Libya

Khalifa Haftar's Air Force carried in the early hours of Thursday airstrikes - and some sources say artillery shelling - on Tripoli's Mitiga Airport, leaving massive fire inside the airport. The managment of the airport said at least…

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Tuesday urged European countries to take 507 rescued migrants who are currently stranded in the Mediterranean Sea.  "Many are reportedly survivors of appalling abuses in Libya and are from…

UNSMIL has welcomed in a statement the positive response by the Libyan parties to the humanitarian  truce during Eid Al-Adha and the palpable reduction of violence in the Tripoli area. "On 9 August, the Government of National Accord…

The High Council of State (HCS) has condemned "blatant intervention by Egypt in Libya" after it had claimed that the only legitimate elected body in the country us the House of Representatives and that it is the only one that can devise a…

The agreed upon humanitarian truce started on Saturday afternoon after a late approval by Khalifa Haftar and his forces, following the Friday consent announcement by the Government of National Accord's Presidential Council. However, the…

The governments of France, Italy, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States of America welcome the announcement of a truce in Libya on the occasion of Eid el-Adha in response to the Special Representative of the UN…

The UN envoy in Libya Ghassan Salame condemned in the strongest possible terms the explosion that took place Saturday, 10 August, in front of a shopping mall in the eastern city of Benghazi, which resulted in a number of civilian…

A car bomb exploded in Hawari in Benghazi on Saturday afternoon targeting a convoy for the UN mission in Libya. Medical sources told local media that four UNSMIL staffers had been injured in the car bombing in Hawari.The sources…

Libya’s internationally recognised Government  of National  Accord has accepted a United Nations proposal for a ceasefire during the Eid al-Adha holiday, a statement said on Friday.The U.N. mission in Libya (UNSMIL) earlier on Friday…

The Democratic Party has issued a statement condemning in the strongest terms the recent attacks on Murzuq, Tripoli's Mitiga Airport and Misurata Aviation Academy.The party said it finds it rather bewildering that the international…

The deputy head of UNSMIL for Political Affairs Stephanie Williams met Wednesday with the deputy head of the Libyan Presidential Council Ahmed Meitig to discuss recent developments in Libya.UNSMIL said on its Twitter account that the…

Migrants trapped in Libyan detention centres where many have been subjected to abuse would be evacuated to Rwanda under an emergency plan being discussed with international humanitarian agencies and the EU, The Financial Times has reported.…

The Embassy of the United States of America called on all parties in Libya to redouble their efforts to protect civilians and prevent damage to civilian infrastructure.The US embassy urged on Wednesday for an immediate de-escalation and…

The Foreign Minister of Libya's UN-backed Government of  National Accord, Mohamed Sayala, called Wednesday on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate a recent deadly airstrike on the southern city of Murzuq.The minister…

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said  it was deeply concerned at the continued enforced disappearance of House of Representatives lawmaker Siham Sergawa. "Ms. Sergawa was brutally abducted from her home in Benghazi…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has confirmed the report about the strike hitting a Ukrainian private company's IL-76 cargo aircraft at the airport of Misurata, Libya, saying it was delivering humanitarian aids in coordination…

Western embassies in Libya on Tuesday expressed concern over the disappearance of Siham Sergiwa, member of the eastern-based House of Representatives, in the eastern city of Benghazi."The Embassies of the UK, Canada, Finland, France,…

A former Libyan oil minister Abdulbari Al-Arusi was released on Tuesday after two weeks in captivity.Al-Arusi was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen outside his home in the capital Tripoli last month.No group has claimed…

The Libyan coastguards have intercepted 122 Europe-bound illegal migrants off the country’s Mediterranean coast in recent days.Libya's Navy spokesman Ayoub Qassim said Tuesday that the migrants, including two women and a child, were on…

A drone for the forces under the command of Khalifa Haftar struck Misurata’s air college early on Tuesday, a military source and resident told Reuters.Reuters reported a Misurata resident as saying that “massive explosions were heard…