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Forces under Gen. Khalifa Hiftar have started a land and air operation to wrest the eastern city of Derna from an alliance of militant armed groups, Human Rights Watch said today. All parties to the conflict are obligated to respect the…

Former Kenya national soccer team head coach Adel Amrouche, who is a Belgian and Algerian, has been named as the new Libyan national soccer team manager.Amrouche's  previously  led Harambee Stars to win the Cecafa Senior Challenge…

Libya will return to Egypt on Monday the bodies of 20 Egyptian Christians killed in 2015 by Islamic State in its former Libyan stronghold of Sirte, a Libyan security official said.The bodies were recovered in October after…

Thousands of Palestinians marching in protest as United States is set to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Occupied Jerusalem.Gaza's Health Ministry says a 21-year-old Palestinian has been killed in the area of protests near the…

Rival tribes in Libya's southern city, Sabha, fought for the control of an ancient hilltop citadel that overlooks Sebha, a region known for its smuggling routes, since late Friday and the fighting got intense on Saturday with Tubu…

The UK ambassador to Libya, Frank Baker, presented his credentials to the government of national accord in Tripoli on Saturday in the presence of the Head of the Presidential Council Fayez Al-Sirraj and the Foreign Minister, Mohammed…

More than 70 migrants, including three children, were rescued today off the coast of Libya as the Aquarius, chartered by the NGOs SOS Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders came to their aid.An AFP photographer was aboard the…

A high-ranking western source disclosed to Ean Libya that a meeting was held in London last week and was attended by US, French. Italian and British delegates in addition to the UN delegate to Libya, Ghassan Salame, and UAE as well as…

Libyan academic Mustafa Abu Shagour told Arabi Post news website that Moamar Gaddafi did not invest Libyan money inside Libya and that is why the country has poor infrastructure.Au Sahgour said in an interview that most of the…