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Clashes intensified on Monday between forces under the command of the Government of National Accord and those attacking Tripoli under Khalifa Haftar's command on southern Tripoli frontlines.The fierce fighting was reported on frontlines…

Sources from the Government of National Accord (GNA) confirmed that the Libyan Air Force carried out about 8 airstrikes on positions for Khalifa Haftar's forces in Tripoli Airport Road, Qasir Benghashir and near Gharyan as well as in Sooq…

The European Union has stated that Khalifa Haftar's military attack on Tripoli and the subsequent escalation in and around the capital constitutes a threat to international peace and security and further threatens the stability of Libya.…

The Premier League title race between Manchester City and Liverpool went down to the wire until Manchester City took the trophy home on Sunday one point higher on the table than Liverpool.Despite going a goal down in the first half, Man…

The European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini expressed the need for a ceasefire and a halt of Tripoli offensive so the parties can go back to the UN-led political process. …

NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, met with the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Libya Ghassan Salamé at NATO headquarters on Monday for talks on the security situation in Libya. The Secretary General…

An airstrike by Khalifa Haftar's forces hit civilian houses in Tajoura district in eastern Tripoli in the early hours of Monday.The strike hit a residential area in Ghout Al-Rumman and its shrapnel injured a woman and two kids, among…

Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar is said to have ordered factions of his forces to advance on Sirte in central Libya, a move seen by many observers as aiming to distract attention from his defeat on the outskirts of Tripoli. According to…

The Head of the Presidential Council Fayez Al-Sirraj has set up a lobbying office for general policy of the Presidential Council, appointing PC boycotting member Mohammed Al-Darrat as its haed.The bureau is going to be based in…

In a clip excerpted from an interview with France 24 and posted on Twitter by Head of Quilliam Foundation Noman Benotman, Khalifa Haftar says he used to order his forces to return captured Tunisian ISIS militants to their country's borders…