Tag: Libya

  • Denmark offers to ship chemical weapons

    Denmark had previously assisted in removing Syrian chemical weapons. Denmark offers to ship chemical weapons out of Libya COPENHAGEN: The Danish government said on Monday it was willing to offer […]

  • EUNAVFOR, the Med and migrants

    Tim Compston, Features Editor at Security News Desk, looks at European Union naval operations tackling people smuggling in the central Mediterranean – one year on – in the wake of […]

  • Threat to Libyan tankers

    New dangers for tankers off Libya. Libya’s rival government threatens oil tankers Forces loyal to Libya’s parallel government on Tuesday threatened to bomb oil tankers approaching the Libyan coast without […]

  • NATO joins Med migrant hunt

    Another military operation for the Med. Nato to join EU warships in Libya migrant operation By ANDREW RETTMAN Nato warships and, potentially, drones are to help the EU control migrant […]

  • Libya okays oil exports

    Oil exports to begin. Libya to Resume Oil Exports From Biggest Ports Within a Week By Hatem Mohareb Libya will resume crude exports from two of its biggest oil ports […]

  • Libya detains tanker

    Vessel carrying petrol when its was detained. Tanker with 5 Russian crewmen detained off Libya A tanker with a crew of Russian, Ukrainian and Greek members was detained off the […]

  • UN, EU agree Med arms patrols

    Patrols will now look for guns as well as people smugglers. U.N. approves high seas crackdown on Libya arms smuggling BY MICHELLE NICHOLS The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday […]

  • People smuggler wrong man

    Suspect extradited for people smuggling ‘is wrong man’ Friends of a man extradited to Italy on Tuesday on people smuggling charges say police have the wrong man. Prosecutors believe Mered […]

  • Royal Navy head to Libya

    More naval support from UK. UK set to send Royal Navy warship to Libya The UK is set to send a Royal Navy warship to the Mediterranean to help tackle […]

  • Unsafe Mixed Migration by Sea

    Refugees, merchant shipping, the military and the Mediterranean. Unsafe Mixed Migration by Sea: The Case of the Mediterranean Region By Evmorfia-Chrysovalantou Seiti The Journey for a Better Life “Migration has […]