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Pro-government forces loyal to Libya's Government of National Unity (GNA)

'Unified' Libyan army on table at UN meeting

News • 17 Jul 16

Twenty-six people were rescued from the boat which sank yesterday

Migrants missing after boat sinks off Libya

News • 30 Apr 16

Migrants are stopped from attempting a Mediterranean crossing after a police raid on their hideout in Tripoli, Libya

Italian minister call on Libya to seal borders

News • 17 Apr 16

Serbia maintains an embassy in Tripoli

Serbian embassy employees killed in US air strike

World • 20 Feb 16

United Nations envoy for Libya Bernardino Leon speaks to the media in Skhirat, Morocco

Libya agrees new national unity government - UN

News • 09 Oct 15

Mokhtar Belmokhtar has been
referred to as the most elusive jihadi leaders in the region

'Uncatchable' militant killed in US strike

News • 15 Jun 15

Boats of migrants captured off Libya ordered to head for the city of Misrata east of the capital Tripoli

Thousands of migrants rescued near Libyan coast

News • 03 May 15

The Commandant Birot helped several dozen people in distress and intercepted two suspected traffickers

Patrol ship rescues 217 migrants off Libya

News • 02 May 15

Rescued migrants disembark from an Italian vessel in Porto Empedocle, Sicily island, southern Italy yesterday

Over 5,600 migrants rescued off North Africa

World • 13 Apr 15

Five different boats were intercepted by the coastguard off the Libyan coast

1,500 migrants rescued off Libyan coast

News • 05 Apr 15

Tunisia's security chief said the two gunmen had been 'from sleeper cells' present in several areas

Tunisian museum gunmen were trained in Libya

News • 20 Mar 15

Observers have begun to regard Libya as becoming a 'failed state'

Ireland may have role in possible Libya mission

News • 12 Mar 15

Philippines department of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Charles Jose says no demands have been made in relation to the kidnapped Filipinos

Libya reports 8 killed, 9 abducted from oilfield

News • 09 Mar 15

Oil dealers are also closely monitoring unrest in crude producer Libya

Oil prices mixed before key US supply data

Business • 04 Mar 15

A parliamentary spokesman said the attack was in retaliation for Egyptian airstrikes on IS targets

At least 31 killed in suicide attack in east Libya

News • 20 Feb 15

Egyptians protested at what they saw as government inaction to the kidnappings

Egypt strikes IS targets in Libya after beheadings

News • 16 Feb 15

Oil traders eye outbreak of violence in Libya with concern

Oil prices rise on violence in Libya

Business • 29 Dec 14

A medical source at Ibn Sina hospital in Sirte said only 18 bodies were received from the fighting

19 Libyan soldiers killed in Islamist clashes

News • 25 Dec 14

Seven Libyan companies were listed, including Afriqiyah Airways, Air Libya and Libyan Airlines

EU bans Libyan airlines from Europe's skies

News • 11 Dec 14

Fighting between Islamic militant groups and pro-government forces has killed dozens of people

Western powers call for end to violence in Libya

News • 19 Oct 14

Benghazi is now regularly the scene of fighting and murders

British man held hostage in Libya is freed

News • 05 Oct 14

Brent hit $99.76 a barrel today to record its lowest level since June 2013

Brent oil price falls under $100 in London

Business • 08 Sep 14

An Islamist fighter flashes the V sign for victory at the entrance of Tripoli international airport

Egypt and UAE behind Libya air strikes: US

News • 26 Aug 14

Shoe of one of the victims of the sinking vessel

Migrant ship sinks off Libyan coast

News • 23 Aug 14

Residents heard loud explosions early in the morning near Tripoli's main airport

Unidentified war planes attack part of Tripoli

News • 23 Aug 14

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