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A ship bound to Libya was found to be transporting vehicles intended for military use, in breach of the UN arms embargo, Operation IRINI says.
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The UN Security Council has extended the mandate of Operation IRINI, tasked with implementing the arms embargo on Libya, according to the French Permanent Mission to the United Nations.
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The US Attorney's Office in Florida has sentenced two American citizens to prison on charges of illegal export of diving equipment to Libya without a license by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
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United Nations experts said foreign fighters, mercenaries and large amounts of arms remain in Libya, posing a threat to its stability as it is headed toward elections next month.
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The Intercept has revealed that the FBI is investigating a failed 2019 mercenary plot related to the offensive led by Khalifa Haftar on Tripoli in Libya in April 2019, adding that the FBI has sought to determine what r
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United Nations (UN) inspectors have completed their examination of a small aircraft stored in Cyprus that was reportedly suspected of violating a UN arms embargo on Libya, an aviation official in the east Mediterranean
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UN experts are coming to Cyprus to inspect a possibly-modified plane believed to have been used to violate arms embargo on Libya, but Cypriot air traffic control say they have no records of the aircraft landing on the
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Operation IRINI has welcomed the Security Council's decision to extend its ma
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