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Libya tops list again by new US Muslim travel ban

Mar 07, 2017

United States President, Donald Trump, has signed a revised travel ban banning citizens of 6 Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States.Three African countries are affected by the ban which is expected to take effect…

Qatar declines HoR accusations of sponsoring attack on oil terminals

Mar 07, 2017

The Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed strong condemnation and rejection of allegations about Qatar's involvement in the internal conflicts between the Libyan parties.An official source at the Ministry said the statement…

Eastern Haftar-led forces mobilize ground troops to regain lost oil ports

Mar 07, 2017

Eastern forces of Khalifa Haftar have carried out fresh airstrikes on Monday targeting the oil terminals they lost control of to the Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB).According to sources from Operation Dignity forces, the Haftar-led…

Turkey denies accusations of supporting offensive on Libyan oil terminals

Mar 06, 2017

The Turkish Embassy in Tripoli denied Sunday the accusations directed at Turkey regarding supporting the Benghazi Defence Brigades' offensive on the oil crescent region.Members of the Tobruk-based House of Representatives accused…

Eastern government suspends study from Brega to Sirte

Mar 06, 2017

The Education Ministry of the eastern government of Abdullah Al-Thinni declared suspension of study at all public preparatory and secondary schools in the area extending from Brega to Sirte.The suspension will last one week,…

IS lost 1000 fighters as Syrian government troops recaptured Palmyra

Mar 06, 2017

CNN - At least 1,000 ISIS militants were killed or wounded by government forces and Russian aircraft as the Syrian military recaptured the city of Palmyra and surrounding areas from ISIS, Lt. Gen. Sergei Rudskoy of the Russian Ministry…

Petroleum Facilities Guard of the Presidential Council to take control of oil crescent region

Mar 06, 2017

The Chief of the Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) of the Presidential Council, Brigadier General Edriss Bukhamada, said their forces will take over control of the oil terminals and facilities in the coming two days.Brig. Gen.…

North Korea fires four ballistic missile towards Sea of Japan

Mar 06, 2017

BBC - North Korea has launched four ballistic missiles towards the Sea of Japan. Three of them fell into Japan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) after flying some 1,000km (620 miles), in what PM Shinzo Abe called a "new stage of threat".…

Migrants horrified in Libya before choosing to take up deadly sea journeys to Europe, report says

Mar 05, 2017

The Washington Post - The number of bodies washing up on Libyan shores is escalating as the refugee crisis worsens. But migrants also are facing perils even before they step into a boat.On Thursday alone, Italy’s coast guard…

66.000 people displaced from northern Syria in five months

Mar 05, 2017

AP - Five months of multi-sided clashes in Syria’s crowded northern battlefield have displaced some 66,000 people, a U.N. humanitarian agency said Sunday, a day after the U.S. bolstered Kurdish-led forces with a deployment of armored…

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