2018

Turkey's defense minister on Monday held meetings with Libyan officials in the capital Tripoli. According to a Defense Ministry statement, Hulusi Akar met at the Prime Ministry with officials including Fayez al-Sarraj, the head of…

The chairman of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Libyan Sanctions Committee, Olof Skoog, has confirmed the UN’s commitment to the prevention and halt of the illegal export and sale of Libyan crude and refined products outside…

Armed groups led by Al-Dabbashi (Ammou) and others from the Al-Wadi Force have started fighting Sunday morning in southern Sabratha city.The clashes erupted on Sunday morning and reports from the city say that all shops, schools,…

The deputy commander of the Libyan Sirte Protection and Security RoomAli Irfidah has been targeted by an assassination attempt as an unknown armed men opened fire on his car in Al-Khums city this morning.The Sirte Protection and…

A call by Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi ­– son of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and de facto Prime Minister of the country during the time of his father's rule – for an international arrest warrant against him to be ruled inadmissible,…

Violence in Libya killed 8 civilians and injured 2 others in October, the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said Friday."From Oct. 1 to Oct. 31, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya documented 10 civilian casualties: eight…

Libya’s UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) appointed on Thursday Abdullah A-Dersi as the new intelligence chief, replacing Abdul Qader al-Tuhami, according to a statement released late Wednesday by the head of the government’s…

United Nations (UN) Envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame on Wednesday warned that the UN would impose sanctions on those obstructing the implementation of the newly-approved security arrangements in the Libyan capital Tripoli.Salame made…

Libya has restarted three small oil fields and added around 10,000 bpd to its oil production—which has been steadily rising over the past two months—a spokesman for Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) told Reuters on Wednesday.…

 Libya has restarted the eastern al-Bayda oilfield, a field engineer said late on Tuesday, the latest operation in the so-called Oil Crescent region to resume work after heavy fighting in June.The field has a current capacity of…

The chairman of Libya's state oil firm National Oil Corp (NOC) has asked the central bank to increase salaries of oil workers by 67 percent in 2019, a statement said on Tuesday. The North African country approved in 2013 such a pay rise…

For the first time in eight years, Libya will be able to enter two teams to each of the annual African club competitions.The increase comes despite Libya's domestic league being in turmoil because of the country's security problems…

The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Monday condemned the terrorist attack on Fuqahaa of Jufra district that killed five people."The UNSMIL strongly condemns the deadly attack on Fug'ha ... in central Libya in what local…

Prosecutors are investigating whether Belgian banks paid out interest and dividends on accounts frozen under U.N. sanctions in 2011 as the Libyan state under Muammar Gaddafi collapsed, public broadcaster RTBF said on Monday.Prosecutors,…

 Libya's Khalifa Haftar, whose self-styled army operates in the country’s east, was in Rome Monday for talks ahead of next month’s Sicily conference on the conflict-hit North African nation. Italy is trying…

A total of four people, including the son of a local official, were killed on Monday in the attack on police station in central Libya committed by ISIS terrorists, local authorities said."Currently, four people from the al-Fuqaha…

Three people working for Libya's state electricity company were killed in a landmine explosion on Saturday in the eastern city of Benghazi, according to a Libyan spokesman.   The blast took place during maintenance works for electricity…

Libya's UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez Serraj and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Friday discussed arrangements of the upcoming Palermo conference on Libya, according to the Libyan Prime Minister's information office.The…

Russian military aircraft have landed at an airport in eastern Libya that has been used as a military base by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), IHS Jane's 360 reported Friday.Open source ADS-B transponder signals have shown that two…

Insecurity and looting have hit Libya’s archaeological sites in the chaos and fighting that followed the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, as rival groups struggle to consolidate control of the country.Ahmed Hussein is Head of…