Baladiyat of Libya

Libya's U.N.-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) said ON March 3 that its forces killed 20 militia members loyal to renegade Gen. Khalifa Haftar in Sirte.

The militia members were killed in an airstrike, Mustafa al-Mujie, the spokesman for the GNA-led Burkan Al-Ghadab (Volcano of Rage) Operation, told Anadolu Agency.

The French Embassy in Greece has issued a statement reiterating the country's official position that a maritime boundaries accord in the Mediterranean Sea signed between Turkey and Libya's Tripoli-based government last year is "invalid."

Eastern Libya forces will not allow the United Nations to use the only functioning airport in the capital Tripoli, a spokesman for the group that has been trying to capture the city from the internationally recognized government said on Feb. 12.

In the Great Game over East Mediterranean gas, the US is strengthening security ties with Greece while Athens and Ankara court opposing sides in the military fight for Tripoli.

The head of the U.N. on Jan. 4 urged an "immediate ceasefire" in war-weary Libya where the internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) fights forces affiliated with Gen. Khalifa Haftar.

Moscow hosted expert consultations of Russian and Turkish diplomats on Libya on Dec. 23, Russian Foreign Ministry said on Dec. 24.

The talks were held at the level of deputy foreign ministers, Russia's Mikhail Bogdanov and Turkey's Sedat Önal headed the delegations, the ministry said in a statement published on its official website.

The activation by Libya's Tripoli-based government of a deal with Turkey that foresees military assistance by Ankara has placed major powers, not least Washington, on edge regarding its regional ramifications. 

In a statement, the US State Department urged all countries to "refrain from exacerbating civil conflict." 

An airstrike that killed at least seven workers at a biscuit factory in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, is under investigation and could amount to a "war crime," the UN envoy to the North African nation Ghassan Salame said on Nov. 18.

Seven police officers and six prisoners were injured on Wednesday when an armored bus overturned on the Corinth-Tripoli highway in southern Greece.
All 13 were taken to hospital, where they received treatment for light injuries.
The police bus was transferring prisoners from Corinth to a jail in Tripoli. It was not clear what caused the accident. 

Eastern Libyan forces tried to push towards the center of Tripoli on April 8 after their easy desert advance hit a tougher urban phase, with deaths and displacements mounting despite Western appeals for a truce and a return to a peace plan.