Tripoli factions on edge as Libya stalemate festers
ANGUS MCDOWALL A sudden shootout between factions in the Libyan capital this month provided a vivid demonstration of how a
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Libya’s Bashagha says he will enter Tripoli peacefully within days
ANGUS MCDOWALL LIBYA’S Fathi Bashagha, who was appointed prime minister by the eastern-based parliament this month, expects to take over
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Tension, standoff in Tripoli
AHMED ELUMAMI A long ceasefire has brought life back to Tripoli’s Algeria Square, its roundabout replanted with grass and customers
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Explainer: Why Libya’s election has collapsed and what comes next
ANGUS MCDOWALL LIBYA said its planned election would not take place but it has not set a new date or
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Migrants in Libya fearful and angry
AHMED ELUMAMI HUNDREDS of migrants and refugees waited outside a United Nations centre in Tripoli on Sunday to seek help
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Shooting in Libya detention centre after migrant raids
AT least six migrants were shot dead at a Tripoli detention centre on Friday, the head of the U.N. migration
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‘Libya arbitrarily detained 500 migrants’
A major aid agency operating in Libya has reported that at least 500 migrants had been arbitrarily detained during a
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‘Worst Tripoli fighting in a year’
AHMED ELUMANI FIGHTING broke out in Tripoli early on Friday between rival armed forces, the heaviest clashes in the Libyan
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Libyan interior minister escapes shooting attack on motorcade in Tripoli
GUNMEN opened fire on the motorcade of Libyan Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha in the capital Tripoli yesterday but he escaped
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Egypt to reopen embassy in Libya
EGYPT is planning to reopen its embassy in Libya’s capital for the first time in six years, according to Libyan
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