Sources: Al-Arabiyah
Italian vessels recover five bodies and rescue 674 people packed on a fishing boat adrift in the Mediterranean off the Libyan coast, while European charities rescue 500 people. 2022-07-24
Syria and Libya's Tobruk-based government led by Aguila Saleh Issa agree to establish diplomatic relations following a high level visit to Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem. Both governments agree to counter "Turkish aggression" in the region. 2020-03-1
At the request of Chadian authorities, French Air Force Mirage 2000 fighter jets strike a convoy of around 40 pickups of an armed group that entered northern Chad from Libya. 2019-02-3
Libyan forces claim to have captured the port in the city of Sirte after heavy fighting with ISIL. 2016-06-11
Clashes between local tribal forces and Sudanese fighters in Libya's southeastern Cyrenaica region around the town of Kufra leaves around 30 dead. 2016-02-5
Saudi Arabia closes its embassy in Tripoli over security concerns in Libya. 2014-05-19
Nine people are killed in clashes between the Libyan Army and militias in the city of Benghazi. 2013-11-25
Four officials from the International Criminal Court, including Melinda Taylor, are released after they were held in the Libyan city of Zintan for four weeks on suspicion of spying. 2012-07-2
Clashes break out in southern Tunisia between local residents and Libyan refugees fleeing that country's civil war. 2011-05-24
More than 500 Ethiopian and Somalian migrants arrive in Malta from Libya. 2011-03-28