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Libya’s Brega oil and gas marketing company fires Al-Hijirsi

Aug 13, 2018

The Libyan Brega oil and gas marketing company has closed the office of fuel and gas control committee headed by Milad Al-Hijirsi.The company announced on Sunday that it had fired Al-Hijirsi and ordered the redirection of the…

Libya’s coastguards rescue 60 illegal migrants off Al-Zawiya shores

Aug 12, 2018

Libya’s coast guard says it has rescued 60 Europe-bound migrants, including women and children, off the Mediterranean coast.Spokesman Ayoub Qassim says the migrants, including 19 women and four children, were rescued after their…

International Organization for Migration evacuates 154 Ivory Coast migrants from Libya

Aug 12, 2018

International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Saturday revealed that 154 illegal immigrants have been voluntarily repatriated from Libya to their homeland Ivory Coast.The IOM said in a statement that it will ensure the needs of…

Libyan-Tunisian border of Wazin-Dahiba reopens

Aug 12, 2018

The Libyan border crossing of Wazin-Dahiba with Tunisia has been reopened after over five days of closure, reported the director of the border security on the Libyan side.The border was reopened after an agreement was made between…

UN panel of experts: “Predatory behaviour” of armed group perilous to Libya’s…

Aug 11, 2018

UN experts say "predatory behavior" by armed groups in Libya is posing a direct threat to forming a national government and ending lawlessness that has fueled Islamic militancy, human trafficking and instability in the wider region.…

IOM says the number of migrants in Libya’s detention centers is alarmingly high

Aug 11, 2018

The International Organization for Migration said that its voluntary repatriation program in Libya is unable to keep pace with the alarmingly high number of migrants in government detention centers wishing to go home.The U.N.…

Amnesty International dismayed by armed attack on Tawergha IDPs’ camp in Tripoli

Aug 11, 2018

Amnesty International said Friday a militia group belonging to the Ghnewa brigade attacked the Tariq Al-Mattar IDP camp in Tripoli, home to over 500 families who were displaced from the town of Tawergha in 2011.“The attack appears…

Tawergha IDPs forced out of Tripoli camp, UNSMIL condemns

Aug 11, 2018

UN Support Mission in Libya on Friday condemned eviction of internally displaced people (IDP) of Tawergha from the capital Tripoli by gunmen."The UN in Libya strongly condemns the forced eviction of displaced Tawerghan families from…

Wife of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad is being treated for breast cancer

Aug 09, 2018

Asma al-Assad, the wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, began treatment for early stage breast cancer as the government released an image of her with an intravenous drip inserted in her left hand on its social media accounts. "Asma…

Saudi-led air attacks on Yemen’s Saada kill over 29 children on a bus

Aug 09, 2018

Over 29 children have been killed and 30 wounded in a Saudi-led coalition air strike in Yemen, the International Committee of the Red Cross says. The children were travelling on a bus that was hit at a market in Dahyan, in the northern…

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