Libya

Libya?s decision to exclude Turkish companies from contracts does not carry any value given the dispute over political legitimacy in the country, the Turkish Foreign Ministry has said.

Almost 15,000 Egyptians have flocked home from war-torn Libya via the border crossing at Sallum, state media reported on Feb. 23, after Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group jihadists murdered 21 Coptic Christians.
      

Libya?s internationally-recognized government plans to exclude Turkish companies from contracts, a cabinet statement has said, effectively banning them from the oil producer, as Reuters reported today.

Two bombs struck the empty residence of the Iranian ambassador in the Libyan capital on Sunday, security officials said, but nobody was hurt.
      
The attack was the latest to target a diplomatic mission in Tripoli, where most embassies have been shut since summer 2014 as militias battled for control of the city.
      

ISIS fighters assumed responsibility for the suicide attacks in eastern Libya on Friday, according to social media.

Approximately 40 people lost their lives and another 70 were wounded after cars exploded.

ISIS killed and wounded all these tens of people as an answer to the attack against jihadists in Derna.

At least 25 people were killed and 30 wounded Feb. 20 in a triple bombing in an eastern Libyan town near the jihadist stronghold of Derna, medical and security sources said.
      
The simultaneous attacks targeted police headquarters in Al-Qoba, as well as the home of the speaker of Libya's internationally recognised parliament and a petrol station, the sources said.

Having balked at Egypt's call for military intervention in Libya, the international community faces a daunting task to find a political solution to the lawless North African country's crisis, analysts say.

Ankara has called on the transitional government in Libya to "review its irresponsible attitude and avoid hostile and baseless statements" against Turkey.

Libya asked the Council of the United Nations Security to lift the arms embargo so they can reorganize their army, in order to be able to deal with jihadists of the Islamic State and other extremist groups.

Italy on Feb. 18 issued its strongest warning yet about the danger of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group establishing a stronghold in Libya from where it could attack Europe and destabilize neighboring states.