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For desperate Syrians, a WhatsApp message saying "I want to go to Europe" can be all they need to start a treacherous journey to Libya and then across the Mediterranean.This included a plane ticket, eastern Libya entry document, airport pickup, transport, accommodation, the boat journey to Italy and a life jacket, a WhatsApp message said.

Libya has been plagued by divisions fuelled by armed groups with shifting allegiances since the 2011 overthrow of Kadhafi.

Two powerful armed factions battled in Libya's capital on Tuesday in the city's worst violence this year, but one side released a detained commander from the other, two sources said, raising hopes for an end to the deadly clashes. The Special Deterrence Force and the&#x...

Twelve years after conflict broke out when President Bashar al-Assad repressed peaceful pro-democracy protests, Syrians are still trying to escape a war that has killed more than 500,000 people and displaced millions.

Gun battles between two leading armed groups in the Libyan capital Tripoli have killed 27 people and wounded 106, a toll update from the Emergency Medicine Centre said Wednesday.

According to the report, 160 people have been injured in the violence

Moin Siddiqi, economist, examines whether Libya can regain its status as a prominent oil producer and exporter

The clashes between the influential 444 Brigade and the Al-Radaa Force, or Special Deterrence Force, erupted on Monday night and carried over into Tuesday, an interior ministry official said.

For desperate Syrians, a WhatsApp message saying "I want to go to Europe" can be all they need to start a treacherous journey to Libya and then across the Mediterranean.

Fierce clashes kill 55 people as many families are left trapped in their homes in Tripoli.