Libya

Six people have  been killed and over 30 others have been wounded as two car bombs exploded at a funeral for a former special forces commander in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi. The people killed in Thursday's afternoon blast…

The Board of Directors of National Oil Corporation (NOC) have approved Zallaf Oil & Gas Exploration and Production Company’s plans to expedite exploration at the Atshan gas field (NC210 and NC151), with a view to supplying natural gas…

Luxembourg has contributed €500,000 ($556,180) to support emergency telecommunications being provided by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Libya through the humanitarian community’s Emergency Telecommunications Sector.…

The German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Tuesday for an unconditional ceasefire in the Libyan conflict.Addressing foreign ambassadors serving in Germany at an annual reception held in the Meseberg castle near Berlin, Merkel…

France said on Wednesday anti-tank missiles it bought from the United States and were later found in a base belonging to troops loyal to Libya’s Khalifa Haftar were never intended for sale or transfer to any party to Libya’s conflict.…

The United Nations Higher Commission of Refugees (UNHCR) said on Tuesday that the Libyan Interior Ministry had released 350 illegal migrants from a detention center in east of the capital Tripoli."We thank the Libyan Ministry of…

An overnight airstrike by a drone for Khalifa Haftar's forces hit Daman Camp - Tajoura migrants' detention center - leaving behind over 36 migrants killed and over 80 others injured. The spokesman for the Health Ministry in Tripoli,…

The New York Times said Tuesday that the US missiles found in Gharyan, Libya, among weapons seized from Khalifa Haftar's forces by the Government of National Accord (GNA) were sold to France in 2010."French adviser, who under his…

A United States democratic senator has demanded an investigation into reports that US-made weapons have been found at a base of forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar in Gharyan city after it has been seized by the Libyan Army of the Government of…

The World Health Organization said in a brief statement that 1,048 people have been killed since the offensive began, including 106 civilians.WHO indicated on Tuesday that 5,558 people have been wounded, including 289 civilians.The…

A baby girl and her father were killed on Monday in an overnight grad rockets shelling by Khalifa Haftar's forces on Hadba Project area in Tripoli.According to local sources, the shelling hit civilian houses, including the house of the…

A German rescue boat has picked up 44 people that were stranded off the Libyan coast.The rescue comes a day after the same boat handed over 65 migrants to Malta.The "Alan Kurdi" vessel operated by Sea-Eye rescued 44 migrants on…

Jordan called Tuesday on Libya’s internationally recognized government to facilitate the release of three Jordanian nationals abducted by a militia last year.Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi spoke with his Libyan counterpart Mohammed…

Six Turkish sailors detained in Libya by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar returned home Tuesday. On June 28, Haftar's spokesman Ahmed al-Mismari announced a ban on commercial flights from Libya to Turkey and said Haftar had ordered his…

29 Bangladeshi workers returned to their country willingly from Libya on Tuesday. A Turkish Airlines flight carrying them landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.The immigration authorities sent messages to respective…

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, who was taken ill last week, left hospital on Monday in “normal health” and will resume work in the coming days, the president’s son said on his Facebook page.The presidency later published a…

Khalifa Haftar has issued an order to promote the commander of Saiqa Force and war criminal Mahmoud Al-Werfalli, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), to a higher military rank.Al-Werfalli was promoted from an army…

The Maltese embassy in Libya remains closed due to the grave security situation in the country, Foreign Minister Carmelo Abela said on Monday.Abela said that, while the Foreign Ministry had been considering re-starting some form of…

Pope Francis has said that the international community shouldn't tolerate acts of violence like the air attack that recently struck a detention center for migrants in Libya.The Pope prayed for the victims of the strike of Khalifa…

The Libyan NOC Chairman Sanalla has reviewed Libya’s current oil production outlook and conflict-related threats at the OPEC Summit in Vienna."NOC is struggling to maintain current production around 1.3 million bpd. The situation is…