Pope: Don’t send migrants back to Libya and ‘inhumane’ camps
Pope Francis waves to faithfuls from the window of the apostolic palace overlooking St. Peter’s Square, as he arrives to hold his weekly Angelus prayer in The Vatican. (AFP) Short […]
Evacuation flights for migrants start again in Libya
(File/AFP) October 22, 2021 CAIRO: The United Nations said on Friday that it has resumed humanitarian evacuation flights for migrants stranded in Libya after authorities suspended them for several months. […]
How shameless self-interest is sabotaging Libya
HAFED AL-GHWELL September 25, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/gsm7x By all indications, Libyans are ready. After more than a decade of chaos and conflict that turned the country into a battleground […]
How the US neocons’ dreams turned to dust
YASAR YAKIS September 19, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/b2ej4 In a public statement in October, 2007, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe Gen. Wesley Clark revealed details that shed light on […]
Well-founded fears At 70, the global convention on refugees is needed more than ever
International But rich countries need to do more to make it work Aug 4th 2021 ATHENS, AYVALIK AND TIJUANA WHEN THE Turkish coastguard found them in the Aegean in the […]
Humanitarian ships rescue over 700 migrants from Mediterranean in one weekend
By Euronews with AFP • Humanitarian ship Ocean Viking rescues people off the Maltese coast, August 1, 2021 – Copyright Flavio Gasperini /SOS Mediterranee Humanitarian ships rescued over 700 migrants off the coasts of […]
Rescuers pull 394 migrants from dangerously overcrowded boat off Tunisia
A RHIB (rigid hulled inflatable boat) crew member from the German NGO migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 distributes life jackets to migrants on an overcrowded wooden boat. (File/Reuters) Short Url […]
Qadhafi’s son hints at Libya presidential bid
By AFP – Jul 31,2021 – TRIPOLI — Seif Al Islam, the son of slain president Muammar Qadhafi, wants to “restore the lost unity” of Libya after a decade of chaos and […]
Reactions pour in as Israel rejoins African Union 19 years after Gaddafi forced it out
Delegates attend the opening session of the 33rd African Union (AU) Summit at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 9, 2020. (AP Photo) MILDRED EUROPA TAYLOR | Head of […]
UN says migrants detained in Libya face ‘extremely inhumane’ conditions
Migrants are returned to the shore in Tripoli, Libya, on July 21, 2021 after they were intercepted by Libya’s coast guard on four boats in the Mediterranean Sea. (International Organization […]
Ocean Viking: Hundreds of rescued migrants disembark in southern Italy
COMMENTS By AP • Updated: 09/07/2021 Staffers distribute food to migrants on the deck of the Ocean Viking rescue vessel. – Copyright Flavio Gasperini/SOS Mediterranee via AP Hundreds of migrants have disembarked from a humanitarian rescue ship […]
Turkey rejects ‘baseless’ claims in ‘hypocritical’ US report
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL DIPLOMACY JUL 02, 2021 Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Ankara, Turkey, Dec. 22, 2018. (Getty Images File Photo) Turkey strongly rejected “baseless” allegations by the […]
16 real reasons why Muammar Gaddafi was killed
1. There is no electricity bill in Libya, electricity is free for all its citizens.2. There is no interest on loans, banks in Libya are state-owned and loans given to […]
Western nations have a responsibility to help Libya get back on its feet
There are a number of complicated issues that need dealing with, but the country’s citizens deserve a chance at something better, writes Borzou Daragahi 2 days ago 26 comments The recent gathering of […]
Nearly a decade after Benghazi, the U.S. is quietly returning to Libya
The Biden administration is looking at reopening the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, which has been closed since 2014, two years after the Benghazi attack. An armed man inside the U.S. […]
529 Bangladeshis rescued from Libya, Tunisia in a month
Raheed Ejaz (Dhaka) Published: 14 Jun 2021 They headed to Italy from Bangladesh. An aircraft from Dhaka carried them to civil war ravaged Libya and they started their perilous journey through […]
Libyan official says EU help needed to tackle migrant route
Najla Al-Mangoush speaks during a conference with Oliver Varhelyi (back-L), Evarist Bartolo ( back-C), and Luigi Di Maio (back-R) in Tripoli on May 28, 2021. (AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/w2hha Libya […]
Factbox: Who’s involved in Libya’s war and why
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSEMAY 29, 2020 O By Reuters Staff (Reuters) – The conflict between Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA), recognised by the United Nations, and the eastern-based forces of Khalifa […]
Mercenaries boss Erik Prince violated Libya weapons embargo: UN report
US media say the accusations against founder of security firm Blackwater could potentially lead to him facing sanctions Erik Prince did not cooperate with the UN inquiry and his lawyer […]
Libyans remember revolution that ousted Qadhafi but brought chaos
By AFP – Feb 17,2021 – JORDAN TIMES Libyans wave national flags as they gather to mark the 10th anniversary of the 2011 revolution, in the eastern city of Benghazi, […]
