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The Pentagon says a US air strike has killed one of so-called Islamic State's most senior leaders, Wa'il Adil Hasan Salman al-Fayad, in Syria.Also known as "Dr Wa'il", he was minister of information for IS, and oversaw the…

The legal adviser of the leader of Dignity Operation, Khalifa Haftar, Salah Abdelkareem said Libya is ready to sell oil to Egypt by the Egyptian pound in order to help raise its rates against foreign currencies.In an interview by…

The UN delegate to Libya has estimated that at least 235,000 migrants and refugees are on the coast of Libya waiting to cross the Mediterranean to Italy any time soon this month.“We have on our lists 235,000 migrants who are just…

Oil fell to a one-month low in New York on speculation that the resumption of shipments from Libya and Nigeria may add to the global surplus.Futures dropped 2 per cent. Libya and Nigeria, whose supplies have been reduced by domestic…

Russia has warned it could resume air strikes on "moderate" rebel groups in Syria unless the US does more to distance them from extremists.A top official told the BBC there were "limits" to how long Russia, a key ally of the…

Russia has no plans to open an embassy in Libya for security reasons, let alone send ground forces to the conflict-torn North African country, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov told Sputnik on Friday."To date, there is…

The Governor of the parallel Central Bank of Libya in Al-Baida city, Ali Al-Hebri, said the CBL had kicked off letters of credit in dollars and other foreign currencies like the pound and the euro.Al-Hebri said on Thursday that…

The Head of the Presidential Council, Fayez Al-Serraj, arrived Thursday in Cairo international airport in a bid to meet with Egyptian officials, Egyptian media sources reported.The sources added that Al-Serraj arrived in the…