Tag Archives: Libya

TRIPOLI/ANKARA | Xinhua | Libya held official ceremonies on Saturday to receive the bodies of its late army chief of staff Mohammed al-Haddad and his companions, who were killed in a plane crash in Türkiye earlier this week. The remains were flown to Tripoli International Airport, where they were received by …

TRIPOLI | Xinhua |  Libya’s Government of National Unity declared three days of national mourning on Tuesday after army chief of staff Mohammed al-Haddad and four senior military officials died in a plane crash near the Turkish capital Ankara. The government extended its condolences in a statement to the families …

UNITED NATIONS | Xinhua |  A Chinese envoy has called on the international community to support Libya’s political actors in swiftly addressing their differences and building consensus to complete political unification. “It is imperative to call on the relevant parties in both western and eastern Libya to demonstrate political will …

Tripoli, Libya | Xinhua | Drones hum overhead. Gunfire cracks through the air, punctuated by the deeper thud of artillery. In Tripoli’s neighborhoods in Libya, fear has become architectural — embedded in bullet-riddled walls, suspended in the dust from crumbling buildings, and amplified in the cries of children jolted awake by …

TRIPOLI | Xinhua | Libya’s eastern-based House of Representatives, the parliament, on Sunday reaffirmed continued support for Sudan amid ongoing regional challenges, according to the Libyan News Agency. In a meeting in Benghazi between Libya’s eastern-based Minister of African Affairs Issa Abdulmajid and a visiting delegation headed by Sudanese Consul …

NEW YORK, the United States | TASS | US President Donald Trump is approaching the Iranian issue with caution because he fears that Iran may repeat Libya’s scenario, the New York Post (NYP) newspaper reported. One of the sources said Trump “doesn’t want it [Iran] to turn into Libya.” “There …

  TRIPOLI | Xinhua) |  The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said the escalating violence in and around the Libyan capital Tripoli over the past two days threatens to impact nearly half a million children. “UNICEF has received reports that children, families, and medical staff were stranded in hospitals …

TRIPOLI | Xinhua | Representatives of Libya’s eastern-based House of Representatives (parliament) on Sunday discussed forming a unified government in the country with the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). In a meeting with Deputy Special Representative of UN Secretary-General for Political Affairs and Officer-in-Charge of UNSMIL Stephanie Koury, they …

  TRIPOLI | Xinhua |  Libya deported a group of migrants to Niger by land on Wednesday, the first such deportation in years, according to the Libyan Illegal Migration Control Department. The department said in a statement on its Facebook page that the deportation took place in the presence of …

KIGALI, Rwanda | Xinhua | Rwanda said it received 113 asylum seekers evacuated from Libya late Thursday, the government announced. The evacuees include individuals from South Sudan, Eritrea, Sudan, Ethiopia, Cote d’Ivoire and Somalia, the Rwandan Ministry in charge of Emergency Management said in a statement. The evacuees, who arrived …