 (IBNS): Since fighting broke out on the edge of Libya’s capital, Tripoli, earlier this month, over 42,000 people have been displaced and thousands are believed trapped in the city’s southern outskirts. As UN humanitarian teams work around the clock to provide life-saving assistance, human rights chief Michelle Bachelet stressed on Tuesday the urgent need for an immediate ceasefire, and humanitarian corridor for civilians.
Putin says discussed Syria, Libya, nuclear power plant in Egypt during talks with Sisi
Apr 27, 2019, at 04:07 pm
Beijing, Apr 27 (Sputnik) Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that he had discussed with his Egyptian counterpart, Abdul Fattah Sisi, during their meeting in Beijing, the construction of a nuclear power plant in Egypt with Russian participation, as well as the situations in Syria and Libya.
Libya: Thousands seek shelter in health clinics from Tripoli fighting, UN warns
Apr 24, 2019, at 09:43 am
New York, Apr 24 (IBNS): Nearly three weeks since fighting began near the Libyan capital Tripoli, the UN health agency warned on Tuesday that “large numbers” of people are sheltering in medical clinics, while civilians continue to be killed or injured, and refugees and migrants remain exposed to clashes.