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The Libyan coast guard rescued Friday 290 illegal migrants from two rubber dinghies off the eastern coast of Tripoli.The migrants were returned to Libya and handed over to the country's Anti-Illegal Migration Agency.290 illegal…

The member of the High Council of State (HCS) Abdelrahman Al-Shater has slammed JordanJordelivery of KADDB armored vehicles to Khalifa Haftar in his war on Tripoli as a violation of the United Nations arms embargo on Libya. Al-Shater…

The US ambassador to Libya, Peter Bodde, said Thursday marks his last day serving as the Chief of Mission of U.S. Embassy Libya. "As I return to retirement, I am struck and saddened by the deepening divide that is undermining prospects…

Khalifa Haftar’s fifty-day assault on Libya's Tripoli, so far, has stalled and he can’t take the city, according to the Russian special envoy to Libya, Lev Dengov, told Bloomberg Tuesday.Dengov said Haftar's attack failure was…

The Head of the Libyan Presidential Council Fayez Al-Sirraj arrived in Algeria on Thursday and met with the President Abdelkader bin Saleh and a number of officials.The media office of Al-Sirraj said the discussions were about the…

Jordan has stepped in into the ongoing fighting on the outskirts of Tripoli as evidence has proved it has provided an unknown number of its indigenous KADDB Al-Mared 8×8 armoured vehicle to Khalifa Haftar’s forces. The delivery of the…

The member of the High Council of State (HCS) Ahmed Langi said the Head of the Presidential Council Fayez Al-Sirraj met in Tunisia on Wednesday with a number of delegates coming from Cyrenaica region and  all voiced rejection to the attack…

Khalifa Haftar, speaking on Wednesday with French President Emmanuel Macron, ruled out a ceasefire.Reuters reported that Haftar told Macron that he wanted to rid the capital of militias that had “infested” the U.N.-backed…

The Libyan Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha met with the French ambassador Beatrice de Helene in Tunisia and discussed mutual cooperation in security, anti-terrorism, corruption and money laundering.The meeting on Tuesday also reviewed…

Reports from Paris have confirmed that Khalifa Haftar has arrived to meet with the French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss the ongoing fighting in Tripoli.According to the reports, Haftar and Macron are meeting Wednesday afternoon…