Libya's political rivals - involved in talks in Morocco - on Thursday discussed the formation of a national unity government, the selection of the prime minister and his two deputies, a United Nations official has said.

The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham is no longer just an Iraq and Syria problem. For months now, ISIS (or groups affiliated with it) has been pushing into Libya as well. The country has long been vulnerable; the vacuum created by the deepening political crisis and collapse of state institutions is an attractive arena for terrorist groups.

Islamists have killed at least 22 soldiers in a surprise attack using speedboats during a failed offensive to seize some of Libya's main oil terminals, officials said. The fighting in the oil-rich region came as pro-government forces lost ground to Islamist militias in the eastern city of Benghazi, where jihadis beheaded six people and killed 14 others, military officials said.

In this photo gallery, Valerie Stocker gives a fascinating insight into the diversity of ethnic and tribal groups in modern-day Libya

Con la visita del presidente al Sisi a Roma sembra rafforzarsi l'asse tra Egitto e Italia: un rapporto intenso - Renzi fu il primo leader europeo a recarsi al Cairo dopo la presa di potere del generale - che abbraccia numerosi capitoli di collaborazione. Tra questi vi sono certamente importanti questioni economiche e commerciali.

A court in the Libyan capital has issued an arrest warrant for former general Khalifa Haftar, hours after his forces hit Tripoli's only functioning airport with air strikes. The developments on Tuesday came as UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for a halt to air strikes in Libya and for all warring sides to engage in talks.

26 November 2014 - The Security Council today expressed its "profound concern" over the deteriorating situation in Libya and its impact on regional peace and stability, warning of the possibility of sanctions.

The caliphate has a beach. It is located on the Mediterranean Sea around 300 kilometers (186 miles) south of Crete in Darna. The eastern Libya city has a population of around 80,000, a beautiful old town and an 18th century mosque, from which the black flag of the Islamic State flies.

TRIPOLI - Per la prima volta aerei del governo libico che ha sede a Tobruk hanno bombardato l'aeroporto di Mitiga, uno dei due aeroporti della capitale Tripoli, dove ha sede un altro governo che controlla buona parte della Tripolitania.

(ANSA) - IL CAIRO, 13 NOV - Un giovane catturato mentre combatteva tra le file dell'ex generale libico Khalifa Haftar nell'est della Libia è stato decapitato. Lo riferisce il Times online. Per la prima volta i miliziani di Ansar al Sharia, affiliati allo Stato islamico, hanno postato online il video della decapitazione di un prigioniero perpetrata nel Paese nordafricano in pieno 'stile Isis'.

BAGHDAD - Car bombs exploded outside the embassies of Egypt and the United Arab Emirates in Tripoli, Libya, early Thursday, apparently in a backlash against the two countries for their role in a regional proxy war playing out in Libya.

Continue reading the main story Car bombs have been detonated in two eastern Libyan cities, leaving at least seven people dead and many more injured, reports say. The first attack on a busy road in Tobruk is thought to have killed at least three people.

Lo Stato Islamico può ora vantare il suo primo alleato fuori dall'Iraq e dalla Siria - World Affairs - L'Antidiplomatico - La politica internazionale che il mainstream non vi racconta

La Cour suprême libyenne a invalidé jeudi le Parlement issu des élections du 25 juin et qui est reconnu par la communauté internationale, alors que le pays est plongé dans l'anarchie. La Cour était appelée à se prononcer sur la constitutionnalité du Parlement, après un recours déposé par un député islamiste.

Libya's elected parliament, the House of Representatives, has been operating from the eastern city of Tobruk since an armed group linked to the western city of Misrata seized the capital Tripoli, dividing the North African country. A spokesman for the House of Representatives declined to comment on the ruling.

Continue reading the main story An iconic Italian-era statue of a naked woman caressing a gazelle has mysteriously disappeared from a famous roundabout in Libya's capital, Tripoli. The historic bronze statue sat proudly in a fountain until Tuesday morning, but no trace of it is now left.

Libya is now in the throes of an extreme political crisis. If the conditions remain unchallenged and, hence, unchanged, it will turn into another Syria or Iraq. While ISIL has managed to capture the attention of the international media with its powerful propaganda and its violent tactics, the world's has ignored the equally threatening Islamist groups and movements that have prospered in North Africa in the post-Arab Spring vacuum.

Credit: Reuters/Ismail Zitouny Omar al-Hasi speaks to the crowd during a rally supporting ''Fajr Libya'' (Operation Dawn), a group of forces mainly from Misrata, at Martyrs' Square in Tripoli September 19, 2014. Libya has had two governments and parliaments competing for legitimacy since an armed group seized Tripoli in August.

Libya's internationally recognised government has called for a civil disobedience campaign in Tripoli until its forces can retake the capital from militias. Prime Minister Abdullah al Thani's cabinet said on its Facebook page that it has ordered the Libyan armed forces "to advance on Tripoli to liberate it and state institutions from the grip of armed groups".

CAIRO/BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) - A self-styled rival government controlling Libya's capital announced its own oil policies this week, drawing a rebuttal from Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni who said oil revenues continued to go to the elected government.

Briefing Notes, 10 October 2014 This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at the press briefing, on 10 October 2014, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.