Tag: Libya
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Eastern Libyan Forces to Block Turkish Ships From Docking and Consider Them Hostile
June 28: Eastern Libyan forces loyal to commander Khalifa Haftar will ban any commercial flights from Libya to Turkey and Turkish ships from docking in the country, its spokesman Ahmed […]
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Standoff Ends As Italian Police Arrest Migrant-Rescue Ship Captain
June 29: The Sea-Watch 3 charity ship carrying dozens of migrants rescued off Libya forced its way into the Italian port of Lampedusa on Friday night after a lengthy standoff, […]
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Air Strike Hits Tripoli As Eastern Libyan Forces Send Warship to Ras Lanuf Oil Port
April 27: Air strikes hit the Libyan capital late on Saturday as eastern forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar pursued a three-week campaign to take Tripoli and also confirmed for the […]
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Turkey Seized 5 Tons of Powdered Marijuana Off Libyan Coast in February
February 05: Nearly 5 tons of powdered marijuana were seized in international waters on the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey’s Interior Ministry said on Monday. The “Unity Operation” against drug smugglers was conducted by […]
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Battle for Tripoli Escalates as Fighting Nears Libyan Capital
April 07: On 5 April 2019, unconfirmed reports emerged which indicate that unrecognized Libyan National Army (LNA) forces advanced into Tripoli along multiple axes of approach. The reporting indicates that […]
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Over 9m Pills of Narcotics Seized at Libyan Port of Al-Khoms
March 26: Libyan customs on Tuesday seized more than 9 million narcotic pills inside containers at the port of Al-Khoms in, western Libya. “Customs and inspection officials at the port […]
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Special Forces Seize Tanker Hijacked by Migrants in the Mediterranean Sea
March 28: Five migrants who allegedly led the hijacking of a tanker in the Mediterranean to avoid being returned to Libya were arrested in Malta on Thursday after special forces […]
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Two Migrant Boats Sink Near Sabratha, Libya; At Least 40 Killed
March 19: A migrant boat headed for Europe sank off the Libyan coast near the western town of Sabratha, security officials reported. At least 10 people have died and 17 […]
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Libya drug seizure
Drugs find in port. Custom authorities seize 8 tons of cannabis in port of Misurata Customs Authority in Misurata seized Sunday two containers packed with about 8 tons of cannabis […]
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EU NAVFOR Med extended
Merchant shipping still called on to rescue migrants. European shipowners are pleased with the extension of the EUNAVFOR MED Operation Sophia ECSA welcomes the Council’s decision to extent the mandate […]
