Libya

Libya held Morocco to a 1-1 draw by in a football friendly in Oujda eastern Morocco on Friday.Jaouad Yameq scored for Morocco after 20 minutes, before Sanad Al-Werfalli equalized for the Mediterranean Knights in the 42nd minute.…

The first deputy head of the Libyan High Council of State (HCS) Mohammed Baki and the chairman of transitional justice and national reconciliation committee Hamad Brikao met Thursday with the deputy head of UNSMIL for political affairs,…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Friday that 189 refugees had been evacuated from Libya to Rwanda.The "189 refugees and asylum seekers evacuated from Libya are now safe in the Gashora Transit Center…

The ex-head of the High Council of State (HCS) Abdelrahman Al-Sweihli has called on the Government of National Accord (GNA) to sever all relations with the UAE for its support for Khalifa Haftar's offensive on Tripoli.Al-Sweihli said on…

Libya's oil revenues reached 22.7 billion Libyan dinars ($16.09 billion) in the first nine months of the year, the Central Bank of Libya said on Wednesday.The Tripoli-based CBL listed total government spending for the same period at…

The spokesman for Tripoli Special Deterrence Force (SDF) Ahmed Salim has denied that the SDF were responsible for storming into cafes in Tripoli and asking couples to show marriage certificates in public.Ahmed Salim told Libyan…

Amid the ongoing war, lack of security, bad financial and service status in the Libyan capital Tripoli, the Special Deterrence Force (SDF) based in Mitiga Airport has become a religious police arresting any male and female in public…

The Head of the High Council of State (HCS) Khalid Al-Mishri has reviewed with the members the latest military and political developments in the country in a new session.Al-Mishri said that the international conference on Libya to be…

The Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya, Yacoub El Hillo, strongly condemned all attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure in…

An airstrike by  Khalifa Haftar's forces hit a field hospital in Gaser Benghashir municipality (near Tripoli airport) on 7 October, killing 1 doctor and injuring 2 paramedics.The airstrikes came amid heavy airpower use by Haftar's…

The Libyan Army's operation "Volcano of Rage" has announced repelling heavy attacks coupled with airstrikes by Khalifa Haftar's forces on Al-Tawaisha, Al-Saediya and Al-Aziziya frontlines in southern Tripoli. The media office of the…

The Head of the Libyan High Council of State (HCS) Khalid Al-Mishri met Sunday with a delegation from Tubu tribe in southern Libyan city of Murzuq.The meeting in Tripoli discussed efforts to reshuffle the municipality of Murzuq in order…

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said it was appalled by an airstrike conducted by Khalifa Haftar’s forces, targeting the Equestrian Club in Tripoli’s Janzour neighbourhood."The airstrike, which took place today in…

The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Sunday warned against attacks on civilian infrastructures in the country.The statement was made after Khalifa Haftar's forces attacked the International Airport of the city of Misurata, some…

Libya's Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord said it had allocated 1.5 billion Libyan dinars ($1.06 billion) for the National Oil Corporation (NOC) to maintain oil production in 2019-2020, according to a resolution…

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday that 165 illegal migrants have been voluntarily deported from Libya to Nigeria."Our team yesterday assisted 165 stranded Nigerian migrants in Libya, mostly women and…

Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) International Operations Division Chief Leo Lin returned a sixth century marble statue known as the “Head of a Veiled Woman,” during a repatriation ceremony…

The spokesman for MBC, Mazin Hayek, sparked outrage on Libyan social media platforms after he said that the new channel MBC5 is aimed to reach Arab Maghreb countries but not Libya or Mauritania.Hayek said MBC5 doesn't want to reach the…

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said it is alarmed by indications that parallel, unrecognized authorities in Libya are threatening the operation and management of Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) and its…

Surveillance cameras have caught gunmen shooting to death a young man in one of the busiest streets in Libya's capital Tripoli, sparking anger and demands the government declare a state of emergency.The footage of the cold-blooded…