Libya

Dutch Minister Sigrid Kaag of of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation wants detention centers for asylum seekers in Libya to close as soon as possible, she said after paying a visit to such a center in Tripoli. She was…

A top aide to former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi said Monday he fears arrest if he returns to Libya over what he may know about corruption allegations against France’s ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy and Gadhafi’s alleged financial…

 The Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi has handed over six ship-crew members to their families Monday. The six crewmen were taken into custody by an armed group in Benghazi, Libya, since…

The Libyan Presidential Council (PC) of the Government of National Accord announced Monday the launch of a new military operation to combat IS militants in their remaining hideouts in the Libyan desert.The spokesman for the PC’s…

From 1 March to 31 March 2018, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) documented 16 civilian casualties – five deaths and 11 injuries – during the conduct of hostilities across Libya, a significant drop from the two…

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on board a humanitarian ship, The Aquarius, rescued 39 vulnerable illegal immigrants off Libyan coast from a dinghy backed with 253 ones."We identified 39 medical and vulnerable cases – including one…

Local sources from Misurata said the city’s airport has suspended flights and redirected them to Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli.According to the sources, the shutdown came after an armed group stormed into the airport after two…

Algeria on Saturday welcomed the reconciliation that just concluded between the two Libyan cities of Misrata and Zentan.The spokesman of the Foreign Ministry Abdelaziz Benali Cherif said that this agreement is "a step in the right…

European Union Border Assistance Mission in Libya (EUBAM) has apologized to Libya over the representation of one of its advisors of Libya at the World Customs Organization (WCO) Conference in Brussels.EUBAM’s Head of Mission…

 The office for security coordination in Tripoli, Libya, Friday said on its Facebook page that the city's mayor, Abdelraouf Bait Al-Mal, ''has been released''. The office also stressed that the mayor had…

Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility on Friday for a suicide car bombing on Thursday in the eastern Libyan town of Ajdabiya, the militant group's news agency Amaq said on Friday.Over eight fighters from the self-styled army of…

A Car bomb has exploded at eastern Ajdabiya city's entrance, in northeastern Libya, local sources reported.The sources reported the Mohammed Megariyef Hospital in Ajdaboya as saying that ambulances from the explosion scene brought 5…

Libya's conflict cannot be resolved unless the black economy and "predation of public money" are ended, the UN envoy to Libya said, calling on international actors to target "big traffickers" with sanctions."I think this…

The mayor of Tripoli central municipality was kidnapped on Wednesday and had been led to an unknown place, according to sources from the municipality.Meanwhile, the Tripoli municipality suspended work on Thursday in protest of the…

One of the militants killed in a U.S. air strike in Libya over the weekend was a “high-ranking” official in al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), the Pentagon said on Wednesday.The strike on Saturday, the first against al Qaeda…

 A delegation from Misurata arrived in Zintan city on Wednesday afternoon and was received in a ceremonial event by the elders of the city. The two cities' elders and dignitaries sat down to review the…

The municipal council, military council and the social tribes’ committee of Zintan city in Libya have expressed willingness to strike reconciliation with Misurata city.The councils and the committee issued a statement saying the…

Gerard Canals, operation officer at the NGO Proactiva Open Arms, is not afraid of jail, reported the EUobserver. Earlier this month, the NGO helped save more than 200 people from drowning in the central…

Niger's ambassador to Libya Hussein Melloul has denied presence of any Nigerien opposition fighters on Libyan territory.The ambassador made his remarks on Monday during a meeting with Abdurrahman Al-Sweihli, the head of the Libyan…