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Tripoli has seen uneasy calm Thursday in most of the streets where there were skirmishes yesterday between pro-Serraj Presidential Council Abd anti ones.Sources said schools opened doors as well as banks and other official state…

The Director of the media office of Libyan Airlines, Saad Bu Khetwa, said all flights coming from abroad have been directed to Misrata airport sinc Wednesday night.Bu Khetwa reaffirmed that the transfer of the flights destination…

Al-Nabaa TV has been stormed by an armed group and then shut down as the armed group said it it "a channel of falsification and fabrication".A Breaking News strap appeared around 10pm Wednesday on the TV saying "Tripoli citizens and…

The Ministry of Education in the Tripoli-based Salvation Government has falsified announcing Thursday as a day off and suspending study in the capital.In a statement early on Thursday, the Ministry reassured the parents of the…

Western powers have recognised Sarraj’s government of national accord as Libya’s only legitimate government, but it faces opposition from both of the country’s existing regimes – the Tripoli-based General National Congress (GNC) and the…

Thousands of migrants are making the perilous crossing from Libya into Italy since the EU crackdown on the route from Turkey to Greece. Yesterday alone the Italian coastguard picked up 1,569 migrants in 11 separate operations…

Fayez Al-Serraj, the Prime Minister of the UN-backed Government of National Accord and the Head of the Presidential Council, said in a presser Wednesday following his arrival in Tripoli Naval Base that the GNA will do its best to…

TheHRVP Federica Mogherini said that the arrival of the Presidency Council in the capital represents a unique opportunity for Libyans from all factions to reunite and reconcile on the basis of the Libyan Political Agreement."This is…

Amid the deteriorating situation in Libya, India is mulling to evacuate its nationals from there.The development comes close on the heels of the death of a Kerala nurse and her child in western Libya.The Hindu quoted an official…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General Martin Kobler strongly welcomes the arrival in Tripoli of the Presidency Council on 30 March 2016, which marks an important step in Libya's democratic transition and path to peace,…