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Against this backdrop of division, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and Ansar al-Sharia, as well as other militant groups both religious and tribal in nature, have seized control of several cities and districts across Libya, especially in Cyrenaica, which is theoretically under the control of the Tobruk-based government. [13] [14] [15]
Due to the conflict, there are currently two Libyan embassies in Malta. The General National Congress now controls the official Libyan Embassy in Balzan, while the Tobruk-based Eastern Libyan House of Representatives has opened a consulate in Ta' Xbiex. Each of the two embassies say that visas issued by the other entity are not valid. [288]
Events in Libya in 2023.While the Islamic State still operated in decentralized guerilla-style desert “brigades” and networked cells from ungoverned spaces in Libya especially the desert areas of bases which carried out to exploit the chaos of Libyan society near the border with Egypt and into the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.
Control over Libya's government and access to its oil revenue has been the main prize for rival factions during the years of instability following a 2011 NATO-backed uprising and the split in 2014 ...
The crisis over the control of the Central Bank of Libya creates yet another level of instability in the country, a major oil producer that is split b Libya central bank governor, other bankers ...
The overnight protests, the first sign of unrest on the ground since the flood, showed the degree to which the disaster poses a challenge to the authorities in Libya's east, now under control of ...
Events in Libya in 2024. It's been 10 years since Wilayat Barqa and others formed from the allegiance of Libyan militants like the ( Shura Council of Islamic Youth ) and defectors formerly associated with Ansar al-Sharia in Libya .
LONDON/CAIRO, April 29 (Reuters) - Eastern-based Libyan forces led by Khalifa Haftar launched an offensive in April on the capital Tripoli in the west that has plunged the oil-producing nation ...