Libya

Russia’s defense minister Sergei Shoigu met with the Libyan commander of the self-styled army Khalifa Haftar in Moscow on Wednesday, Russian media reported.Shoigu and Haftar discussed the Libyan crisis and the security situation in…

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi will participate in the international conference on Libya in Palermo on November 12 and 13, the Tunisian Foreign Ministry said.The announcement came in a statement following a meeting between…

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday that 124 illegal Somali immigrants were voluntarily repatriated from Libya’s capital Tripoli.The repatriation took place as clashes erupted near Tripoli’s Mitiga…

Diplomats and other sources told Reuters on Wednesday that the United Nations and Western powers have given up hope that Libya will hold elections in the immediate future, focusing on reconciliation first among rival factions locked in…

The Libyan Coast Guard picked up a total of 315 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday who were trying to reach Europe in three inflatable boats, a spokesman said.The migrants, who included 275 men, 32 women and eight children…

Maltese Customs seized 37 million counterfeit cigarettes from four containers that were heading to Libya in an operation spread over several weeks.The containers were stopped at the Freeport in Birżebbuġa and scanning equipment was…

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday called for lifting the seven-year-long UN arms embargo on the "Libyan army." Al-Sisi issued his appeal at a gathering of foreign media figures held on the sidelines of the World Youth…

The United Nations condemned Monday the attack against Jalaa Hospital for Women and Childbirth in Tripoli, by militias.The attackers shot one doctor and threatened the safety and security of the medical staff at the hospital,…

The U.N. Security Council has authorized action against illicit oil exports from Libya for another six months and added planning and committing sexual and gender-based violence as reasons for sanctions, despite objections from…

Turkey's defense minister on Monday held meetings with Libyan officials in the capital Tripoli. According to a Defense Ministry statement, Hulusi Akar met at the Prime Ministry with officials including Fayez al-Sarraj, the head of…

The chairman of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Libyan Sanctions Committee, Olof Skoog, has confirmed the UN’s commitment to the prevention and halt of the illegal export and sale of Libyan crude and refined products outside…

Armed groups led by Al-Dabbashi (Ammou) and others from the Al-Wadi Force have started fighting Sunday morning in southern Sabratha city.The clashes erupted on Sunday morning and reports from the city say that all shops, schools,…

The deputy commander of the Libyan Sirte Protection and Security RoomAli Irfidah has been targeted by an assassination attempt as an unknown armed men opened fire on his car in Al-Khums city this morning.The Sirte Protection and…

A call by Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi ­– son of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and de facto Prime Minister of the country during the time of his father's rule – for an international arrest warrant against him to be ruled inadmissible,…

Violence in Libya killed 8 civilians and injured 2 others in October, the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said Friday."From Oct. 1 to Oct. 31, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya documented 10 civilian casualties: eight…

Libya’s UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) appointed on Thursday Abdullah A-Dersi as the new intelligence chief, replacing Abdul Qader al-Tuhami, according to a statement released late Wednesday by the head of the government’s…

United Nations (UN) Envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame on Wednesday warned that the UN would impose sanctions on those obstructing the implementation of the newly-approved security arrangements in the Libyan capital Tripoli.Salame made…

Libya has restarted three small oil fields and added around 10,000 bpd to its oil production—which has been steadily rising over the past two months—a spokesman for Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) told Reuters on Wednesday.…

 Libya has restarted the eastern al-Bayda oilfield, a field engineer said late on Tuesday, the latest operation in the so-called Oil Crescent region to resume work after heavy fighting in June.The field has a current capacity of…

The chairman of Libya's state oil firm National Oil Corp (NOC) has asked the central bank to increase salaries of oil workers by 67 percent in 2019, a statement said on Tuesday. The North African country approved in 2013 such a pay rise…