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Heavy fighting breaks out in Tripoli, Libya, forcing Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha to flee the capital.
2022-05-17

Libya begins a vaccination campaign against COVID-19, with Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh receiving his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
2021-04-10

Prime Minister of Libya Fayez al-Sarraj announces his wish to step down at the end of October amidst the ongoing civil war and protests over corruption.
2020-09-16

Prime Minister of Libya Fayez al-Sarraj, of the Government of National Accord in Tripoli, suspends Minister of Interior Fathi Bashagha from duties. Sarraj says Bashaga will be investigated over a violent crackdown on street protests.
2020-08-28

The European Union offers to help the fledgling new UN-backed Libyan unity government with assistance in its security sector, managing migration, border management and police capacity building. This comes after Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj appealed to foreign governments for help in fighting ISIL and aid to rebuild the country.
2016-04-19

The Libyan Parliament sacks Prime Minister Ali Zeidan and appoints former defense secretary Abdullah al-Thani as acting prime minister.
2014-03-11

The president of Libya's newly elected legislative congress, Mohamed Yousef el-Magariaf, calls the prime minister to an emergency meeting, after Saturday's bulldozing of the Sidi el-Sha'ab mausoleum in Tripoli by unnamed organized assailants. [https:--news.yahoo.com-fighters-bulldoze-sufi-mosque-central-tripoli-172020410.html?_esi=1 (Reuters via Yahoo! News)] [http:--online.wsj.com-article-SB10000872396390444230504577613260789607638.html?mod=googlenews_wsj ("Wall Street Journal)"]
2012-08-26

Voters in Libya go to the polls for a General National Congress election with those elected responsible for appointing a Prime Minister, cabinet and establishing a new constitution.
2012-07-7

Abdurrahim El-Keib is named as the new interim Prime Minister of Libya by the country's National Transitional Council.
2011-10-31

The interim Prime Minister of Libya Mahmoud Jibril confirms the presence of chemical weapons in Libya under the Gaddafi regime and announces that weapons inspectors would be visiting the country to help get rid of them.
2011-10-30