Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
April 2025 - Libya Special Weapons News
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- USS Mount Whitney conducts Tripoli and Benghazi port visits to promote regional stability, national unity and Libyan sovereignty US Navy 22 Apr 2025 -- The Blue Ridge-class command and control ship, USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), arrived in Libya for scheduled port visits, April 20-21, in support of enduring U.S.-Libya cooperation and regional security. While in Libya, Mount Whitney visited both Tripoli and Benghazi for key engagements with leaders from across the country.
- Ongoing Military Build-Up, Economic Crisis in Libya Reignite Concern over Potential Eruption of Violence in Capital, Special Representative Tells Security Council UN Security Council 17 Apr 2025 -- While Libya's ceasefire agreement is holding, ongoing military build-up, fierce competition for territorial control among Western armed groups, recent armed mobilizations in and around Tripoli, coupled with a crippling economic crisis, have renewed fears about a potential outbreak of violence in the capital, the UN's top official in the country told the Security Council today.
- Libya's fragile transition plagued by deepening economic and political divides UN News 17 Apr 2025 -- Libya's prolonged political transition is facing renewed strain, with mounting economic pressures and tensions between rival governments threatening the calm that has held since the 2020 ceasefire.
- The UK is deeply concerned by the destabilising activities of Libyan security actors and armed groups: UK statement at the UN Security Council UK FCDO 17 Apr 2025 -- Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting on Libya.
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