Libya

Libya says 17 migrants perish at sea, nine missing feared dead

Libya is a transit route for migrants, many from sub-Saharan Africa, fleeing to Europe in the hopes of escaping conflict and poverty.

Migrants aboard an overcrowded boat react as they 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.
A girl waves a Libyan flag, during celebrations commemorating the 10th anniversary of the 2011 revolution in Tripoli, Libya February 17, 2021.

UN envoy says Libya's roadmap to elections faces continued delays

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar meets with Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi in first diplomatic visit to Somaliland on January 6, 2026.

Israel's Somaliland envoy sparks regional backlash from 15 Arab, Muslim states

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

Libya's Haftar acquires combat drones despite UN embargo


Libya’s actual crisis is its political chaos - opinion

Every country has its unique considerations when it comes to deciding whether to normalize relations with Israel. It has the legitimate right to define its stance, and political direction.

Then-Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush speaks at the conclusion of the Libya Stabilization Conference, in Tripoli, in 2021.

Letters to the Editor September 4, 2023: Global security

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

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Libya to assess 'internal damage' caused by secret meeting with Israel

Mangoush was suspended and subsequently fired following Israeli publication of the meeting, leading to her fleeing Libya.

 Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush (left) and Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen

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.

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.

 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.

 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"

 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.

 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."

 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.

 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.