Libya

How the UAE built its sphere of influence across the region, including role in Yemen - explainer

From Yemen and Sudan to Israel and Somaliland, the UAE has built a wide network of allies, investments, and security ties aimed at countering political Islam and shaping regional power dynamics.

Supporters of the UAE-backed separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) wave flags of the United Arab Emirates and of the STC, during a rally in Aden, Yemen, December 30, 2025.
Libya's army chief of staff Mohammed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad attends a ceremony at a medical training camp on a military base in Al-Khums, Libya, December 21, 2025

Who was General Mohammed Al-Haddad, killed in Libya plane crash? - explainer

Private jets are seen on the tarmac at Esenboga Airport, in Ankara, Turkey August 1, 2024

Libyan army chief killed in jet crash after takeoff from Ankara, Libyan PM confirms

 Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan Asim Munir holds a microphone during his visit at the Tilla Field Firing Ranges (TFFR) to witness the Exercise Hammer Strike, a high-intensity field training exercise conducted by the Pakistan Army's Mangla Strike Corps, in Mangla, Pakistan May 1, 2025.

Pakistan strikes $4 billion deal to sell weapons to Libyan force, officials say


Mossad chief Barnea meets with Libyan PM in Jordan to talk normalization - report

The Mossad chief met with the Libyan PM to discuss normalization with Israel, which may be difficult considering the ongoing chaos in Libya.

 Mossad chief David Barnea (center) at the funeral of Aura Herzog, wife of late Israeli president Chaim Herzog, and mother of current Israeli president Isaac Herzog on January 12, 2022

Libya’s new president is on hold - opinion

It is well within the bounds of possibility that by now the Gaddafi regime could again have been in power in Libya, with a son of the former ruler its newly elected president.

 A MAN holds a banner during a protest in Benghazi against the delay in holding the Libyan presidential election initially planned for December 24.

Bodies of drowned migrants wash up on Libyan shore

More than a dozen migrants drowned trying to cross the Mediterranean to find better opportunities in Europe.

 A RHIB (rigid hulled inflatable boat) from the German NGO migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 returns to the ship after rescuing twelve migrants from a wooden boat in international waters north of Libya, in the western Mediterranean Sea, August 2, 2021.

Case of American detained in Libya shines spotlight on North African country

Libya has become synonymous with the kind of chaos that some countries sunk into after the 2011 Arab Spring.

 Members of the Libyan internationally recognised government forces fire during a fight with Eastern forces in Ain Zara, Tripoli, Libya April 28, 2019.

Leila ben Khalifa becomes first woman to run for Libyan presidency

Leila ben Khalifa, an activist who heads the National Movement party, became the first woman to ever run for the Libyan presidency.

 A girl holds a Libyan flag during celebrations marking the third anniversary of Libyan National Army's ÒDignityÓ operation against Islamists and other opponents, in Benghazi, Libya May 16, 2017

Libya’s Jewish graveyards were destroyed. They are being rebuilt online.

“I was horrified to see children playing atop the ruins of the Tripoli Jewish cemetery, scampering about debris littered with human remains,” says David Gerbi, who left Libya many years ago.

Libyan Jewish exile David Gerbi prays inside Dar Bishi synagogue in Tripoli October 1, 2011. Gerbi and his family fled Tripoli in 1967 when an Arab-Israeli war stoked anger against the Jewish state and led to attacks on Jews in his neighbourhood. Gaddafi expelled the rest of Libya's 38,000 Jews two

The other father of Iran’s nuke program - A.Q. Khan - analysis

Abdul Qadeer Khan, who died on Sunday and founded Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program, can be considered the father, or step-father of Iran, North Korea and Libya’s nuclear weapons programs.

The Iranian flag waves in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters, before the beginning of a board of governors meeting, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Vienna, Austria, March 1, 2021.

Egypt's al-Sisi and US security adviser agree to step up work on Libya - statement

EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends a ceremony in Ismailia, Egypt, in 2019

Libya: Ex-dictator Gaddafi's son freed from jail after 7 years - report

Al-Saadi Gaddafi was imprisoned at the al-Hadaba Prison in Tripoli after his extradition from Niger.

Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, file photo, 2008

Turkey’s political games on graves - opinion

Turkey is planning to use the mass graves, which were discovered in multiple towns in the North-African country, as a trump card in its political games.

MEMBERS OF the Government of National Accord’s missing persons bureau exhume bodies in what Libya’s internationally recognized government officials say is a mass grave, in Tarhouna city, Libya, last October.