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News Libya » Tripoli » Events: Timeline: Events in Libya's row with Switzerland

News channel or source: https://www.reuters.com/article/world/timeline-events-in-libyas-row-with-switzerland-idUSTRE6595E2/

Published on: Thursday 10 June 2010

ZURICH (Reuters) - Max Goeldi, the Swiss businessman at the center of a long-running diplomatic row between Switzerland and Libya, was released from prison in Tripoli on Thursday, his lawyer told ...

News Libya » Tripoli » Events: Libya football riots spread to Tripoli as fans torch government building

News channel or source: https://www.euronews.com/2026/05/15/libya-football-riots-spread-to-tripoli-as-fans-torch-government-building

Published on: Friday 15 May 2026

Fans rioted after a disputed referee decision ended a Libyan league match in Tarhunah, with violence spreading to Tripoli where the Government of National Unity's headquarters was set on fire. Clashes ...

News Libya » Tripoli » Events: Libya's Serraj says talk about resuming peace negotiations has been overtaken by events

News channel or source: https://www.reuters.com/article/world/libyas-serraj-says-talk-about-resuming-peace-negotiations-has-been-overtaken-by-idUSKBN20D1Q2/

Published on: Tuesday 18 February 2020

CAIRO (Reuters) - Libya's internationally recognised Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj said on Wednesday talk about resuming peace negotiations has been overtaken by events on the ground amid ongoing ...

News Libya » Tripoli » Events: Op-Ed: UN, EU and others condemn attempted coup in Libya

News channel or source: https://www.digitaljournal.com/article/op-ed-un-eu-and-others-condemn-attempted-coup-in-libya/

Published on: Saturday 15 October 2016

Although the Interior Ministry of the GNA was ordered to arrest those involved in the coup, so far no action to do so appears to have been taken. There is tension and some violence in Tripoli but it ...

News Libya » Tripoli » Events: A Dramatic Turn of Events in the Libya Conflict

News channel or source: https://undispatch.com/a-dramatic-turn-of-events-in-the-libya-conflict/

Published on: Thursday 25 June 2020

The civil war in Libya is to a large extent a proxy war pitting some major global rivals against each other. On one side of the conflict is the UN-backed government in Tripoli, known as the Government ...

News Libya » Tripoli » Events: Libya launches major security operation in Zawiya after clashes near key oil refinery

News channel or source: https://www.euronews.com/2026/05/09/libya-launches-major-security-operation-in-zawiya-after-clashes-near-key-oil-refinery

Published on: Saturday 09 May 2026

In Zawiya, home to one of the oil-rich country’s biggest refineries, rival gangs clash over the trafficking of fuel and commercial goods into neighbouring Tunisia. Security forces in the city of ...