# The Libya Observer

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{{Short description|Online newspaper based in Libya}}
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| name                   = The Libya Observer
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| type                   = Daily
| format                 = [Online newspaper](/source/Online_newspaper)
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| chief_editor           = Abdullah Ibrahim<ref name="LibObs_chiefeditor" />
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| founded                = {{Start date|2015|07|df=yes}}
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| language               = [English](/source/English_language), [Arabic](/source/Arabic_language)
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| headquarters           = [Tripoli](/source/Tripoli%2C_Libya), Libya<ref name="LibObs_chiefeditor" />
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| website                = {{URL|https://libyaobserver.ly}}, {{URL|https://ar.libyaobserver.ly}} 
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'''''The Libya Observer''''' ({{langx|ar|ليبيا أوبزرفر}}) is an [English](/source/English_language) and [Arabic](/source/Arabic_language) online newspaper based in [Tripoli](/source/Tripoli%2C_Libya), Libya,<ref name="LibObs_chiefeditor" /> created in 2015.<ref name="LibObs_AboutUs" />

==History==
''The Libya Observer'' claims to have evolved from [online social media](/source/social_networking_service) news articles, first published in April 2014, into a more conventional online newspaper in July 2015.<ref name="LibObs_AboutUs" /> The chief editor is Abdullah Ibrahim.<ref name="LibObs_chiefeditor" />

==Influence==
[Freedom House](/source/Freedom_House) used articles by ''Libya Observer'' as a major source of information on Libyan Internet freedom in 2018.<ref name="FreedomHouse" />

==See also==
* [List of newspapers in Libya](/source/List_of_newspapers_in_Libya)

==References==
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<ref name="LibObs_chiefeditor">{{cite news | last1 = Langendorf | first1 =Manuel | title = Can elections save Libya?  | newspaper = [The World Weekly](/source/The_World_Weekly) | date = 31 May 2018 | url = https://www.theworldweekly.com/reader/view/16112/can-elections-save-libya- | access-date = 12 April 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190412230442/https://www.theworldweekly.com/reader/view/16112/can-elections-save-libya- |archive-date= 12 April 2019 |url-status=usurped}} {{web archive|url=https://archive.today/20210111183021/https://www.theworldweekly.com/reader/view/16112/can-elections-save-libya-|date=11 January 2021}}</ref>

<ref name="FreedomHouse">{{cite web | title = Freedom on the Net 2018 — Libya — partly free | website = [Freedom House](/source/Freedom_House) | year = 2018 | url = https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2018/libya | access-date = 13 April 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190412230440/https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2018/libya |archive-date= 12 April 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="LibObs_AboutUs">{{cite web | title = About Us | newspaper = The Libya Observer | year = 2019 | url = https://www.libyaobserver.ly/about-us | access-date = 13 April 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190408002953/https://www.libyaobserver.ly/about-us |archive-date= 8 April 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

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Category:2015 establishments in Libya
Category:Newspapers established in 2015
Category:Newspapers published in Libya
Category:Mass media in Tripoli, Libya
Category:Arabic-language newspapers
Category:African news websites

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