In Western Libya, security forces killed the notorious migrant smuggler Ahmed al-Dabbashi, also known as 'Al-Amu', in response to an attack by his affiliated gangs. Dabbashi, under U.S. sanctions ...

Pity Libyans for the pageantry of their international summits. Over the years, at palaces, resorts, and hotels across several continents, the country’s factional leaders have met, shepherded by ...

(Milan) – Libyan security forces forcibly removed 79 migrants and asylum seekers on November 20, 2018 from the Panama-flagged cargo ship Nivin in the port of Misrata in Libya, after they refused to ...

Three suspected ISIS militants stormed the Libyan foreign ministry in the capital of Tripoli on Tuesday, killing at least three people – including a prominent militia leader — and wounding 21 others, ...

Nearly 80 rescued migrants have been forced off a cargo ship after it docked at a Libya port following an eleven-day standoff. The standoff began on November 10, when dozens of migrants and refugees, ...

Migrants and refugees in Libya are facing severe human rights violations, according to a UN report released Thursday. The UN Support Mission in Libya and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human ...

Wehrey brings the eye of a military professional, a scholar, and a journalist to this vivid depiction of the Libyan conflict. He describes the places and people at the center of the struggle, from ...

U.N. Special Representative for Libya Ghassan Salame indicated in a statement to the Security Council that a national conference should be convened at the start of 2019 to “create a space for Libyans ...

Shelling hits the airport. Hospitals get caught in the crossfire. Migrants huddle in detention facilities between warring militias. And standoffs between factions with impenetrable grudges hold, ...

FOR ONCE Italy’s populist government will be pleased to see a group of Africans cross the Mediterranean. On November 12th the leaders of Libya’s warring factions will gather in Palermo, the capital of ...

Libya has struggled [PDF] to rebuild state institutions since the ouster and subsequent death of former leader Muammar al-Qaddafi in October 2011. Libya’s transitional government ceded authority to ...

If someone escapes hell, how can you grab them and take them back to hell? – Bamba, a 31-year-old from Ivory Coast who reached Italy in October 2016 Soft-spoken Abdul left Darfur in 2016 when he was ...