Operation Sophia

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

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has confirmed that NATO could do much to support the EU Sophia Operation in imposing an arms embargo on Libya.

The UN Security Council unanimously decided on Thursday, to extend the task of the Operation Sophia, off the Libyan coast, for another year.

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 European Ministerial Council extended Friday, the Operation Sophia in the Mediterranean until the end of September this year.

The European Commission (EC) emphasized the need for Operation Sophia to continue in the Mediterranean, off the coast of Libya.

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