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British Foreign Minister visits Haftar in Benghazi, urges him to stick to ceasefire

Aug 25, 2017

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson met Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar during a visit to Benghazi on Thursday and urged him to stick to a ceasefire announced in Paris last month and to back U.N.-led efforts to end Libya's conflict.…

ICRC: Libya’s health sector collapsing, hospitals in dire conditions

Aug 24, 2017

Hospitals in Libya are suffering from a shortage of medical supplies even as they see an increase in patients, leading the ICRC to donate a new round of needed medicines and material to three facilities across the country.Al Wahda…

Head of UNSMIL meets Libya’s Central Bank governor in Tripoli

Aug 24, 2017

The UN delegate to Libya and the Head of the UNSMIL, Ghassan Salame, met with the Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) Al-Siddiq Al-Kabeer, in Tripoli on Wednesday.The two discussed the current economic limbo that Libya is…

Libyan former Prime Minister Ali Zeidan freed in Tripoli

Aug 22, 2017

According to sources from the media, the former Libyan Prime Minister, Ali Zeidan, has been released from his detention in Tripoli.Zeidan was arrested from his hotel in Dahra in Tripoli on August 14 by security forces allied to the…

HoR member Baira says Speaker is an obstacle

Aug 22, 2017

Member of the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR) Abu Bakr Baira stated that the Speaker of the HoR Aquilah Saleh should be replaced.Baira added that the presidency of the HoR is to blame for the deterioration of the…

Libyan Criminal Court begins trial of IS militants

Aug 22, 2017

The Tripoli-based Libyan Criminal Court (LCC) has started trying terrorists from the IS group who were involved in explosions in Tripoli in Corinthia Hotel and other incidents like murdering security personnel and targeting embassies.…

Libyan entrepreneur Basit Igtet says has plan to make Libya great again

Aug 21, 2017

The Libyan Zurich-based entrepreneur, Basit Igtet, has called on the Libyan people to march in the Martyr Square on September 25 to support what he called the new "liberation" of people's suffering from the current oppression…

Sharara oilfield shut down over pipelines’ blockade, force majeure declared by NOC

Aug 21, 2017

Libya's Sharara oilfield, the country's largest, has been shut down since Saturday because of a pipeline blockade, industry sources and an engineer said.State-owned National Oil Corporation (NOC) declared force majeure on loadings…

German Foreign Ministry urges Libya to soften grip on NGOs work

Aug 21, 2017

German Foreign Ministry has urged the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) to allow the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to work off its territorial waters in order to be able to rescue illegal migrants in the Mediterranean.…

Egyptian authorities detained 14 illegal immigrants crossing into Libya

Aug 20, 2017

Egyptian authorities detained 14 illegal immigrants as they crossed into Aswan, southern Egypt, state-media reported on Friday.Among them were thirteen people with Ethiopian nationality and one was Sudanese. They are expected to be…

Derna Civil Societies welcome opening Derna blocked roads

Aug 20, 2017

The Association of Derna Civil Societies welcomed Saturday the efforts of all concerned parties that led to opening the blocked roads in the city after the suffering time experienced by residents in the last three weeks.In a statement,…

Iraqi forces move to recapture Tal Afar from IS militants

Aug 19, 2017

Five weeks after securing victory in Mosul, Iraqi forces have moved into positions around the city of Tal Afar, their next objective in the U.S.-backed campaign to defeat Islamic State militants, Iraqi military commanders say.A…

Libya qualifies for 2018 African Nations Championship

Aug 19, 2017

The Libyan locals football team has qualified for the 2018 African Nations Championship in Kenya after beating Algeria on aggregate of two matches.Libya and Algeria drew 1-1 on Friday in Tunisia after Libya had won the first leg…

Italy sends humanitarian aids to Libya’s Sabratha

Aug 17, 2017

Italy sent 11 tonnes of humanitarian aid to a clinic in the Libyan town of Sabratha, 80 km west of Tripoli on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano said, according to ANSA.He said this was "further proof of the Italian…

Haftar aims at Russian ties in oil sector, report says

Aug 17, 2017

In a sign that Libya’s powerful military is moving closer to Russia, so-called Libyan National Army (LNA) commander Khalifa Haftar—the man responsible for recapturing the country’s oil ports and essentially restarting production—is…

Libya’s biggest oilfield Sharara resumes production

Aug 17, 2017

Libya's biggest oil field started raising production as an export terminal re-opened for tanker loading.Crude oil output at Sharara--the biggest field in Libya, which is exempt from OPEC cuts--rose to 230,000 bpd on Tuesday—a 30,000…

Spanish NGO says its ship seized by Libyan coastguards, ponders suspension of work

Aug 17, 2017

The Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms announced Tuesday evening via social networks that its ship, Blue Gulf, had been seized for two hours by the Libya coastguard in international waters and forced to head to Libyan ones, ANSA reported…

Human Rights Watch deplores Al-Wefrfalli’s crimes, calls for his surrender to ICC: Press…

Aug 16, 2017

Forces loyal to the Libyan National Army (LNA) in eastern Libya appear to have executed captured fighters in Benghazi and desecrated corpses, Human Rights Watch said today. Video recordings posted online since January 2017 seem to show…

Amnesty International urges for immediate hand-over of ICC-wanted Al-Werfalli

Aug 15, 2017

Responding to news that the International Criminal Court has issued a warrant today for the arrest of Mahmoud al-Werfelli, who is accused of war crimes for actions committed while he was Field Commander of the Special Forces…

ICC issues arrest warrant of Mahmoud Al-Werfalli of Operation Dignity

Aug 15, 2017

The Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court ("ICC" or "Court") issued a warrant of arrest for Mahmoud Mustafa Busayf AL-WERFALLI ("Mr Al-Werfalli") allegedly responsible for murder as a war crime in the context of the…