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Six Turkish sailors detained in Libya by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar returned home Tuesday. On June 28, Haftar's spokesman Ahmed al-Mismari announced a ban on commercial flights from Libya to Turkey and said Haftar had ordered his…

29 Bangladeshi workers returned to their country willingly from Libya on Tuesday. A Turkish Airlines flight carrying them landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.The immigration authorities sent messages to respective…

Nine people were reported injured on Tuesday after Houthi rebels launched a drone attack on a civilian airport in southern Saudi Arabia near the border with Yemen, Saudi officials said.According to Turki al-Maliki, a spokesman for the…

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, who was taken ill last week, left hospital on Monday in “normal health” and will resume work in the coming days, the president’s son said on his Facebook page.The presidency later published a…

Khalifa Haftar has issued an order to promote the commander of Saiqa Force and war criminal Mahmoud Al-Werfalli, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), to a higher military rank.Al-Werfalli was promoted from an army…

The Maltese embassy in Libya remains closed due to the grave security situation in the country, Foreign Minister Carmelo Abela said on Monday.Abela said that, while the Foreign Ministry had been considering re-starting some form of…

Pope Francis has said that the international community shouldn't tolerate acts of violence like the air attack that recently struck a detention center for migrants in Libya.The Pope prayed for the victims of the strike of Khalifa…

The Libyan NOC Chairman Sanalla has reviewed Libya’s current oil production outlook and conflict-related threats at the OPEC Summit in Vienna."NOC is struggling to maintain current production around 1.3 million bpd. The situation is…

Three engineers from Afriqiyah Airways airliner were injured and an airplane was damaged as Mitiga Airport in the Libyan capital Tripoli was hit by shells on Sunday.According to the airport's management, flights at the airport were…

Six Turkish sailors were freed by their captors - forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar based in eastern Libya - after Ankara threatened to take military action in the conflict-ravaged North African country.The sailors -- who were captured by…