Fayez Al Sarraj
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Libya’s warring sides take steps towards ending hostilities
- Africa
- August 21, 2020, 17:22
The UN-backed government in Libya has announced a ceasefire in the civil war which pits it against eastern-based forces headed by Khalifa Haftar, a re(...)

‘It’s a Game of Thrones’: foreign rivals fight for seat of power in Libya
- Africa
- February 26, 2020, 11:36
Pick-up trucks carrying fighters from Libya’s Brothers Brigade speed along sandy roads, past the carcasses of burnt-out cars, shuttered shops and wrec(...)

The Irish Times view on Libya’s civil war: the EU’s lost leverage
- Editorial
- January 21, 2020, 00:02
Eight years after France and Britain led a military intervention to topple Muammar Gadafy without having considered how to manage the aftermath of the(...)

Berlin proposals unlikely to end Libyan conflict
- Middle East
- January 20, 2020, 21:26
The weekend’s Berlin summit on Libya did not end fighting or ensure a peaceful resolution of the country’s civil conflict, but it may discourage exter(...)

Berlin summit agrees on renewed weapons embargo for Libyan conflict
- Europe
- January 19, 2020, 19:00
Libya’s warring factions and their respective international allies agreed in Berlin on Sunday on a renewed weapons embargo in a bid to end the long-r(...)

Almost 1,000 refugees and migrants returned to Libya as war continues
- Africa
- January 14, 2020, 10:41
Almost 1,000 refugees and migrants have been returned to war-torn Libya from the Mediterranean Sea in the first two weeks of 2020, according to the UN(...)

Erdogan seeks one-year mandate to send Turkish troops to Libya
- Europe
- December 30, 2019, 18:24
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government has formally asked parliament in Ankara for a one-year mandate to send troops to Libya, where the (...)

Turkish military drone begins patrols off Cyprus
- Europe
- December 18, 2019, 17:38
A Turkish military drone has begun patrolling off Cyprus in support of Ankara’s natural gas exploration and drilling activities, which are regarded as(...)

Libya has not, for some time, been a place of safety. Yet for the EU, unwilling to welcome those fleeing Africa, there has been only one option for de(...)

EU calls on US to show restraint over Iran
- Europe
- May 13, 2019, 20:04
The US needs to exercise “maximum restraint” to avoid escalating its dispute with Iran over the nuclear deal, EU foreign ministers in Brussels t(...)