Sources: Reuters
Pakistan agrees to sell military technology to the Libyan military for over US$4 billion, violating an arms embargo imposed by the United Nations on Libya. 2025-12-21
A judge in Ragusa, Sicily, Italy, orders the release of a Proactiva Open Arms migrant search and rescue ship detained in Pozzallo since arriving there on March 18 carrying over 200 migrants rescued from the Mediterranean Sea. Catania prosecutors requested the Spanish ship's detention alleging involvement in illegal immigration after Proactiva refused to hand the migrants over to Libya. 2018-04-16
Tunisia's army and security forces kill another five suspected terrorists in an operation near the Libyan border. 2016-03-8
The Italian Corps of the Port Captaincies – Coast Guard and Irish Navy rescue 367 people as a boat carrying migrants founders off the coast of Libya with 25 people dying. 2015-08-5
Demanding the disbandment of armed groups, hundreds of demonstrators attack Ansar al-Sharia and Islamist militia compounds in Benghazi, Libya. Eleven people die in the clashes. Libyan authorities re-take control of deserted strongholds. 2012-09-22
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, is reported to be attempting to negotiate a surrender to the International Criminal Court. 2011-10-26
NATO extends its mission on Libya for an additional 90 days. 2011-06-1
Clashes break out in southern Tunisia between local residents and Libyan refugees fleeing that country's civil war. 2011-05-24
NATO forces find a small boat loaded with explosives outside the Libyan port of Misrata, with forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi believed to be responsible. 2011-05-16
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi tells Al-Arabiya television that the unrest in Libya opens up all options including civil war. 2011-02-26