In 670 AD all Libya was in the hands of the Arabs: Roman rule since BC 2nd century finally ended. Only in Benito Mussolini's time, more than one thousand years later, Libya was recreated as a political entity in 1934 (with a name borrowed from the Diocletian reforms).

2 days ago · ROME - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has been placed under investigation over a government decision to release a Libyan police officer wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC ...

1 day ago · ROME - Migrants expressed their dismay and sense of betrayal on Wednesday over Italy's decision last week to release a Libyan policeman wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war ...

2 days ago · MILAN (AP) — Rome prosecutors have opened an investigation against Premier Giorgia Meloni and two government ministers for repatriating a Libyan warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court in the Hague, the premier announced Tuesday.. Meloni revealed the investigation over allegedly aiding and abetting Ossama Anjiem, also known as Ossama al-Masri, in a video posted on social media.

Jan 22, 2025 · ROME (AP) — Human rights groups voiced outrage Wednesday after Italy released a Libyan warlord on a technicality, after he was arrested on a warrant from the International Criminal Court accusing him of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Hague-based court, for its part, issued a more diplomatic response but its anger appeared evident.

3 days ago · Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is under investigation by Rome prosecutors over her government’s decision to return a Libyan warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court back to the ...

2 days ago · MILAN, Italy — Rome prosecutors have opened an investigation against Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and two government ministers for repatriating a Libyan warlord wanted by the International ...

2 days ago · Italy’s Meloni says she is being investigated over release of Libya suspect. Italy’s PM Giorgia Meloni says she is suspected of aiding and abetting a crime and embezzlement in connection with ...

The Romans in Libya After the third Punic war, Rome established itself as a powerful entity in the North African continent. This left Libya, which Alexander the Great had initially annexed to the Greek empire and later comprised part of the Ptolemaic Kingdom under the Ptolemaic rule, finding itself sandwiched between powers fighting over their ...

The acclamation of the African-born Septimius Severus on April 14, 193 ce, as twenty-first ruler of the Roman Empire, had an enormous impact on the provinces of North Africa and particularly on those territories which nowadays correspond to modern Libya.