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Libya's coast guard has intercepted 31 Europe-bound illegal migrants off the country's Mediterranean coast.Tuesday's statement by spokesman Ayoub Qassim said the rubber boat with 31 African migrants was stopped on Sunday off the western…

New airstrikes by Khalifa Haftar's forces, some say artillery shelling, have targeted Mitiga Airport in Tripoli, causing a lot of material damage, according to sources from Burkan Al-Ghadab Operation (Volcano of Rage Operation) of the…

The National Oil Corporation (NOC) chairman Mustafa Sanalla received, Moehammad Amar Ma’ruf, Indonesian Chargé d’Affaires to Libya, on September 29, 2019, to discuss potential areas for practical collaboration and development of the oil…

German Ambassador to Libya Oliver Owcza on Monday praised evacuation of dozens of refugees from Libya to Rwanda."Congratulations to UNHCR Libya (the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) ... to Rwanda for successfully…

US Africa Command conducted an airstrike in coordination  with the Government  of National Accord, killing 7 ISIS-Libya terrorists in southern Libya, on September 29, 2019.“Our pursuit of ISIS-Libya and other terrorist networks degrades…

A US surveillance drone "Grumman RQ-4B" has been depicted in Tripoli's skies by a specialized aviation traffic website on Monday.Grumman RQ-4B drone is used by the US army in naval surveillance and intelligence gathering.The spy…

The Libyan coastguards on Sunday denied reports about more than 50 illegal immigrants drowning off the country's coast."The news that more than 50 immigrants have drowned off the Libyan coast is untrue. All the immigrants on the boat…

France and Italy have chaired a ministerial meeting on Libya in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly with attendance of delegates from the US, UK, UAE, Turkey, Egypt, China, Germany, Russia, and Arab League as well as the…

The UN refugee agency says Libya's coast guard has rescued about 70 Europe-bound migrants after days in distress in the Mediterranean Sea.UNHCR says Sunday the people have disembarked back in Libya. The previous day, it said a boat…

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched Saturday the Accelerator Lab in Libya, a new programme aimed at helping Libya to face its recovery and development challenges in an innovative way.70 volunteers gathered…