The Syrian National Council says it has received over $20 million in aid from Libya since it was founded in October 2011. It makes Libya its most important donor by far. These figures were released against the background of increasing pressure on the SNC to marginalise extremist elements within its [...]

By Mariam Karouny - (Reuters) Veteran fighters of last year’s civil war in Libya have come to the front-line in Syria, helping to train and organize rebels under conditions far more dire than those in the battle against Muammar Gaddafi, a Libyan-Irish fighter has told Reuters. Hussam Najjar hails from Dublin, has a [...]

Meet the Irish-Libyan commander giving Bashar al-Assad nightmares. BY MARY FITZGERALD | AUGUST 9, 2012 (Foreign policy) IDLIB, Syria — In a dusty schoolyard somewhere in Idlib province, several hundred men form neat rows before standing to attention. “Who are we?” bellows one man at the front. “Liwa al-Ummah!” the men reply [...]

By Louis Charbonneau (Reuters) Iran’s foreign minister on Tuesday asked U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his help in efforts to free dozens of Iranian pilgrims and aid workers captured recently in Syria and Libya. “I would like to seek the cooperation and the good offices of Your Excellency for securing the release of [...]

In September, 2012 two famous freedom fighters from the Libyan revolution, American Matthew VanDyke and Libyan Masood Bwisir, will travel together to Syria and join the rebels on the front line against the dictator Bashar al-Assad. The mission? Make a groundbreaking and unique documentary film about the Syrian revolution and the Arab Spring [...]

Their war for freedom in Libya may be over, but almost a year after they won the battle for the Libyan capital, a group of fighters have a new battlefield: Syria. Under the command of one of Libya’s most well known rebel commanders, Al-Mahdi al-Harati, more than 30 Libyan fighters [...]

Libya has sent humanitarian aid to Jordan for distribution to the tens of thousands of Syrian refugees now sheltering in that country. A convoy of 14 trucks arrived in Amman on Monday with food, clothes and other essentials. The aid is being distributed by the Al-Kitab and Sunna Society in [...]

By ABIGAIL HAUSLOHNER He has purple, bruise-like depressions beneath his eyes. She stares at the floor. The faces of their three young children are covered in mosquito bites. Together, they sit on a pair of thin, donated mattresses on the floor of their temporary home. He does all the talking. [...]

By DAMIEN SPLEETERS In the first part, At War looked at how legal arms sales by Belgium’s main weapons manufacturer, FN Herstal, became a troubling factor in the Libyan conflict over the past year. Now there are concerns about where those weapons may turn up next. Does Belgium share any [...]

By Osama Al Sharif More than a year has passed since Libyans revolted against their country’s strongman and ruler for four decades Col. Muammar Qaddafi. What started as a peaceful uprising quickly transformed into an armed struggle. But unlike other mass protests linked to the phenomenon of the Arab Spring, Libya [...]

Tunisian Foreign Affairs Minister Rafik Abdessalem speaks during a news conference after meeting with his Egyptian counterpart Mohamed Kamel Amr and Libyan counterpart Ashour Bin Khayal in Tunis in Tunis March 16, 2012. (Photo Credit: FETHI BELAID/AFP/Getty Images) Foreign ministers from Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt agree on a political resolution [...]

Libyans see many similarities between the Syrian uprising and their own, writes MARY FITZGERALD, Foreign Affairs Correspondent DURING THE celebrations that marked last month’s anniversary of the beginning of Libya’s revolution, the extent of Libyan popular support for the Syrian opposition was clear. It was in the numerous Syrian national [...]

The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS — Libya’s prime minister says the world should help the Syrian people obtain their freedom. Abdurrahim el-Keib said the situation in Syria “is definitely analogous” to last year’s uprising in Libya, which received help from NATO to help protect civilians. But he said Libya can’t [...]

February 29, 2012 Libya will donate $100 million in humanitarian aid to the Syrian opposition and allow them to open an office in Tripoli, a government spokesman said on Wednesday, in a further sign of its strong support for forces fighting President Bashar al-Assad. Representatives from the Syrian National Council [...]

Photo: REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra February 28, 2012 Libyan leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil on Tuesday vowed anew to help the Syrian people, who he said are living a “tragedy”, after meeting representatives of the opposition Syrian National Council in Tripoli. Libya’s ruling National Transitional Council “will deliver to our brothers in Syria [...]