Informes

The second meeting of the Contact Group on Libya was held in Rome on 5 May and was co-chaired by Italy and the State of Qatar, with the participation of 22 countries and representatives from the…

Strasbourg, 09.05.2011 – Mevlüt Çavusoglu, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), today expressed his distress and deep concern following reports that 61 boat people have died after their appeals for rescue…

SUGHEAD, 9 May 2011 (IRIN) - Clashes between government and opposition forces in the Western Mountains region of Libya have blocked access to thousands of fleeing civilians, aggravating the humanitarian situation there, say aid workers and…

Fight intensifies for Libya's Western Mountains Rebels hold key border point, loyalists in desert plains Indiscriminate shelling by forces loyal to Gaddafi By Matt Robinson DEHIBA, Tunisia, May 9 (Reuters) - The flow of rebels to the small clinic in…

NATO planes target weapons dump near Zintan Libyan government hiding tanks from NATO strikes-rebels Rebels deny state TV report that some have surrendered Flashpoint crossing on border with Tunisia quiet (Adds rebel spokesman on Zareek capture, paragraphs 21-22) By Guy Desmond TRIPOLI,…

Civilians Killed, Homes, Mosques, and a School Damaged (Beirut, May 9, 2011) – Libyan government forces have launched what appear to be repeated indiscriminate attacks on mountain towns in western Libya, Human Rights Watch said today. Accounts from…

The Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu participated at the International Contact Group on Libya which was held in Rome, Italy, on 5 May 2011. Ihsanoglu emphasized the need…

Tunisia – Amidst continuous sand storms on the Tunisian-Libyan borders, Psychosocial consultant Dr. FathiFleifel endures the harsh climate in the desert in order to tend to the psychosocial effects caused by events in Libya. In IFRC’s “Transit”…

By Lin Nouiehed TRIPOLI, May 7 (Reuters) - Libyan government forces bombed large fuel storage tanks in the contested western city of Misrata, destroying the tanks and sparking a huge fire, rebels said on Saturday. Read the full…

TUNIS, May 7 (Reuters) - Tunisia warned Libya that it considered the shelling of a border town on Saturday "extremely dangerous" and said it would take all necessary measures to protect its sovereignty. Read the full article…