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At least 74 migrants drowned after their Europe-bound ship capsized off the coast of Libya in the latest spate of migrant vessel sinkings in the central Mediterranean. The UN’s migration agency revealed the coastguard and fishermen were searching for survivors of the latest tragedy which took place on Thursday near the port city of al-Khums. … Read more
A British mother has released a harrowing video of her daughter being kidnapped and bundled into a car in Libya as she battles to bring her abducted children home. Tanya Borg’s two daughters were snatched by their father in 2015 and taken to Libya, where they have been held ever since by his conservative Islamic … Read more
The CIA calls it ‘blowback’, when the unintended consequences of what seemed like a good policy at the time come back to bite you. The classic example is Western sponsorship of radical Islamist fighters against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s. That covert war against the Kremlin was a significant factor in crippling … Read more
The Teddy Bear bomb: ‘Russian mercenaries fleeing war-torn Libya’ leave behind cuddly toy taped to a mortar shell under table in civilian home A teddy bear was taped to a mortar shell under a table with a tripwire in Tripoli A GNA adviser said the booby trap was ‘straight out of the Russian playbook’ This … Read more