The quick recapture of the strategic oil towns of Ras Lanuf and Brega by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi has focused attention on the fate of Benghazi, the rebel capital, which lies further up the ...

In April 2019, Gen. Khalifa Haftar, the ruler of east Libya and head of the Libyan National Army (LNA), launched a surprise offensive on the Government of National Accord (GNA)... As you know, you are ...

TRIPOLI, Libya -- Moammar Gadhafi loyalists swept into the opposition-held city closest to Tripoli on Saturday, tightening security around the regime-held capital. To the east, rebel forces captured a ...

Over the past week, various international bodies have sent out the alarm. In a statement, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya said it was monitoring "with concern the recent mobilization of ...

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The Libyan civil war changed the country and the region forever. This video explores the origins of the conflict, from political unrest to the key events that sparked it. Learn what led Libya into ...

(Bloomberg) -- Libya launched its first tender for energy exploration since before the 2011 civil war, as the OPEC member seeks to lure back oil and gas majors following years of political instability ...

Clashes between Muammar Qaddafi's forces and the Libyan rebels spilled over into Tunisia on Friday for the first time, raising the frightening prospect of Libya's civil war extending beyond its ...

A Libyan war crimes suspect who is accused of overseeing a notorious prison, where inmates were routinely tortured and sometimes sexually abused, ...

(Reuters) - Here is a timeline of the civil war in Libya since protests against Muammar Gaddafi's four-decade rule began in February: February 15/16, 2011 - The arrest of human rights activist Fethi ...

Libya has had the full attention of the oil markets all week, with the Haftar clan of the east blocking oil production to gain leverage over a battle to control the Central Bank, which controls the ...

(Reuters) - Here is a timeline of the civil war in Libya since protests against Muammar Gaddafi's four-decade rule began in February: February 15/16, 2011 - The arrest of human rights activist Fethi ...