Libyan Express

The Head of the Libyan Presidential Council and Prime Minister of the Government of National Accord Fayez Al-Sirraj has issued an order appointing a number of new Libyan ambassadors to different countries around the world.  The eleven…

Turkey said it supports a UN-backed political process in Libya, the Turkish presidential spokesman said on Wednesday.        İbrahim Kalın told reporters in Berlin after a meeting on the Libyan crisis that it is necessary to clarify who…

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said the stabilisation of Libya will be at the centre of discussion in his meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Rome on Wednesday. “The Libyan crisis remains a source of great concern for…

Khalifa Haftar's foriegn backup drones - mainly UAE's - targeted on Tuesday the airports of Misurata and Miitiga in Tripoli causing material damage in the two civilian airports. The airstrikes on Misurata Airport came at the same time a…

Tunisia's elections advanced to a runoff on Tuesday between a jailed media mogul and a socially conservative academic, according to final results from the electoral commission. Both have branded themselves political outsiders in a…

Oil surged the most on record after a devastating attack on Saudi Arabia intensified concerns about growing instability in the world’s most important crude-producing region. In an extraordinary start to the week’s trading,…

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday said it provided medical supplies to remote areas in southern Libya, with the support of the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (UNCERF). "Medical supplies for people living in…

Italian police arrested three men on Monday accused of torturing and extorting money from migrants in a Libyan detention center. Prosecutors in Sicily ordered the arrests of two Egyptians and one Guinean after several…

Warplanes for Khalifa Haftar's Air Force, and some sources say foreign drones, have carried out three airstrikes on military positions for the Sirte Protection Force in the city of Sirte - former ISIS stronghold.  The three airstrikes…

Two anti-establishment candidates claimed the lead in the first round of Tunisia's presidential election on Sunday, in a poll focused on high unemployment and a surge in the cost of living, Aljazeera said.  Twenty-four candidates were…

Tunisia is holding its second free presidential poll since the 2011 uprising that toppled ex-president Ben Ali and sparked the Arab Spring. It was brought forward from November after the death in July of Beji Caid Essebsi, the first…

The Sirte Protection Force (SPF) has condemned airstrikes by foreign drones backing up Khalifa Haftar's forces on its positions in and around the city in central Libya. In a statement on Saturday, the SPF said the airstrikes killed…

The International Organization for Migration reports it has repatriated 127 African and Asian migrants stranded in Libya. Tripoli’s Mitiga International airport was shut down last Sunday after being hit by missiles. For safety…

Algeria has called for an immediate ceasefire in Libya, an inter-Libyan solution and an adherence to UN Security Council arms embargo on the country. The remarks came in a meeting in Algeris between the Foreign Minister of Algeria…

Tunisian diplomat and Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the Arab League in Libya, Salaheddine Jamali, died on Friday at the age of 72 in Tunis, said the Tunisian foreign ministry. In a statement, the ministry mourned Jamali who…

The commander of Kanyant militia of Tarhouna in Libya, Mohsen Al-Kani, has been killed by a rocket fired by forces under the command of the Government of National Accord (GNA) on Ain Zara frontline in southern Tripoli, the commander of Ain…

The Libyan Air Force of the Government of National Accord based in Tripoli carried out in early hours of Friday precision airstrikes on Khalifa Haftar's defense system weapons and forces based at the Al-Jufra airbase in central Libya. …

Union of Italian Fishing has suspended the agreement it signed with Military Investment Authority of #Haftar's forces in eastern Libya after the Libyan Foreign Ministry has asked Italy to halt such an illegitimate action. The agreement…

The UN Security Council is stepping up its call for a lasting cease-fire in Libya, saying there can be no military solution to the fighting sparked by Khalifa  Haftar's offensive launched five months ago to take control of the capital…

Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Political Affairs in Libya Stephanie Williams has expressed the hope that media would play a role in building peace in Libya, the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said…