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Tripoli has been under an all-out military offensive by eastern forces of Khalifa Haftar since April 04, with reports by IOM and UNHCR saying that over 300 have been killed and more than 2000 injured.The death toll is coupled with a…

AFP has reported, after seeing a confidential report on Monday, that the United Nations' experts panel is investigating missile strikes near Libya's capital, Tripoli, that were likely fired by Chinese-made drones used by Khalifa Haftar's…

CNN reported what it described as "a regional source" as saying that the governments of the UAE and Saudi Arabia have pledged some $200 million to Khalifa Haftar's military campaign, some of which has been used to buy weapons.…

Diplomatic sources told Libya Al-Ahrar TV Channel that the Head of the Presidential Council Fayez Al-Sirraj will begin a formal visits series to several European countries to bring about support for the internationally recognized…

The Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) called for the safe return of Saad Dinar, the head of the Oil Workers’ Union, taken from near his home on the evening of April 29, 2019, by an armed group in Suluq, eastern Libya."NOC is…

Khalifa Haftar said on Sunday on an audiotape released by the spokesman of his forces that Ramadan had not been a reason to halt previous battles when he seized the eastern cities of Benghazi and Derna.“Officers and soldiers in our…

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) congratulatee all Libyans on the advent of the holy month of Ramadan.UNSMIL called for an extendable one-week humanitarian truce starting at four in the morning of the first of…

The Libyan House of Representatives (HoR) has held a second session in Tripoli in order to vote for the election of an Interim Speaker. The session on Sunday was attended by 42 members and saw the election of Sadiq Al-Kehili as the…

The member of the High Council of State (HCS) Abdelrahman Al-Shater said things in Libya could go back to square one after the "failed coup on legitimacy that is being led by Khalifa Haftar."Al-Shater told Libyan Express on Saturday…

Open-source monitoring of air traffic has shown an increase in flights by surveillance aircraft operating by NATO members over the central Mediterranean, specifically Libya, in ladt April, IHS Jane's website has reported. According…