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Russian warships to carry out rocket tests off Libyan coast, report says

May 18, 2017

Russian warships are planning to carry out live rocket tests in the Mediterranean off the coast of Libya later this month, prompting the U.S. Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) to warn aircraft passing through the airspace of…

Haftar to run for president of Libya in March 2018, agreement with Al-Serraj says

May 03, 2017

Sources reported that the meeting that took place in the UAE between the Head of the Presidential Council Fayez Al-Serraj, and the commander of the Operation Dignity in eastern Libya, Khalifa Haftar, had been successful.The sources,…

Libya’s only female body-builder to represent country in Belarus competition

Apr 26, 2017

A Libyan 48-year-old female body-builder, Fathiya Al-Amamy, is the only female in a man-predominated sport in the country.Al-Amamy is training nowadays in eastern Libya to be prepared to take part in the next international…

Tripoli Appeals Court suspends Libyan-Italian MoU temporarily

Mar 23, 2017

The Tripoli Court of Appeals has ruled to suspend the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding signed by Libya's Government of National Accord and Italian government to help fight the waves of immigrants that cross Libyan…

Ivory Coast deports over 150 nationals from Libya in line with IOM migrants repatriation programme

Mar 23, 2017

Ivory Coast repatriated on Tuesday more than 150 of its nationals who were stranded in Libya, after attempts to cross the Mediterranean to Europe.“This is a humanitarian evacuation of 151 Ivorians detained until then in detention…

Libyan oil output experiences new hike reaching 700.000 bpd, NOC says

Mar 23, 2017

Libya's oil production has reached 700,000 barrels per day (bpd), the National Oil Corporation (NOC) said on Wednesday, recovering from a drop earlier this month caused by fighting at two key oil ports, Reuters said."We are working…

Third Force in south Libya denies clashes with Operation Dignity loyalists in Tamnahent base

Mar 22, 2017

The commander of the Third Force of southern Libya, Colonel Jamal Al-Treki, denied that clashes took place against Operation Dignity loyalists led by Mohammed Ben Nayel at Tamnahent military base."Tamnahenet air base and all other…

Head of UNSMIL urges Libyan conflicting parties to get past narrow interests for Libya’s sake

Mar 21, 2017

The United Nations delegate to Libya, Martin Kobler, called on all parties on Monday to unite and to put the country ahead of their “own narrow interests.”Kobler also Warned of escalating tension across the North African country due…

Italian Embassy in Tripoli to start issuing visas for Libyans on April 02

Mar 20, 2017

The Italian Embassy said on Twitter on Monday that it will start issuing visas for Libyan nationals from its Tripoli building starting from April 02.The Italian Embassy did not give any further details, saying more to come on the…

Libya’s coastguards save 215 migrants from drowning off Libyan coast

Mar 20, 2017

215 illegal immigrants were rescued on Monday, including 47 women, while three women were found dead floating in water, the Libyan Coast Guard said.Ayoub Qasim, the Libyan Navy Spokesman, said two boats were without engines stranded…

NOC Chairman discusses return of Chinese oil firms to Libya

Mar 20, 2017

The Chairman of the National Oil Corporation in Libya, Mustafa Sanallah, has met with the Chinese Ambassador to Libya as well as a number of Sinopec-owned UNIPEC firm officials from China.The meeting that took place in Tripoli on…

Misurata municipality says it is still operational despite overnight coup

Mar 20, 2017

The Municipality of Misurata has issued a statement saying that it is operating normally in the city, adding that shutting down the municipal council by protesters using force is an act of chaos.Last night, a number of Misurata…

Tripoli-based brigades give thumbs down to military rule, dictatorship

Mar 18, 2017

Several armed brigades in Tripoli issued a statement Friday night following the protests and the shooting at the people in Martyrs Square on Friday evening to dismiss the schemes of the "ones who are looking forward to spreading…

Protesters in Tripoli Martyrs square dispersed by gunshots

Mar 18, 2017

A number of protesters took to Tripoli's Martyrs Square on Friday evening calling for the intervention of Operation Dignity in Tripoli and sneaking into an already-held demonstration at the square calling for calm in the capital.…

EU urges Haftar to get his forces out of Libyan oil terminals

Mar 15, 2017

EU states and the US have urged a Russia-backed Libyan warlord to hand back oil ports, after a US warning that Russia was trying to do in Libya what it did in Syria.The British, French, Italian, and US ambassadors to Libya said oil…

Foreign ambassadors urge for end of hostilities at oil terminals as Haftar loses 21 fighters

Mar 15, 2017

Foreign ambassadors to Libya have called for an end to hostilities in the Oil Crescent to protect the country’s most critical oil assets.The bloody fighting between Operation Dignity and the Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB) for…

Presidential Council’s PFG foils attack on oil terminals by Haftar’s forces

Mar 14, 2017

The Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) of the Presidential Council has foiled an attack carried out by the forces under the command of Khalifa Haftar, who leads Operation Dignity in eastern Libya.The attack, according to sources, was…

Oil prices stumble as violence increases in OPEC-deal-exempted Libya, Nigeria

Mar 14, 2017

OPEC - An oil price rally has already stumbled since the deal, but Nigeria and Libya are not to blame. Output from both nations has slipped since December and violence in the two African states makes their ambitions to hike production…

Libya repatriates 140 Gambians in coordination with IOM

Mar 14, 2017

Gambia`s Interior Minister Mai Ahmad Fatty, Friday announced that 140 Gambians have been voluntarily repatriated from Libya to Banjul, following an appeal they made to the government.According to Fatty, more than 1000 youthful…

Petroleum Facilities Guard demands no-fly zone after Haftar’s warplanes targeted oil ports…

Mar 13, 2017

The Petroleum Facilities Guard's (PFG) Chief, Edriss Bukhamada, said he has informed the authorities of the Government of National Accord (GNA) tat a no-fly zone at the oil crescent region after the airstrikes of the forces of Khalifa…