Libya

The number of immigrants arriving in Italy from Libyan shores has dropped by a third in 2017 compared to 2016, Italy’s Interior Ministry said Sunday.The Italian Ministry said that the drop of the arrivals’ number is a result of the…

The Military Engineering Unit’s commander at the Libyan east-based self-styled army, Abdulsalam Al-Mismari said that landmines planted by whom he described as extremists in Benghazi killed 197 soldiers and civilians during…

The public budget for Libya in 2018 has been set at about 42.5 billion Libyan dinars, which is worth about 31 billion dollars at the official banking rates in the country, a source at the Ministry of Finance told The New Arab news…

Benghazi Shura Council fighters have left their last holdout in the city - Sidi Ekhribish - and arrived in Derna on Friday, the senior leader of Libya Martyrs Brigade, Mohammed Salalbi announced in a statement on Friday.The…

The Libyan oil sector is likely going to start repairs Saturday or Sunday on a crude oil pipeline that had been blown up earlier this week, an oil official reported, according to Reuters.An explosion on Tuesday about 130 km (80…

The United Nations Support Mission (UNSMIL) has reaffirmed that only Libyans are entitled to decide who can or cannot run for sovereign positions, via the existing constitutional and legislative bodies in the country.The UNSMIL…

The Head of the UNSMIL and the UN delegate to Libya, Ghassan Salame, said he won't meet or have a discussion with the son of Moamar Gaddafi, Saif Al-Islam, as he is wanted foe war crimes by the International Criminal Court (ICC).…

Libyan footballer, Mohamed El-Munir, has signed for the Major League Soccer of the USA and will be playing for Orlando City.El-Munir is going to to become the first Libyan to play at the Major League Soccer in the USA.…

The Operation Dignity forces of Khalifa Haftar in eastern Libya have declared full control of a downtown Benghazi neighbourhood, Sidi Ekhribish, after the Benghazi Shura Council fighters had abandoned it, according to pro-Haftar media…

Libya's eastern-based self-styled army spokesman on Wednesday announced that the army led by Khalifa Haftar welcomes the upcoming elections in the country."We, as army command, welcome the elections, of which (voters) registration…

Crude slipped from the highest level in two and a half years amid light trading volume and reports that repairs to a Libyan pipeline should wrap up next week.Futures fell as much as 1.1 percent in New York amid holiday trading…

The Prime Minister of the Libyan Government of National Accord Fayez Serraj said Tuesday that displaced Libyans from Tawergha city, some 240 km east of the capital Tripoli, will return home in February, 2018.The internally displaced…

The newly appointed governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) by the House of Representatives (HoR) in Tobruk, Mohammed Al-Shukri, has sold gold bars from the CBL during the February revolution in 2011, a leaked document circulated on…

About 10000 people stranded in refugee camps and detention centres in Libya could be relocated to Europe in 2018, the Italian government said on Sunday.This initiative is going to be part of an attempt by EU countries to address the…

A group of gunmen have blasted a pipeline pumping crude oil to Al-Sider port on Tuesday, cutting Libya’s oil production by up to 100,000 barrels per day (bpd), military and oil sources reported on Monday.The Libyan National Oil…

Libyan social media and media outlets have been talking tirelessly since the weekend about the newly surfaced relationship between the commander of the self-proclaimed Libyan Army in east of the country Khalifa Haftar and Ari…

The government of the Philippines has rejected the appeal of Libya to lift the existing ban on the deployment of Filipino workers to the country, citing safety and security concerns as well as money remittances issue.According to…

The Head of the Libyan High National Election Commission (HNEC) Emad Al-Sayeh confirmed on Sunday that the forthcoming presidential and parliamentary elections will be held before September 30 in 2018."The voters' registration…

Three workers, two of them Sudanese, died in an accident at Libya’s Zelten oil and gas field on Saturday, an oil source said.They died after inhaling gas during maintenance works, the source said, adding that a fourth person was…

The political adviser to the Libyan eastern self-styled army commander Khalifa Haftar, Mohamed Buisier, has lashed out at Haftar accusing him of contracting an Israeli owned lobbying firm in Canada in order to advocate in the US for…