European Union's foreign ministers agreed on Monday, though only in principle, on a new mission — which would include naval assets — to monitor Libya's UN arms embargo,
The Italian news agency ANSA has reported that negotiations to re-launch Operation Sophia, in order to monitor the arms embargo imposed on Libya, have run into a number
Austrian Chancellor, Sebastian Kurz said that the suspended European naval operation "Sophia" launched on the Libyan coasts was practically ineffective in the period be
Spokeswoman for the EU foreign policy chief, Maya Kosyanchich, said that the fate of the Operation Sophia, the EU naval mission targeting human trafficking in the Medit
The spokesman for the Libyan Navy, Ayoub Qassim said that the European statements regarding the suspension of Operation Sophia are not of the Libyan state's concern in any means.
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini said that there is a broad European consensus on preserving the Operation Sophia in t
The Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini voiced Wednesday his rejection to the current mandate of European Union's Operation Sophia off the coast of Libya, demandin
The Italian Defense Minister Elisabetta Trenta has stressed that Libya is a priority for the international community because it is one of the main targets of terrorism.
European Union ambassadors on Friday in a meeting in Brussels discussed Operation Sophia, an EU naval operation primarily tasked to "identify, capture and dispose of vessels" use
The commander of EUNAVFOR Med Operation Sophia, an EU operation aiming to curb human smuggling, Enrico Credendino, stated on Thursday that the operation wants to accelerate the e
The Head of the Presidential Council, Fayez Al-Sirraj, has received in Tripoli Tuesday the Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Libya, Bettina Muscheidt, the
A Libyan-flagged vessel laden with weapons and ammunition was seized in international waters Monday, EU Naval Force Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR Med) has reported.
The Head of the Libyan-Italian Joint Room and Head of the Libyan General Directorate of the Coast, Colonel Tariq Shanbor, and an accompanying delegation arrived in Rome, Italy on
The spokesman of the Libyan Navy Forces, Colonel Ayoub Qasim, said that the implementation of the second phase of the Memorandum of Understanding that was
The European Union said Monday that the second phase of the training of Libyan coastguards had started as part of Operation Sophia that aims to bring down the human traffickers o
A group of 81 Libyan Coast Guard trainees and 5 supervisors left the country on Wednesday to start training in the open sea as part of EU Operation Sophia program.
