473 items found
The Foreign Office advises Britons to leave the Libyan city of Benghazi immediately because of a “specific and imminent terrorist threat”.
Libya would have seen mass slaughter if the west had not gone in, writes Col Richard Kemp. But holding back from full-scale action means the allies are fighting with one hand tied behind their back.
The alliance enforcing Libya’s no-fly zone is “reaching crunch point”, a former NATO consultant tells Channel 4 News, as Italy proposes a rival solution of a ceasefire and exile for Muammar Gaddafi.
Libyan rebels have retaken more territory from government forces. But in the town of Misrata a doctor tells Channel 4 News he is struggling to treat the number of civilians injured by Gaddafi troops.
Save the Children aid worker Tom Godfrey tells Channel 4 News the charity fears for the children in western Libya who it cannot reach.
Exclusive: Hamid Karzai warns the West to stay out of Libya. The Afghan President tells Channel 4 News that military action would cause the international community and Libya more suffering.
Western leaders including David Cameron are considering implementing a no-fly zone over Libya – but the former commander of British forces in Bosnia, now an MP, tells Channel 4 News he has concerns.
In the desert close to the frontier with Libya the buses unload their cargos at the new camp which has sprung up in the last 24 hours. Run by the Tunisian army it is there to register and process people coming over the border from western Liby
Lindsey Hilsum
The death sentences passed down on eight Gaddafi era officials, including the dictator’s son Saif al Islam, are unlikely to cause much outrage in Libya. In fact, they may be a cause for celebration.
A Libyan court has sentenced the son of former Libyan dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi to death.
The US is increasingly concerned about the growing presence and influence of the Syria-based Islamic State movement in Libya, according to US officials and a state department report.
Lindsey Hilsum
The disaster of Libya provided much of the reason for not aiding Syrians who rose against dictatorship in 2012. But is the best course of action to do nothing?
Lindsey Hilsum
Many Libyans who fought to overthrow Colonel Gaddafi are in despair. They know their failure to curb the rise in Islamic State could be deadly for their disintegrating country.
Lindsey Hilsum
Today’s attack on the Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli, Libya, is a symbol of the anarchy that has come to characterise the country.
Lindsey Hilsum
The debacle of Libyan soldiers accused of rape while on a training course near Cambridge symbolises the chaos of both post-revolutionary Libya and British policy.