Libya

The missile strike on a migrant detention centre in Libya's Tajoura was carried out by a fighter plane from a foreign country, according to a confidential UN investigation seen by BBC Arabic. No country is named but a source with…

Three people were killed Tuesday in Libya in an airstrike carried out by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, according to the Government of National Accord (GNA).Health Ministry spokesman Fawzi Awnis said on the Facebook page of…

Libya’s High Council of State has called on the country's UN-recognized Government of National Accord to boycott and sue countries, especially the UAE, that support a military offensive by eastern Libyan forces of Khalifa Haftar against the…

The New York Times has revealed that the casualties at Al-Aziziya field hospital south of Tripoli used to arrive with gaping wounds and shattered limbs, victims of the haphazard artillery fire that has defined battles among Libyan warring…

Flights heading to the Libyan airport of Misurata were forced to divert on Sunday after air strikes carried out by warplanes loyal t  Khalifa Haftar, targeted Tripoli's only functioning airport Mitiga and Misurata Airport as well. The…

The Head of the High Council of State Khalid Al-Mishri met with the vice president of Ummah Council (Council of Nation) Saleh Gujil.The Head of the Libyan High Council of State congratulated the Algerian official on the national day…

Despite the latest warning by the UN envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame, Interior and Transportation Ministers upon reopening Mitiga Airport, Khalifa Haftar's forces, using foreign aircraft, carried out four airstrikes on Mitiga Airport on…

The Head of High Council of State Khalid Al-Mishri met with the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Gabriela Cuevas Barron, and the President of the Parliament of Latin America, Jorge Pizarro Soto on Friday.The meeting discussed…

The British Embassy to Libya said on Saturday that Britain will provide 2 million pounds (2.59 million U.S. dollars) for the capacity building of Libyan journalists."Through implementing partners, the UK is proud to be contributing over…

A deal to restrict the arrival of migrants and refugees into Italy from Libya was renewed automatically on Saturday.The MoU, signed in February 2017 by Italy and the UN-recognised Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) led by Fayez…

The Libyan Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord has condemned in the strongest terms the "terrorist airstrikes" againt the Interior Ministry's headquarters in Tripoli on last Thursday by Khalifa Haftar's forces.The…

Malta has seized a massive shipment of an unofficial Libyan currency believed to have been destined for Khalifa Haftar who is leading an offensive south of Tripoli.Sources involved in the country’s national security sector confirmed to…

Libya’s coast guard said it had intercepted 200 Europe-bound migrants, including seven women and three children, off the country’s Mediterranean coast. The Libyan coast guard added Thursday that it had rescued two wooden boats carrying…

Jalel Harchaoui, who is a researcher studying Libyan security and politics, tweeted saying that some commentators have been telling the media that Berlin conference on Libya is being delayed because of "Libyans being difficult."…

The ex-Head of High Council of State Abdelrahman Al-Sweihli met Wednesday with the deputy ambassador of the United Kingdom in Libya.Al-Sweihli said on Twitter that he had assured the British diplomat that defeating the attacking forces…

The senior leader at Tariq bin Ziyad Brigade of Khalifa Haftar's forces, Asem Al-Ashibi, has threatened on Facebook a girl from Benghazi of killing one her brothers, asking her to come to his farmhouse in Sidi Faraj in Benghazi.The man…

A parallel central bank in eastern Libya stepped up deliveries of new banknotes from Russia this year, before and after eastern-based Khalifa Haftar launched a military offensive to capture Tripoli, Russian customs data show.The data…

In a joint press conference in Tripoli, the Libyan Transportation and Interior Ministers Mild Matouq and Fathi Bashagha as well as the UN envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame announced the reopening of Tripoli's only operational airport, Mitiga,…

The Libyan High Council of State (HCS) said he is following closely the repurcussions of the strike and protests of teachers who are demanding better conditions and salaries from the government and its Education Ministry.The HCS called…

Libya’s Education Ministry of the Government of National Accord has stopped the salaries of over 150,000 teachers and other education ministry staff who do not have proper documents, the ministry said in an anti-corruption push that sparked…