Libya

4+ hour, 2+ min ago   (298+ words) Presidential Council Chairman Mohamed Menfi discussed the latest security developments in Libya with the head of the Libyan Intelligence Service, Abdulmajid Mleiqta, including the agency’s efforts to address national security issues and the outcomes of regional and international engagements aimed…...

8+ hour, 28+ min ago   (225+ words) Libya has become a major drug transit route as gangs exploit the turmoil and conflict since 2011 when former ruler Muammar Gaddafi was toppled in a NATO-backed uprising. The anti-drugs agency’s information and documentation officer, Ahmed al-Mismari, told Reuters that Saturday’s…...

8+ hour, 37+ min ago   (608+ words) Druski faces backlash over Sacha Baron Cohen collaboration Blast kills one on religious school trip in northern Israel Exclusive: UK parliament refuses to release Arab Spring report Can Turkey and Pakistan defend Saudi Arabia from the Houthis? Which airlines have…...

16+ hour, 3+ min ago   (630+ words) Oct. 12 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1492, Christopher Columbus reached America, making his first landing in the New World on one of the Bahamas Islands. Columbus thought he had reached India. In 1810, the citizens of Munich were invited to…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (256+ words) Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani visited Libya to discuss cooperation and security with local officials, including the deputy commander of the Libyan National Army, amid concerns regarding Syrian citizens who have gone missing while attempting to immigrate to Europe from…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (307+ words) UNSMIL facilitated a meeting of the Joint Technical Coordination Team in Tripoli to advance border security cooperation between eastern and western Libya. The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) reported yesterday that it had facilitated a meeting, on the…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (371+ words) The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has expressed concern over reports of forced disappearances, arbitrary detentions and abductions across the country, including the disappearance of Dr. Mohammed Sharafeddin and Abu Bakr Al-Jarari in Tripoli, and the arrest of…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (204+ words) The Turkish Ministry of Defense has announced that a joint Turkish-Libyan special operations team conducted training for Libyan forces personnel at the Naval Special Forces Training Center in Tripoli. The Ministry stated that the training programme covered basic marksmanship and…...

3+ day, 12+ min ago   (315+ words) Read more about Libya's military seizes narcotics after firefight with smugglers on Devdiscourse Libya's military seizes narcotics after firefight with smugglers Libya's ​military brigade seized more than 1.3 ​million narcotic pills after a firefight with smugglers ​in a southeastern town that…...

3+ day, 32+ min ago   (942+ words) The Washington Institute The Threat of Russia’s Growing Presence in Libya If U.S. officials continue to let Moscow keep Libyan factions divided while deepening the Russian military footprint, the result will be growing security threats to NATO and Africa. As…...