Libya

Central Region Province proposal sparks Libyan opposition
Libya
MENA
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Plan for a 'Central Region Province' in Libya is falling apart

These municipalities span a geographical area surrounding the city of Misrata, from west of Sirte in the east to Tarhuna, southeast of Tripoli.

Osama Ali
12 June, 2026
Italy urges Libya to free two detained pro-Palestinian activists as a Gaza aid convoy hunger strike enters its fifth day.
Gaza flotilla
World
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Italy appeals for release of hunger-striking Flotilla activists

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 June, 2026
Lucas and Paula
Gaza War
MENA
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Gaza aid volunteers enter fourth day of hunger strike in Libya

Anam Alam
04 June, 2026
Iranian technicians walk outside the building housing the reactor of Bushehr nuclear power plant at the Iranian port town of Bushehr
MENA region
MENA
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Which Middle East, North Africa countries are 'nuclear capable'?

Oliver Mizzi
02 June, 2026
This photograph shows a RHIB (Rigid inflatable boat) driving past the rescue ship "Ocean Viking" operated by the NGO SOS Mediterranee, as it sails toward a distress case in the search-and-rescue zone in international waters off the coast of Libya
Migration
World
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6,500 migrants dead or missing since Italy anti-rescue law

Agnese Boffano
02 June, 2026
Lowe [Getty]
United Kingdom
World
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Son of far-right MP Lowe 'marries Libyan woman at halal wedding'

Sofia Aboudari
26 May, 2026
turkish military exercise
Turkey
MENA
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Libya and Syria join Turkey's EFES 2026 military drills

Mohammed Sheikh Youssef
21 May, 2026
An inmate of the infamous Djeida prison gestures towards a warden in Tripoli on October 11, 2011.
Libya
MENA
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ICC hears torture case against Libyan 'Angel of Death' commander

Agnese Boffano
19 May, 2026
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Libya
MENA
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Several injured in Libya football clashes, govt building set ablaze

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 May, 2026
K2 Integrity, a firm with links to the US Treasury and Israeli intel, is expanding its MENA operations and overseeing Iraq, Lebanon and Libya’s banking systems.
United States
For the record

K2, firm tied to US-Israel, is overseeing Arab central banks

Jonathan Cole
14 May, 2026
The Algerian Popular Coordination for the Support of Palestine expressed hope that the convoy would make its way towards the Rafah Crossing
Gaza War
MENA
Live Story

Gaza-bound aid convoy regroups in Libya for renewed push

Osama Ali
Othman Lahyani
13 May, 2026
194 migrants of different nationalities, 50 of which are unaccompanied, departed from Tunisia are rescued by the Spanish NGO Open Arms near Lampedusa, Italy on August 03, 2023.
Libya
MENA
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Libya-linked vessels fire on migrant rescue ship

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
11 May, 2026
Mediterranean illegal migrants [AFP]
Egypt
MENA
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Egypt repatriates 1,300 from Libya in illegal migration cases

The New Arab Staff
10 May, 2026
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Libya
MENA
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Libya launches 'large-scale' crackdown on crime in Zawiya

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 May, 2026
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Libya
Perspectives

Absent reforms, unfreezing Libyan Investment Authority is risky

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Justyna Gudzowska

01 May, 2026
A boat carrying 130 migrants, including 18 women and 6 girls, from Egypt, Eritrea, and Sudan, departed from Libya at 4:00 a.m. on August 26, 2025, attempting to reach Europe.
IOM
MENA
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Migrant boat disaster off Libya kills 17 Sudanese, UN says

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 April, 2026
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Libya
MENA
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Libyan court jails four human traffickers for up to 22 years

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 April, 2026
Libya Migrants
Libya
MENA
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Libya rescues 404 migrants on 10 boats, Red Crescent says

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 April, 2026
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Sudan
Analysis
Live Story

No peace in sight: When will Sudan's war end?

Eisa Dafalla
22 April, 2026
Libyan acting Foreign Minister Al Taher Salem Al Baour visits Moscow
Libya
Economy
Live Story

Russia and Libya revive joint commission after 15-year freeze

The New Arab Staff
22 April, 2026
Sudanese civil war continues
Sudan civil war
MENA
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UN: Libya fuelled Sudan war with Colombian mercenaries

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 April, 2026