TEHRAN, Apr 21 - Several airstrikes and explosions have reportedly shaken the Libyan capital of Tripoli as fierce fighting continues between Libya’s UN-backed government troops and forces loyal to renegade general Khalifa Haftar.
TEHRAN, Apr 18 - At least 205 people have been killed and more than 900 wounded in the battle for control of the Libyan capital Tripoli, the World Health Organization said Thursday.
TEHRAN, Apr 17 - Rocket fire on the Libyan capital, which the UN-recognized unity government blamed on military strongman Khalifa Haftar, killed three people late on Tuesday as the Security Council haggled over a ceasefire.
TEHRAN, Apr 17 - Heavy shelling in the Libyan capital Tripoli has killed at least four people, an official said on Wednesday, as Europe and certain Persian Gulf Arab states remain divided over the push by renegade commander Khalifa Haftar to seize the city.
TEHRAN, Apr 14 - Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday met in Cairo with Khalifa Haftar, the commander of eastern-based Libyan forces, who is under international pressure to halt an advance on the capital Tripoli.
TEHRAN, Apr 14 -Eastern Libyan forces will pursue their advance on the capital Tripoli, the head of the eastern parliament in the divided country said on Saturday, despite international calls for a halt in an offensive that risks causing many civilian casualties.
TEHRAN, Apr 11 - Fighting between eastern Libyan forces and Tripoli government troops killed 56 people and forced 6,000 to flee their homes in the capital in the last week, the United Nations said on Thursday, as France and Italy wrangled over how to respond to the renewed conflict.
TEHRAN, Apr 10 -The United Nations (UN) has postponed a conference in Libya that had been meant to discuss the possibility of holding elections in the country, as fighting between rival domestic forces continues near the capital, Tripoli, and elsewhere.
TEHRAN, Apr 09 - Health facilities near Tripoli have reported 47 people killed and 181 wounded in recent days as eastern forces seek to take Libya's capital from an internationally-recognized government, the United Nations' health body said on Tuesday.
TEHRAN, Apr 09-UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an immediate halt to fighting in Libya, where forces loyal to military strongman General Khalifa Haftar have attempted the takeover of the capital.
TEHRAN, Apr 08 - Russia has called on all sides in the Libya conflict to avoid more bloodshed as fighting between the two rival governments escalates near the North African country’s capital of Tripoli.
TEHRAN, Apr 08 - At least 2,200 people have fled from fighting south of the Libyan capital Tripoli since April 4, the United Nations humanitarian office said in a report on Monday, and many civilians were trapped and cut off from emergency services.
TEHRAN, Apr 07 - U.S. army officials say American forces will temporarily leave Libya three days after a renewed flareup of fighting between rival armed groups.
TEHRAN, Apr 06 -Forces of the so-called Libyan National Army (LNA), led by Libya’s strongman Khalifa Haftar, say they have been targeted by an airstrike south of Tripoli, as they are pushing forward to seize the capital, where the internationally-recognized government is based.
TEHRAN, Apr 06 - The U.N. Security Council is calling on the forces of Libyan army commander Khalifa Hifter to halt all military movements and urging all forces in Libya "to de-escalate and halt military activity."
TEHRAN, Apr 06 - Forces loyal to Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar say they have advanced into the southern outskirts of the country’s capital city and seized the former Tripoli International Airport in a dangerous escalation.
TEHRAN, Apr 05 - Militias in western Libya vowed Friday to confront a rival army commander's attempt to seize the capital, Tripoli, raising fears of renewed civil war in the oil-rich nation as the U.N. chief shuttled between the two sides, seeking to avert a major confrontation.
TEHRAN, Apr 04 - The U.N. chief expressed concern Thursday about a possible major armed showdown over Libya's capital, urging rival factions to instead turn to dialogue as forces loyal to a self-proclaimed army commander captured a town near Tripoli.
TEHRAN, Apr 04-Forces loyal to Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar have started advancing on the country’s western cities and districts, with reports of skirmishes in the south of the capital, Tripoli, which is controlled by Libya’s internationally-recognized government of Fayez al-Sarraj.