Libya

Eastern Libya halts cooperation with UN after Qatar-UNDP pact

Officials in eastern Libya expressed concern, calling the move an “entirely unacceptable” breach of diplomatic protocol.

Libya's President of the Presidential Council Mohammed al-Menfi addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 25, 2025.
Interior of abandoned Dar Bishi synagogue in the Libyan capital Tripoli. Illustrative.

Russian-Israeli released from Libyan jail after breaking into Tripoli synagogue

A member of the Red Crescent stands next to closed body bags in a location given as near Surman, Libya, after a migrant boat capsized west of Libya's capital Tripoli, in this handout image released on October 28, 2025.

At least four dead as two migrant boats capsize off Libya's coast, Red Crescent says

A member of the Red Crescent walks next to a body bag in a location given as near Surman, Libya, after a migrant boat capsized west of Libya's capital Tripoli, in this handout image released on October 28, 2025.

At least 42 migrants missing, presumed dead, after boat capsizes off Libya, IOM says


The Sudan-Libya-Egypt triangle: An immediate Israeli security crisis - opinion

High-capacity smuggling routes running through the Sudan-Libya-Egypt tri-border area now offer hostile actors a reliable alternative to maritime and subterranean smuggling. 

HEAD OF LIBYA’S national unity government, Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah (right), meets Sudan’s Sovereign Council chief Gen. Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan in Tripoli in 2024.

Hannibal Gaddafi freed from Lebanon after nearly a decade in detention

Gaddafi was abducted in 2015 by insurgents in Syria, where he was living in exile with his Lebanese wife and children.

Hannibal Gaddafi, son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, attends the signing agreement ceremony between Libya's Shipping Corporation and STX Europe to build a cruise ship, in Tripoli June 30, 2010.

Libya Coast Guard rescues 45 Egyptian, Sudanese migrants from rubber boat off Tobruk

The rescue highlights Libya’s role as a main transit hub for Africans and Middle Easterners seeking to reach Italy, Malta, and, eventually, other parts of the European Union.

Members of the Libyan Coast Guard operate near the migrant search and rescue ship Sea-Watch 5 (not pictured), operated by the German NGO Sea-Watch, in the search and rescue (SAR) zone in the central Mediterranean Sea, off Libya, August 8, 2025.

Victim-blaming: The UK blaming Israel follows its established track record - opinion

Have the British learned nothing since the 1940s?

A PROTEST takes place against the British ban on Palestine Action, at Trafalgar Square, earlier this month. Though Palestine Action is proscribed, those who shout for ‘intifada’ or wave the Hezbollah flag are often let off with just a slap on the wrist, the writer complains.

Former French president Sarkozy handed 5-year jail term in stunning downfall

Nicholas Sarkozy was found guilty of criminal conspiracy over efforts by close aides to procure funds for his 2007 presidential bid from Libya during the rule of late dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy talks to journalists after the verdict in his trial with other defendants on charges of corruption and illegal financing of an election campaign, at the courthouse in Paris, France, September 25, 2025.

IOM says at least 50 dead after vessel carrying Sudanese refugees caught fire off Libya

The IOM said it had provided medical support to 24 survivors.

Medics carry a migrant woman for transport by helicopter aboard the search and rescue ship Sea-Watch 5, operated by German NGO Sea-Watch, to a hospital in Sicily, following a rescue operation in the central Mediterranean, August 11, 2025.

'Scheme by the Jew': Libya Grand Mufti condemns rumors Trump looking to resettle Gazans there

Libya’s Grand Mufti, Sadiq Al-Ghariani, condemned rumors that US President Donald Trump asked the country to host resettled Gazans.

Libyan mufti Sheikh Sadeq al-Ghariani speaks during an interview with AFP in his office in the capital Tripoli on April 12, 2012.

Lebanese-Iranian religious leader potentially found in Libyan morgue 50 years after disappearance 

Despite Lebanese officials claiming that DNA, which could have confirmed the identity of the body, was lost, a Bradford University professor may have proved the identity with only a photo.

Musa al-Sadr

Libyan Coast Guard shoots at European ship rescuing migrants

Libya's coast guard fired on a European rescue vessel in the Mediterranean, endangering lives and violating international law during a search and rescue operation.

Members of the Libyan Coast Guard operate near the migrant search and rescue ship Sea-Watch 5 (not pictured), operated by the German NGO Sea-Watch, in the search and rescue (SAR) zone in the central Mediterranean Sea, off Libya, August 8, 2025.

Libya's quiet shift: Normalization with Israel might still be on the table

MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS: Libya’s PM rejected normalization with Israel, but secret talks between the two countries and strategic interests keep the issue alive despite strong public opposition.

Libya's recent history with its Jewish inhabitants has not been positive, and relations with Israel almost nonexistent. Here, Libyans hold signs during a demonstration against the presence of Jews in Libya and the reopening of the Dar Bishi Synagogue in Tripoli, in 2011.

Brother of Manchester suicide bomber charged over attack on jail guards

The brothers, born to Libyan parents who emigrated to Britain during the rule of late leader Muammar Gaddafi, had plotted the attack at their home in south Manchester.

An Ariana Grande fan stands next to floral tributes left for the victims of an attack on concert goers at Manchester Arena, in St Ann's Square, in Manchester, Britain May 24, 2017.