Tag: Tripoli

International

77 dead as Lebanon boat carrying migrants sinks

September 23, 2022

Arida Border Crossing (Lebanon): The sinking off the coast of Syria of a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon has killed ...

International

25 bodies recovered from mass graves in Libya

October 13, 2021

Tripoli: Libyan authorities have recovered 25 unidentified bodies from five newly discovered mass graves in the city of Tarhuna. Located ...

International

Airstrikes hit Libyan military base held by Turkey-backed forces

July 6, 2020

Cairo: Libyan officials in the capital of Tripoli have said that overnight airstrikes hit a key military base on the ...

International

Air raid on Tripoli military school kills 28

January 5, 2020

Tripoli: At least 28 people were killed and dozens injured Saturday in an airstrike on a military school in the ...

Air strikes and ground fighting have since left nearly 1,000 people dead and some 5,000 wounded, the UN's World Health Organization said.

International

Libya death toll rises to 1,000; UN calls for ceasefire

July 6, 2019

Tripoli: The UN Security Council called Friday for a ceasefire in Libya as the death toll from a three-month offensive ...

International

Libyan migrant camp death toll rises to 53

July 5, 2019

Tripoli: The casualty toll of an air strike on a detention camp for migrants near the Libyan capital has climbed ...

International

At least 510 killed in Libyan capital, 2,467 injured: UN

May 21, 2019

Tripoli: At least 510 people have been killed and 2,467 injured in the military escalation in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, ...

Gunfire and blasts rang out and smoke rose as forces backing the fragile UN-backed government of Fayez al-Sarraj attempted to block an offensive by Haftar's self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA). (Image: Reuters)

International

Thousands displaced as battles intensify in Libya

April 13, 2019

Tripoli: Forces answering to Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar battled units that back Tripoli's unity government on the edge of the ...

Disregard for traffic rules, a dilapidated infrastructure and cars that fail to meet safety standards combine to make road accidents in Libya more lethal than incidents involving weapons.

International

Roads deadlier than guns in Libya

April 4, 2019

Tripoli: Roads in conflict-riddled Libya, where petrol is cheaper than mineral water, rank among the deadliest in the world. Disregard ...

Editorial

Policy Paralysis

January 10, 2026

By Dilip Cherian Forget the slogans. The story isn’t about “opening the doors” to experts so much as about how...

January 7, 2026

Appeasement or tacit approval of invasion and capture of foreign land helped the rise of Adolf Hitler and the formation...

January 6, 2026

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh recently, at a gathering at Udaipur’s Bhupal Nobles’ University, sought to brand the ‘educated’ citizens...

January 5, 2026

It was a moment of geopolitical déjà vu. On the same calendar day, separated by thirty-six years, United States forces...

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