Libya

Libya's Haftar acquires combat drones despite UN embargo

The embargo has been in place since 2011, when a NATO-backed uprising toppled longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi. High-tech weaponry is nevertheless flowing into the country

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A Bayraktar Akinci unmanned combat drone is pictured at SAHA EXPO Defence & Aerospace Exhibition in Istanbul, Turkey, October 27, 2022.
Marine archaeologist reviews underwater findings.

Mariners’ bane: Ancient ship graveyard identified off Libya’s coast

Seafloor surveys near the 2,300-year-old ancient Greek city mapped a harbor basin and cataloged multiple hulls.

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FILE PHOTO: Migrants aboard an overcrowded boat are approached by the crew of the migrant search and rescue ship Sea-Watch 5, operated by the German NGO Sea-Watch, during a rescue operation in the Search and Rescue (SAR) zone in the central Mediterranean, off Libya, August 11, 2025.

At least 14 dead after migrant boat collides with coast guard off Antalya

Six migrants and one Turkish national were rescued, but that 14 were found dead and 15 others were caught after continuing in their boat until they reached land.

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FILE PHOTO: Migrants aboard an overcrowded boat are approached by the crew of the migrant search and rescue ship Sea-Watch 5, operated by the German NGO Sea-Watch, during a rescue operation in the Search and Rescue (SAR) zone in the central Mediterranean, off Libya, August 11, 2025.

At least five migrant bodies found on Libya’s Qasr al-Akhyar coast

The bodies were found on Emhamid Al-Sharif shore in the western part of the town by people who reported to the police station.

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Italy's former PM claims France, US downed plane in attempt to kill Gaddafi

81 passengers lost their life on Flight 870 in 1980, leaving it one of Italy's most tragic mysteries.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, file photo, 2008

Israel-Libya diplomatic debacle: From breakthrough to breakdown - opinion

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: A look at the diplomatic brouhaha that emerged from last week’s Israel-Libya talks.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023ByMARK WEISS
LIBYAN DEMONSTRATORS gather in Tripoli on Tuesday to protest against the meeting that was held last week in Italy between the foreign ministers of Libya and Israel.

Why Netanyahu hires misfits and at what price - opinion

MIDDLE ISRAEL: The problem with Eli Cohen's Libyan fiasco begins not in his diplomatic ignorance but in his original appointment.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
FOREIGN MINISTER Eli Cohen sits next to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem in July.

Libya rejects peace with Israel, vows to uncover 'what happened in Rome'

Dbeibeh expresses pride at Libyans' hate of Israel • PM vows to uncover "what happened in Rome, regardless of the circumstances"

AUGUST 31, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Libya's Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dabaiba

My Word: Speaking undiplomatically - comment

During secret negotiations, silence is the golden rule. If you’re going to talk, talk – don’t shoot your mouth off.

AUGUST 31, 2023ByLIAT COLLINS
A STAR of David rests against a T-shirt worn by a Libyan-born Jew during a visit to Tripoli after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.

Libya snafu caused by a failing Israeli gov't not valuing Arab lives - opinion

Israel's government has been criticized for not stopping Arab sector crime and being racist against Arabs. Publicizing the Libya meeting may have been a way of saying they're "Arab friendly."

AUGUST 31, 2023ByEITAN CHARNOFF
FOREIGN MINISTER Eli Cohen arrives at the cabinet table in the Knesset plenum, last month. The writer suggests that Cohen revealed his meeting with the Libyan foreign minister ‘to desperately compensate for utter and unprecedented failures.’

Israel can only blame itself for diplomatic loss - editorial

Israel can use any diplomatic wins it can get. It can hardly afford unnecessary diplomatic losses – particularly own goals like this one.

AUGUST 30, 2023ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (not pictured) speak to reporters as part of Israel's efforts "to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons" in Berlin, Germany, February 28, 2023.

Israel-Libya diplomatic debacle could slow Saudi peace - ex-top Mossad official

The former Mossad official accused politicians of "forgetting secret rules" after the Libyan FM was fired for meeting with Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen.

AUGUST 29, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman

What can be learned from Libya's anti-Israel protests? - analysis

The anti-Israel protests in Libya are part of a much deeper obsessive hatred of Jews and Israel that has been a part of populist and extremist rhetoric in the country.  

AUGUST 29, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Demonstrators burn tires in protest against the meeting which was held last week in Italy between foreign affairs ministers of Libya and Israel, in Tripoli, Libya, August 27, 2023.

Netanyahu seizes control of back-channel diplomacy after Libya fiasco

Following Foreign Minister Eli Cohen's diplomatic uproar, Netanyahu will need to approve all secret diplomatic meetings ahead of time.

AUGUST 29, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Foreign Minister Eli Cohen assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on March 13, 2023