Libya

A second humanitarian group in two days has reluctantly decided to suspend migrant rescues in the Mediterranean Sea due to Libyan threats, and other charities with rescue ships on Sunday were considering doing the same.Germany-based…

A delegation from the military operation that ousted IS militants from Sirte in central Libya, Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous, arrived in Qatar earlier on Sunday in an official talks visit, according to sources close to the operation's command.…

Libyan authorities released some 78 Tunisians jailed in Libya over attempted illegal immigration from the coast of the Libyan city of Al-Zawyia, Qatar News Agency said.According to a statement released by the Tunisian Foreign…

The European Union will cooperate with Libya on the migrant and refugee issue, and adopt the same scenario as in the EU-Turkey migration deal, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday.In March 2016, the European Union and Turkey…

The United States embassy in Libya issued a statement on Thursday saying it remains fully committed to working with all Libyans to help advance stabilization and resolve the conflict in Libya.The embassy added on its website that it…

In a joint presser for the Government of National Accord represented by the Presidential Council's deputy head, Ahmed Mitig, and the South Korean ambassador to Libya, Kim Young-Chae as well as the Chairman of the General Electricity…

A humanitarian group operating in the Mediterranean is accusing the Libyan coast guard of issuing grave threats and firing warning shots towards its boat.Proactiva Open Arms, a Catalan NGO which describes its focus as “saving lives…

Libyan coastguards rescued Monday 155 people, including 18 women and 10 children, near the capital city of Tripoli.The migrants came from several countries, including Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Sudan as well as sub-Saharan Africa and…

80 members of the Special Boat Service, supported by 40 British specialists, have been deployed with US, French and Italian forces in a top-secret operation to deny IS any opportunity to establish a base in Libya, Daily News reported on…

Leaked emails from the UAE's ambassador to Washington have revealed the Gulf state's hostility to neighbour Qatar and its close ally Turkey.Yousef al-Otaiba told a prominent US journalist in April that he was deeply opposed to the…

The relatives of the Libyan nationals who are detained by Saudi Arabian authorities have blocked the pipelines of cars and aircraft fuel that lie between Al-Zawiya oil refinery and Tripoli in protest of the silence and negligence of the…

Libya’s crude shipments jumped to a new three-year high last month, dealing a fresh blow to Opec and allied oil-producing nations as they battle to restrict a global supply surplus that’s depressing prices for the commodity, Gulf News…

Libya's coastguard intercepted 137 migrants including 5 women and 3 children on Sunday, August 6, as they attempted to reach Europe, a migration official told Agence France-Presse.Amine al-Boussefi, head of a government agency in…

Several Libyans took to the streets in Algeria Square in Tripoli and in Martyrs Square as well to protest and condemn the Italian naval mission that arrived in the Libyan waters.The protesters called on the Government…

The son of the late Libyan dictator, Muamar Gaddaif, Saif Al-Islam, has stated that the Italian policy toward Libya is based on the colonisation and fascist strategy of the past.Saif Gaddafi, according to a report by Libya 24 TV on…