Libya - Page 12

Armed groups loyal to the leader of the opposition to the United Nations-backed government in Libya, former Gen. Khalifa Haftar, reportedly burned more than 6,000 books that allegedly promote jihadi ideology affiliated with the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) and the Muslim Brotherhood (MB).

Moscow’s foothold in war-devastated Libya “is growing” as Russian President Vladimir Putin “increasingly” supports former Gen. Khalifa Haftar, the leader of the opposition to the United Nations-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), an expert on Russian foreign policy tells a House panel.

MADRID (AP) — A Spanish aid organization has rescued 420 migrants attempting the perilous crossing of the Mediterranean Sea to Europe in packed smugglers’ boats from Libya.

Moammar Qaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam, recently released from half a decade of captivity by a Libyan militia group, has hit a major stumbling block in his bid to become a unifying figure for war-torn Libya: the International Criminal Court wants him arrested and hauled before a war crimes trial in the Hague.

Between Saturday and Sunday, some 2,850 African migrants were shuttled to Italy in 23 different rescue operations carried out by the Italian Coast Guard and various NGOs.

Italy’s reckless open-borders policy has cost the lives of another 52 African migrants, who died Saturday off the Libyan coast while trying to make the perilous crossing to Italy.

Seif al-Islam, the second son and heir apparent of the late deposed Libyan dictator Moamer Gaddafi, is said to have been freed in Libya after more than five years in captivity.

A new report has revealed that people smugglers in the Mediterranean may be making as much as £400,000 for every ship that crosses the sea to Europe. The people smuggling business in North Africa may be more lucrative than many have

A former adviser to the late PLO leader Yasser Arafat said in a recent television interview that the Palestinian question is no longer the most important challenge facing the Middle East.

BERLIN (AP) — Germany is pledging an additional 3.5 million euros ($3.9 million) to help improve conditions for refugees in Libya.

Reps. Robert Pittenger (R-NC), Michael McCaul (R-TX), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, and Lee Zeldin (R-NY) have introduced a bill that would make it more difficult to travel to a terror zone and then return to the U.S.

A long-simmering international crisis in the Middle East boiled over on Monday as some of the most powerful nations in the Arab world severed ties with Qatar, accusing it of supporting terrorism and taking sides with Shiite Iran against Sunni Muslim governments.

The recent terrorist attack in the United Kingdom prompted President Donald Trump to resume his pursuit of the travel ban to prevent terrorism in the United States.

Egypt is expected to move ahead with more airstrikes against jihadists in neighboring Libya in response to the most recent attack against the Christian minority in the North African country that killed at least 29 people and injured about 24 others.

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The al-Qaeda-linked Ansar al-Sharia in Libya (ASL), which Washington believes was behind the Benghazi attack that killed four Americans, alleged over the weekend that it is dissolving itself.

A combination of government benefits and low-interest loans meant to pay for further education were used to fund the terror plot of Manchester killer Salman Abedi, police believe. Police are investigating the finances of university dropout turned Islamist killer Salman

LONDON (AFP) – A total of 14 people are in detention in Britain and Libya over Monday’s suicide bombing at a pop concert in the English city of Manchester by a British-born man of Libyan origin.

Contents: Terrorists massacre dozens of Coptic Christians in Egypt; Egypt’s warplanes bomb al-Qaeda jihadist training camps in Libya

The government terror threat level of ‘critical’, which was set after the Manchester terror attack on Monday was reduced to severe Saturday lunchtime, as British police announced another series of terror arrests. ‘Critical’, which means the government and security services

MANCHESTER, England (AP) – Police arrested two more suspects Saturday over the deadly Manchester concert bombing, as Britons began a sunny holiday long weekend under heightened security. Greater Manchester Police said two men, aged 20 and 22, were detained early

LONDON (AP) – There were plenty of warning signs before Salman Abedi unleashed carnage at Manchester Arena. The concert bombing that left 22 people dead Monday night and dozens hospitalized raises the question of what, if anything, could have been

UK authorities adopted an “open door” policy for Libyan heritage Britons, including associates of the Manchester bomber, returning to the war-torn nation to fight alongside jihadist and al-Qaeda-linked groups.

On Friday afternoon, Egyptian warplanes attacked militant camps in eastern Libya to retaliate for the slaughter of 28 Coptic Christians by masked gunmen.

TRIPOLI (AFP) – At least 20 boats carrying thousands of migrants on their way to Italy were spotted on Friday off the coast of the western city of Sabratha, the Libyan navy said. “Large rescue and interception operations are under

Police fear Salman Abedi may have armed more Islamists before carrying out his deadly attack in Manchester, after discovering a “working bomb factory” at his address.

Libya descended into chaos following the U.S.-backed overthrow and execution of dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, creating a vacuum for the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) and other jihadist groups to fill.

The final days of Manchester bomber Salman Abedi are ones of apparently extensive international travel, picking a route back from Syria through Turkey and Europe to northern England.

TRIPOLI (AFP) – Libya is working closely with Britain to identify possible “terrorist networks” involved in the attack at a pop concert in Manchester, a senior Libyan official said Thursday. A source close to the family of the suspected suicide

As the UK hunts down members and friends of a Libyan immigrant family after one of its British-born sons committed the worst terrorist atrocity on U.K. soil in 12 years, across the Atlantic the atrocity also highlights the dangers that

For months, the left has attacked President Donald Trump’s executive order suspending travel from several terror-prone countries. Sadly, the Manchester terror attack shows why his order was justified — even beyond its original, expansive form.

(AP) – A former Libyan security official says the father of the alleged Manchester arena bomber was allegedly member of a former al-Qaeda-backed group in Libya.

The Manchester Arena suicide bomber, Salman Abedi, returned to Britain from Libya just days before carrying out his deadly attack and is thought to have also travelled to Syria.

Contents: France’s new president Macron commits troops to Mali ‘as long as necessary’; UN peacekeeping forces grow as jihadist attacks increase and Mali A riddle

Amidst scandals of Mafia involvement in migrant rescue efforts in Italy, some 4,400 mostly sub-Saharan African migrants arrived on Italy’s shores between Thursday and Friday. As usual, the migrants were picked up just miles from the Libyan shoreline and shuttled

A 24-year-old Nigerian shared his ordeal as one of the thousands of West Africans who have traveled to Libya where their traffickers forced them into “a grim and violent world of slave markets, private prisons, and brutal forced brothels,” reports the Guardian.