Libya

The grandson of Libya’s last king Idris al-Senussi has called for the restoration of the country's 1951 post-independence Constitution, proposing that he himself lead the country’s transitional phase, Anadolu Agency reported.“The…

According to eyewitnesses and sources from Benghazi, the forces of Operation Dignity led by Khalifa Haftar, have started forcing people into signing a recommendation letter that says they wish to have Hatar as president of Libya for the…

Two pregnant women and 119 others were on Wednesday evacuated from Libya by the International Organisation for Migration.According to the National Emergency Management Agency, who received them at the Murtala Muhammed International…

Libyan security forces of the eastern so-called Libyan National Army (LNA) said on Tuesday that bodies of 16 migrants had been found in the desert near Libya's border with Egypt. The spokesman o the self-styled LNA, Ahmed Al-Mismari,…

A Malta-based humanitarian group that has been rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean for three years is suspending operations after months of rising tensions with Italian and Libyan authorities.The Migrant Offshore Aid Station…

Guinea's hopes of reaching a maiden World Cup are in tatters after Hamdou Elhouni's first-half goal secured victory for ten-man Libya in Monastir on Monday evening, leaving both teams on three points in Group A.While neither side…

Foreign workers at Libya's Sharara oil field, which is currently shut, have been temporarily evacuated because of unspecified information about activity nearby, an engineer at the field said on Monday, Reuters reported.Sixteen…

France's Foreign Minister Jean Yves Le Drian arrived in Libya on Monday to meet rival political leaders and offer support for a deal aimed at stabilising the strife-torn Libya.In Tripoli, Le Drian met The Head of the Presidential…

Libya's east-based self-styled army spokesman, Ahmed Al-Mismari, said on Sunday that Islamic State (IS) terrorists are attempting to move from the south to coastal areas in northern Libya.Al-Mismari posted on Facebook on Sunday that…

The commander of the eastern forces of Operation Dignity Khalifa Haftar has issued an order banning all officials of the Government of National Accord (GNA) and Presidential Council led by Fayez Al-Serraj from entering or working in the…

Libya’s Al-Zawiya oil refinery, which is the largest operating plant in the country, was working at only half its capacity due to the shutdown at the Sharara oilfield, a source at the refinery told Reuters on Monday.The Al-Zawiya…

Libyan naval forces on Sunday seized a Liberian-flagged oil tanker and detained its mainly Filipino crew on suspicion of smuggling oil off the Abu Kammash area west of the capital Tripoli, a naval spokesman said.Libyan coast guards…

A video posted by IS Amaq News Agency had shown patrols for the terrorists in Abu Grein in Sirte and Al-Jufra in central Libya.The video also showed masked militants stopping cars and vehicles in night and day checkpoints on…

The Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir Sunday has underscored his country’s keenness to achieve security and stability in Libya describing ties between the two countries as “eternal and historical”.Speaking at a joint press…

The National Oil Corporation (NOC) in Libya has welcomed the arrest of the most wanted human, fuel smuggler and drug dealer in the country by Special Deterrent Force (SDF) in Tripoli.The SDF announced Thursday that it had arrested…

Two fighters from a brigade called "Salam" in Al-Kufra city in the Libyan southeast were killed in clashes with Chadian rebel groups on the border crossing in the desert city.The clashes that erupted in the early hours of Saturday…