Jordanian ambassador to Tripoli abducted by gunmen
Libyan authorities confirm Fawaz Aitan has been kidnapped in attack that left his driver woundedJordan's ambassador to Libya has been kidnapped, underscoring the tenuous state of security in the...
View ArticleAmal Alamuddin faces a very different engagement in Libya trial
George Clooney's fiancee is fighting to be able to defend Muammar Gaddafi's enforcer at a trial in which both Libya and the international criminal court are coming under attackAmal Alamuddin was...
View ArticleUN observer at Gaddafi trial held on suspicion of 'black magic'
Egyptian Ahmed Ghanem is detained in Tripoli where he is monitoring trial of two of Muammar Gaddafi's sonsA United Nations observer at the trial of two of Muammar Gaddafi's sons in Libya has been...
View ArticleHeavy fighting breaks out in Libya as troops storm militias in Benghazi
Attack leader, a retired general, says operation aims to clear the city of Islamist militias and restore Libya's dignityThe heaviest fighting in Libya since the Arab spring revolution broke out in the...
View ArticleTripoli tense after attack on Libyan parliament
Authorities keen to convey 'business as usual' message after forces loyal to renegade general stormed parliamentThe Libyan capital remained tense on Monday, a day after forces loyal to a renegade...
View ArticleKhalifa Haftar: renegade general causing upheaval in Libya
Commander has managed to rally influential bodies in offensive against post-Gaddafi government but is dogged by old CIA linkUnder clear desert skies and a sweltering sun, a team of CIA trainers put the...
View ArticleLibyan renegade general Khalifa Haftar claims he is winning his war
Man who launched offensive against Islamist militias says he has 'broken the backbone of our enemies'On a heavily guarded base deep in rural eastern Libya, the renegade general who last month launched...
View ArticleDisillusionment mars Libya's national poll
Voters are faced with an overwhelming range of candidates and issues, with the spectre of civil war hanging over proceedingsMohammed Abu Baker fought for democracy with a gun in his hand during Libya's...
View ArticleTop-secret court to weigh ban on MI5 and GCHQ spying on MPs in public
Investigatory Powers Tribunal will hold public hearing brought by Greens on Wilson Doctrine, which bans spying on parliamentBritain's most secretive court is to hold a rare public hearing to decide...
View ArticleLibya: The calm before the storm that blew away Gaddafi
When Charlie Waite accepted a commission from a mysterious client to photograph Libya, he did not realise he was creating a deceptively serene portrait of the country in the last days of the dictator...
View Article120 Libyan rebels charter plane to Sarajevo to watch a movie
French director Florent Marcie showcases new documentary Tomorrow, Tripoli at Sarajevo's Warm festivalSome 120 Libyan rebels have chartered a plane and travelled to Sarajevo to watch the premiere of a...
View ArticleMilitias, energy shortages and political chaos: daily life in Libya's capital...
With lengthy queues for petrol, security worries and lack of cash in the banks, life for many in Tripoli is going nowhere fastNone of the drivers lined up at the petrol station in central Tripoli could...
View ArticleBritain will never be a champion of democracy while it sells arms to tyrants...
A glance at the countries the UK's heavily subsidised weapon industry sells to Russia, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt should rid you of any illusions about our foreign policy Kaye Stearman: This...
View ArticleInternational criminal court backs Libyan trial of spy chief al-Senussi
Judges reject appeal against ruling that allows Libya to put Muammar Gaddafi's former intelligence chief on trialAppeal judges at the international criminal court (ICC) have upheld a decision that...
View ArticleGaddafi has gone but Libya is more dangerous than ever, thanks to the west |...
Libya needs viable political institutions and a credible security apparatus but none of the liberators seem interested any moreIt is less than three years since Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, the former...
View ArticleWestern liberations are grotesque experiments just look at Libya | Antony...
I feel like Ive been writing the same column for over a decade: humanitarian interventions by the west end up destroying the countries they try to save Libya was sold as a glorious, liberating war....
View ArticleBritain to close embassy and withdraw staff from Libya
Diplomats leave country following ambushes as militia fighting worsens and government collapsesBritain is closing its embassy in the embattled Libyan capital, Tripoli, and evacuating staff in tacit...
View ArticleI watched Libya seize its freedom. Now I have to flee its new chaos
Foreigners flown from Tripoli get a graphic view of the shambles they are escaping, only three years after Gaddafi's fallThe thundering transport plane heaves itself into the sky over Tripoli, engines...
View ArticleJames Foley and fellow freelancers: exploited by pared-back media outlets
In this new age of journalism, publishers should not abdicate responsibility by hiding behind low budgetsFor more than three years now, much of what the world has seen, read and learned about the...
View ArticleForces from Libyan city of Misrata seize Tripoli's main airport
Social media images show Islamist-allied fighters celebrating at the terminal building, according to Arab news channelsForces from the Libyan city of Misrata have seized Tripoli's main airport after...
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