Libya

Migrants in Libya, including young girls, face risk of being raped, tortured, UN declares

A report published on Tuesday by the UN Human Rights Office and the UN Support Mission said migrants are rounded up and abducted by criminal trafficking networks.

Illegal migrants from Nigeria sit in a waiting room before going to the airport during a deportation operation in the Libyan capital Tripoli on January 30, 2024.
SAIF AL-ISLAM GADDAFI, son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and chairman of the Al Qaddafi International Foundation for Charity and Development, addresses students and staff at the American University in Cairo, in 2010.

Death of Saif al-Islam Gadhafi deepens Libya’s political fragmentation - analysis

FILE PHOTO: German NGO Sea-Watch carries out a rescue operation for migrants aboard an overcrowded boat in the Mediterranean off Libya, August 11, 2025.

Fifty-three migrants including two babies, dead or missing after Libya boat capsizes

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Erdogan arrives in Cairo after Riyadh talks, raising concerns in Israel - analysis


Russia uses Libyan, Syrian mercenaries, US Senior Defense official confirms

Neither the exact number of fighters nor their location has been confirmed, the official said.

 A view shows a graves of a civilian killed during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine May 3, 2022. A grave board reads: "Kolesnikov Anatoly Ivanovich".

Up to 20,000 foreign mercenaries fighting in Ukraine for Russia - report

It is unclear where Russia's mercenaries all came from. Some are from Libya and Syria while others are part of the Wagner Group.

 A service member of pro-Russian troops stands inside a residential building in Volnovakha

UN investigates reports of migrant mass graves in Libya

The report did not say how many bodies the graves might contain and mission member Chaloka Beyani said a newly appointed forensic expert would try to investigate further.

Former Libyan Parliament Hall - in the northeastern city of Bayda, Libya.

Russia to bring Libyan, Serbian mercenaries to Ukraine - Ukrainian sources

Russia is reportedly paying foreign mercenaries a monthly salary of $300-600 to fight in Ukraine, and had approved recruitment of 16,000 Middle East volunteers.

 SYRIAN ARMY soldiers pose in Deraa al-Balad, this week.

Libyan warlord's plane lands in Israel

Khalifa Haftar's landed briefly in Cyprus before heading to Israel, where it remained for two hours before returning to Cyprus.

LIBYAN COMMANDER Khalifa Haftar meets Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (not pictured) at the parliament in Athens.

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