Tag Archives: Al Qaeda

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Human traffickers and smugglers operating in Libya are making major contributions to the Libyan economy that is estimated to be worth hundreds of millions of Libyan dinars, said the EU. Around $300 million a year of profits made from smuggling is entering Libya, said Rear …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) A General in Khalifa Haftar’s militia, known as the self proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA), claimed that Al-Qaeda is behind the attack on the oil facilities. In the televised interview on SkyNews Arabia General Ahmad Al-Samaray claims that Al-Qaeda allegedly worked in collaboration with brigades …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) One of Al-Qaeda’s most wanted senior operatives was the target of a French aerial attack in southern Libya. Mokhtar Belmokhtar is likely to have been killed by the French attack that took place earlier this month, according to US officials. Belmokhtar has been proclaimed dead …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Five Italian investigators arrived in Ghat, a Libyan town close to the Algerian border, to investigate the abduction of two Italians and a Canadian who were kidnapped at gunpoint on Monday, said Libyan officials. Hassan Osman Eissa, a member of the southern Libyan city’s municipal …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) The Canadian ministry of global affairs stated it was aware that a Canadian was kidnapped in southern Libya earlier this week. “We are aware of the troubling, yet unconfirmed report of the abduction of a Canadian citizen in Libya,” said Michael O’Shaughnessy spokesperson for the …