Libya

The Libyan Presidential Council on Tripoli of the Government of National Accord (GNA) announced on Tuesday that it will cut the fee on sales of dollars and other foreign currencies to 163% from August 04.The GNA, together  with the…

The European Union said the the current migration management system used by Libya must end. The bloc stressed that it remains committed to fighting human trafficking.''Libya's current system of managing irregular migration and…

The only functioning airport in Tripoli, Mitiga Airport, has reopened its air traffic and resumed scheduled flights after suspending them twice on Monday due to attacks by Khalifa Haftar's forces. The administration of the airport said…

Libya's Ministry of Finance held a seminar on Libyan economic policies and future in Tripoli on Saturday in the presence of the Ministry of Economy and Central Bank of Libya officials.The seminar showcased the current policies in…

The United Nations envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame called on Monday for a truce to be declared in Libya during Eid Al-Adha on August 10-14.Briefing the UN Security Council on the latest fighting in Tripoli, Salame warned that an influx of…

The Humanitarian Coordinator a.i. in Libya Bérangère Böell-Yousfi expressed Monday her strong condemnation of the disgraceful shelling on Al-Alamain school and Az Zawiyah Field Hospital in Airport road area, south of Tripoli, depriving…

Libyan authorities buried the bodies of 46 migrants  on Sunday after they were recovered from the sea following one of deadliest shipwrecks in the Mediterranean so far this year.Rescue workers said on Friday they had recovered the…

Reliable sources reported to Sudanese Radio Dabanga that the first batch of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia have arrived in Libya in the oil crescent region to protect Libya’s oil installations in order to allow forces of Khalifa…

The Libyan Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA) has condemned the airstrike of Khalifa Haftar's forces on a Tripoli field hospital that killed five medics and injured 8 others.In a statement on Sunday, the…

An overnight airstrike by Khalifa Haftar's warplanes destroyed a field hospital on the Airport Road in southern Tripol, killing 5 medical doctors and injuring at least 6 others.Photos posted on social media showed the destruction at the…

Khalifa Haftar's forces launched a new attack on different frontlines in southern Tripoli on Saturday in an endeavour to enter the city center of Libya's capital, Tripoli. The attack was the fiercest at Naqliyah Camp on the Airport Road…

In a meeting for the Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez Al-Sarraj and the French President Emmanuel Macron in Tunisia, Macron renewed his opposition to the current attacks in Tripoli. The meeting on…

A senior delegation from Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) visited China at the invitation of the country’s leading oil major China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) to discuss investment and enhanced cooperation opportunities…

At least six missiles were fired by Khalifa Haftar's Air Force jets at Misurata airbase in Libya on Saturday dawn.According to local sources, Haftar's warplanes hit the airbase in Misurata claiming to target Turkish military presence at…

At least 115 migrants have gone missing and feared to have drowned and 134 others were rescued by Libyan coast guards and local fishermen after a wooden boat carrying migrants capsized off Libya.The Libyan Navy spokesman Ayoub Qassim…

A Libyan armed group has arrested a number of Al-Qaeda-linked leaders in a raid near the capital Tripoli, the group said.The Misrata Joint Security Force carried out the raid against "wanted terrorists, classified as Al-Qaeda…

Libya’s coastguard has released an Italian fishing vessel and its crew, Italy said Wednesday.The Italian government said in a statement that the trawler “Tramontana” was seized Tuesday in the Gulf of Sirte while engaging in fishing…

The Libyan coast guard says that it has intercepted about four dozen Europe-bound migrants off the Mediterranean coast.The coast guard said Wednesday it had taken the migrants to Tajoura detention center that was bombed earlier this…

The United Nations envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame met Tuesday with the Head of the High Council of State Khalid Al-Mishri in Tripoli.According to a statement by the UNSMIL on its Facebook page, Salame had briefed Al-Mishri on his visits…

Tunisian army has defused bombs carried by a Libyan warplane that made an emergency landing in Tunisia the day before, the defence ministry said on Tuesday.The aircraft belonged to the forces of Khalifa Haftar, who controls the east of…