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Libya's Dbeibeh Seeks to Tighten Control Over Tripoli

The interim Libyan unity government, headed by Abdulhamid Dbeibeh, seeks to consolidate its control over Tripoli's "relatively weak" security situation, but it ignored the armed clashes between militias last Monday night. Interior Minister Khaled Mazen discussed the joint security plan to secure the capital and impose security control over it,…

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Turkey Stresses it Will Keep its Military Presence in Libya's Tripoli

Turkey said it will maintain its military presence in the Libyan capital, Tripoli. Turkey's Anadolu state news agency published pictures on Sunday showing Turkish soldiers eating “the first Suhoor meal” (the pre-dawn meal before the day’s fast) in Tripoli. The forces were initially deployed in Libya as part of a…

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Libyan Artisans Restore Old Korans for Ramadan

With the arrival of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in war-scarred Libya, a group of volunteers work around the clock to restore old or damaged copies of the Koran. Khaled al-Drebi, one of Libya's best-known restorers of Islam's holy book, is among the artisans who arrive at a Tripoli…

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Looted Libyan Artifacts Returned by US

Libyan authorities said on Thursday they had received nine ancient artifacts including funerary stone heads, urns and pottery that were returned by the United States after being smuggled out of the North African country. All the pieces had been illegally excavated and shipped to the United States, but they were…

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Libya's Bashagha says he will enter Tripoli peacefully within days

Libya's Fathi Bashagha, who was appointed prime minister by the eastern-based parliament this month, expects to take over government in Tripoli in the coming days without using force, he told Reuters, amid a weeks-long standoff between rival factions.

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Libyan Domestic Flights to Resume as of Tuesday

Libya’s Global Air scheduled a Tripoli-Benghazi flight for Tuesday afternoon. The announcement signaled resumption of domestic air travel after the country’s political crisis had closed airspace for more than two weeks, Reuters reported. The United Nations had urged the reopening of Libya’s skies in line with a 2020 ceasefire between…

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Libyan domestic flights to resume after political crisis closed skies

Libya's Global Air scheduled a Tripoli-Benghazi flight for Tuesday afternoon, signalling resumption of domestic air travel after the country's political crisis had closed airspace for more than two weeks.

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UN Warns Libya Could Be Divided Again, Urges 2022 Elections

The United Nations' political chief warned Wednesday that Libya could again see two rival administrations and a return to instability, calling for elections as soon as possible to unify the oil-rich North African nation. Undersecretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo told the UN Security Council she is encouraged by support for a UN…

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Libyan armed convoy turns back from Tripoli after clashes feared

An armed convoy affiliated with Libya's parliament-backed prime minister moved towards Tripoli on Thursday before turning back as he seeks a way to take office in the capital despite the incumbent refusing to cede power.

Reuters

Bashagha Makes Arrangements to Assume Office in Tripoli

Libya’s Prime Minister-designate Fathi Bashagha has said he is making arrangements to assume office in the capital Tripoli.

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Closed for Decades, Theater Returns to Lebanon’s Tripoli

The hissing of a water hose spraying the ground reverberates around the walls of the dimly lit Empire Cinema in Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli.

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Closed for decades, theater returns to Lebanon's Tripoli

Lebanon’s second city, known for crushing poverty, extremism and outbound migration, seems an unlikely place for a cultural revival

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Tripoli tense amid standoff between Libya's two rival governments

(The story is refiled to correct the image to Tripoli, Libya from Tripoli, Lebanon)

Reuters

Libya ministers released as political factions jostle for power

Libya's new parliament-backed government said on Friday that an armed group linked to rival authorities had released two of its ministers held against their will, but tensions remained high between political factions.

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UN Libya Adviser Seeks Joint Committee on Constitution

The United Nations Libya adviser Stephanie Williams said on Friday she had invited the parliament and High State Council to each nominate six members for a joint committee on Libya's constitutional arrangements. Libya's political process fell apart in December with the collapse of a scheduled election, with major factions and…

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Rescue missions without fanfare

During past evacuation missions, officials quietly did their work and the media was tolerated at best

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Libyan parliament swears in new PM as crisis deepens

Fathi Bashagha is sworn in as the divide between Tobruk and Tripoli threatens to plunge Libya into a new conflict.

Reuters

Libya crisis worsens as rival government takes oath

A standoff between two rival governments in Libya worsened on Thursday with the risk of fighting or territorial division as the parliament in the east swore in a new administration while the incumbent in Tripoli refused to cede power.

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The Libyan imbroglio gets more complicated

Peace requires a level of leadership and statesmanship that has not been apparent for several years

Reuters

Libya's Bashagha says he will not use force to take office

The man chosen by Libya's parliament as the new prime minister told Reuters on Wednesday that he expects to take office in Tripoli peacefully despite the incumbent's vow to hold onto power.

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Libya Parliament Backs New Government as Crisis Deepens

Libya's east-based parliament approved a new government on Tuesday despite the incumbent administration vowing not to cede power, pushing a fragile peace process to the brink of collapse and raising the risk of new fighting or territorial partition. Lawmakers' declaration of Fathi Bashagha as prime minister after a televised vote…

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Libya Parliament to Vote on New Government Next Week

Libya's parliament said on Thursday it will hold a session next week in which it is likely to vote on confirming a new interim government though the incumbent administration has vowed it will not hand over power. A year after a unity government was installed in Tripoli and two months…

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Libya parliament to vote on new government next week

Al Jazeera

Inside Ain Zara, where Europe’s unwanted are disappeared

Asylum seekers in Libya speak of inhuman detention conditions after raids outside the UNHCR compound in Tripoli.

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Libya Interim PM Promises Legislative Elections by End of June

Libya's interim prime minister Abdelhamid Dbeibah reaffirmed Monday that he will only cede power to an elected government and announced a plan for legislative elections before the end of June, in the wake of an attempted ouster by parliament. Already plagued by divisions between rival administrations in the east and…

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