The Latest Breaking News from Tripoli

Transport authorities have allowed a ship Ukraine accuses of carrying stolen grain to depart Lebanon despite the Ukrainian embassy asking Beirut to reopen a probe into the matter after presenting what it said was new evidence. Lebanese Transport Minister Ali Hamie told Reuters on Wednesday afternoon that port authorities in…

Lebanon’s Tripoli port authorised the departure of a Syrian ship carrying grain suspected to have been stolen from Ukraine and which had docked in the port city a week ago, Lebanon’s transport minister said in a tweet.

The source of a mysterious Syrian ship that arrived at the port of Tripoli, northern Lebanon, loaded with wheat and flour, remains unknown amid protests and warnings from several Western countries. Conflicting information reported the source of flour, whether from Ukraine or Russia. The Ukrainian ambassador to Lebanon informed President…

The commander of the eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar, distanced himself from the military conflict between the forces of the two governments in the country. Abdulhamid Dbeibeh leads the interim Libyan government, and parliament-appointed Fathi Bashagha chairs the unity cabinet. LNA official Major General Khaled al-Mahjoub denied reports…

Militias in the Libyan capital Tripoli agreed to end the latest round of fighting to avert another war in the country. Clashes had erupted in recent weeks between militias loyal to the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity, headed by Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah, and others loyal to an east-based administration, headed by…

The United States’ Ambassador to Libya has again sought to mediate between Libyan rivals to end the current tensions that have led to clashes in the North African country. Richard Norland held talks with prime ministers Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah of the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity, and Fathi Bashagha, who was…

Libya is mired in a constitutional and political stalemate that has sparked increasing clashes, a dire economic situation and demonstrations across the country by frustrated citizens, a senior UN official said Monday. Assistant Secretary-General Martha Pobee told the UN Security Council the overall situation in Libya remains “highly volatile,” with…

A senior U.N. official says Libya is mired in a constitutional and political stalemate that has sparked increasing clashes, a dire economic situation and demonstrations across the country by frustrated citizens

Fighting in Tripoli and Misrata has left at least 17 dead over the last week, many of them civilians.