Libya

Greece and Libya clashed on Thursday following the last-minute cancelation of the Greek foreign minister's visit to Tripoli. Nikos Dendias arrived at Tripoli airport but refused to disembark from the plane when he realized that waiting to greet him on...

Greek-led Operation IRINI proceeded with the seizure of the commercial vessel MV Meerdijk on October 11. According to an announcement made on Wednesday, the ship was carrying armored vehicles to Libya, a violation of the arms embargo on Libya...

The Libya-Turkey energy deal is escalating the dangers of open conflict between Ankara and Athens. Turkey and Libya have demarcated potential oil and gas-rich zones in the Mediterranean. This maneuver has also irritated Egypt. On October 3rd, Turkey signed a...

On Sunday, Greece and Egypt proclaimed a deal between Turkey and Libya for hydrocarbon exploration in Libya’s Mediterranean waters as illegal. Last Monday, Turkey said it had signed a memorandum of understanding on exploration for hydrocarbons in Libya’s seas with...

Greek commodore Stylianos Dimopoulos has taken over the command of the EU's Operation "Irini" deployed off Libya in the Central Mediterranean. Operation Irini was launched by the European Union on March 31, 2020 as part of the EU contribution to...

Greece has expressed concern over a hydrocarbon deal struck by Turkey and Libya on Monday, saying that it may contain provisions that are based on the 2019 Turkey-Libya Memorandum that are illegal under international law. The details of the deal...

Cyrene was an ancient Greek and later Roman city in Libya. It was the oldest and most important of the five Greek cities in the region.

Greece called for the withdrawal of all foreign forces from Libya on Friday during an international meeting with leaders from 30 countries and organizations in Paris. The international conference on Libya, aimed at ensuring Libya sticks to a plan to...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told French President Emmanuel Macron at the G20 Summit this weekend that Turkey will not be part of the Paris conference on Libya. Greece, Cyprus, and Israel will all be in attendance at the...

Greece announced it will begin training the Libyan Coast Guard on Monday, as part of a broader effort to expand its ties with the north African country. This announcement comes just a day after the Libyan Investment Authority signed a...