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Fire destroys Greek migrants camp, no injuries reported

Sep 20, 2016

Up to 4,000 migrants were evacuated from the Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos after a large fire destroyed tents and prefabricated homes.No injuries have been reported, and some migrants have now been allowed to return to…

Airstrikes target aid convoy in Aleppo suburbs, US expresses outrage

Sep 20, 2016

The US has expressed "outrage" over an attack on an aid convoy near the Syrian city of Aleppo that, a monitoring group says, left 12 civilians dead.The UN has confirmed that the convoy was hit near the rebel-held town of Urum…

Oil vessel returns to load crude oil from Ras Lanuf after clashes halted

Sep 20, 2016

A tanker returned to Libya’s third-biggest oil port to load a cargo a day after clashes between rival armed forces forced it to sail away to safety, in what would be the first overseas crude shipment from the terminal of Ras Lanuf since…

Two Italians, Canadian kidnapped in Ghat

Sep 20, 2016

An unidentified group abducted Monday three foreigners from Ghat International Airport in southern Libya and had taken them to an unknown place.The spokesman of Ghat Municipality, Hassan Othman, said the two Italian nationals were…

Jonathan Winer calls for immediate ceasefire in oil crescent region

Sep 19, 2016

The US delegate to Libya, Jonathan Winer, has called for immediate ceasefire in the oil crescent region calling on the forces in control of the terminals to withdraw, without naming what forces are those.On Twitter Monday, Winer…

Haftar tells off Kobler for “meddling” in Libya’s affairs

Sep 19, 2016

Dignity Operation leader, Khalifa Haftar, has criticized the U.N. delegate to Libya, Martin Kobler, saying the top diplomat is "meddling" in Libyan affairs.The rebuke came in an interview with Egypt's state-run daily Al-Ahram,…

UK took part with the US in airstrikes on Syrian soldiers in Deir Al-Zour

Sep 19, 2016

The UK took part in a recent coalition air strike in Syria that killed dozens of government troops fighting the so-called Islamic State, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed.Russia said at least 62 Syrian personnel were…

North Korean hostages freed from IS arrive in their country’s embassy

Sep 19, 2016

A North Korean doctor and his wife have been freed after a 16-month detention by ISIS in Libya and have now arrived in their country's embassy safe and sound.The two were identified as 58-year-old Ri Yong, a doctor, and his…

Ibrahim Jodran injured in Sunday clashes for oil terminals, Dignity Operation spokesman revealed

Sep 19, 2016

The Spokesman of the Dignity Operation forces led by Khalifa Haftar, Ahmed Al-Mismari, unveiled Sunday that Ibrahim Jodran, the chief of the Petroleum Facilities Guard, was injured in Ras Lanuf clashes.Al-Mismari said, in a presser,…

Al-Barghathi: Possibility is high that Egyptian and UAE warplanes targeted PFG forces in Ras Lanuf

Sep 19, 2016

The Defense Minister of the UN-brokered Government of National Accord, Mihdi Al-Barghathi, told the press that there is a very high possibility that Egyptian and Emirati warplanes bombed the forces of the Petroleum Facilities Guard to…

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