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NEW YORK  Turkey's president and the chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya met Wednesday in New York, where they ...

Libya's eastern-based parliament has passed a no-confidence vote in the country's unity government, in a new blow to UN-backed peace ...

Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh arrived Thursday in Tunisia where he will meet President Kais Saied. The Libyan Embassy ...

Libya’s counter-terrorism forces captured senior Daesh leader Mubarak al-Kharmi in an operation in the western city of Bani Walid, according ...

TRIPOLI, Libya A son of Libya's ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi has been released from prison in the capital Tripoli, security ...

Dozens of local residents in Libya’s oil crescent region have announced a halt of oil exports from the country’s oil ...

Libyan authorities on Sunday exhumed 10 bodies from a mass grave in Tarhuna city, south of the capital Tripoli. The ...

Turkey welcomed the reopening of a strategic coastal road linking Libya’s east to its west, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said ...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed support for Turkey's participation in talks to resolve the dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan ...

Libya has been mired in chaos following the ouster of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. Since then, hopes of democracy, stability ...

It is time for international powers to end their short-sighted action in Libya and step up to find a solution ...

Moscow is working with private militias from the Wagner Group on a new hybrid-style approach to conflict zones as it ...

The international community has failed to stop countries like the UAE, Jordan and France from supplying weapons to warlord Khalifa ...

French foreign policy failures in Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Syria have greatly diminished its role in the Middle East.Once ...

The warlord Khalifa Haftar's cunning exploitation of geopolitical rivalries has handed Russia outsized influence over the conflict.Al Arabiya TV recently ...

The more financial and military support Libya's Khalifa Haftar receives from various countries, the more this war will continue to ...

The prospect of a Turkish troop deployment in Libya could prompt Russia to balance its interests and steer clear of ...

The entry of African mercenaries risks further destabilising the situation in Libya and presents risks for the countries these fighters ...

The EU and the US have an important role to play in ensuring multinational cooperation but they have yet to ...

Libyans are sceptical that the agreements signed at the summit will end the conflict, but it is an important step ...

The UAE's involvement in Libya is about preserving the Emirati monarchy thousands of kilometres away.As tensions heat up in Libya ...

Publicly, the US backs the UN-backed government in Tripoli. It's time it starts showing that support.Libya’s interior minister Fathi Bashagha ...

The relentless attacks and revolving door of mercenaries widen Libyans' exposure to the pandemic.Libya has confirmed its first case of ...

The time to act in Africa is now, before the pandemic peaks on the continent.As the world continues to try ...

Khalifa Haftar has become increasingly desperate as his advances on Tripoli have failed and his forces weaken.In a dramatic press ...

The Libyan warlord has consistently upped the ante, but only has a losing hand to show for it.It has not ...

With no end in sight for the humanitarian crisis, NATO’s intervention may prove the only solution in finding peace and ...

As Russia's footprint in Libya grows, it risks drawing greater attention from the US.In April 2019, warlord Khalifa Haftar and ...

Egyptian officials have revealed that they stand to benefit more from the Turkey-Libya deal then with what is on the ...

Aggressive diplomacy from Greece can't change the reality that Turkey has a rightful stake in the Eastern Mediterranean.Last Tuesday, Greece ...

Egypt has numbers but it can't sustain a war, even with the help of Gulf funding.It did not take the ...

Egypt has outsourced much of its foreign policy forcing it to show a card that it can’t afford to play.On ...

As the Libyan conflict drags on the US could find itself fending off an expansionist Russia seeking a foothold in ...

By backing the warlord Khalifa Haftar against the UN-recognised government, France has gone against the grain of thinking within Europe ...

As the tiny island nation lies in the middle of a popular migration route, Maltese interests lie in ensuring a ...

Iran and China are deepening their strategic relationship. For Turkey, this could mean a more regionally emboldened Iran.During a parliamentary ...

The agreement between the UN-recognised government in Tripoli and the Tobruk-based legislature to demilitarise Sirte is an important step towards ...

Qatar's ability to advance its interests in Libya will be tied to Turkey's success.When the “Arab Spring” uprisings erupted across ...

Struggling to regain momentum for a domestic political agenda, the French president seeks opportunities abroad.Haunted by the ghost of one-term ...

Civil unrest in eastern Libya's Benghazi is a strong signal that cracks are beginning to appear in Khalifa Haftar's strongholds.Last ...

Turkey is involved in a number of military engagements in the region and many are asking whether its economy can ...

After Turkey and Libya's deal was registered by the UN the two sides have deepened their relationship.Recently, the UN registered ...

The French president allies himself with Arab autocrats who subvert democracy at home, and keep Muslims out of Fortress Europe.As ...

As many Muslims across the world vent their anger at the incendiary actions of Emmanuel Macron including defending derogatory cartoons ...

The U.N. Security Council (UNSC) on Tuesday ratified the cease-fire hammered out between Libya's warring parties on Oct. 23, calling ...

Turkey’s active foreign policy in the Middle East and the Caucasus has led to a debate about whether its policies ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (not seen) hold a joint press conference after their ...