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The USNS "Big Horn" of the United States Navy runs aground and is damaged off the coast of Oman while operating in the Middle East after replenishing the USS "Abraham Lincoln" carrier strike group.
2024-09-24

United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin orders the USS "Abraham Lincoln" aircraft carrier strike group and the USS "Georgia" SSGN cruise-missile submarine to the Middle East to defend Israel from possible retaliation from Iran and to strengthen the U.S. military position in the region.
2024-08-12

Thirteen people are killed as fighting occurs in Tripoli, Libya.
2022-07-22

Sudan closes its borders with Libya and the Central African Republic citing the "threat they pose to the security and economy of Sudan".
2019-09-26

Tunisian authorities acknowledge they are detaining Tunisian national Moncef Kartas, a UN Libyan arms embargo monitor who has diplomatic immunity. Tunisia says Mr. Kartas had traveled in a private capacity on his Tunisian passport. The United Nations has called for his release and for Tunisia to clarify the reason for his arrest.
2019-03-30

United States President Barack Obama, at the Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Saudi Arabia, says the United States will continue to deter and confront aggression against Gulf Arab states; joins others in warning the fragile cease-fire in Syria is on the verge of collapse; pledges vigilance about Iran's destabilizing activities in the Middle East; wants Gulf allies to offer more democratic reforms and improve human rights; and, says the U.S. and its Gulf partners should wait to see whether Iraq can resolve its political crisis before committing more financial aid which is impeding the fight against ISIL.
2016-04-21

British journalists Gareth Montgomery-Johnson and Nicholas Davies-Jones, detained last month in Libya after being accused of entering the country illegally, have been released the country's Interior Ministry confirms.
2012-03-18

A convoy of troops loyal to former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi crosses the border with Niger arriving in Agadez.
2011-09-5

The head of the United Nations and African Union peacekeeping missions in the Darfur region of Sudan calls for the immediate lifting of restrictions on their movements.
2010-07-6

United States Middle East envoy George J. Mitchell accuses Hamas of “unacceptable and inhuman behavior” with regard to captive soldier Gilad Shalit, held in isolation in Gaza for the last four years, and calls for his immediate release.
2010-07-1