Libya

Libya has reopened the only functioning airport (Mitiga Airport) in the capital Tripoli again after rockets fired in its direction forced a brief closure, officials said on Tuesday, days after flights had resumed following an earlier…

Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamed Sayala denied on Monday requesting the transformation of the UN Support Mission in Libya from a special political mission to a peacekeeping mission."We see that it is important to turn the UN mission…

A group of Nigerian migrants held in Libya have been released after a video documenting their detention went viral on social media, AFP has reported. The migrants, held in the coastal city of Zawiya, filmed the video in July, documenting…

A high-level delegation from Libya will soon visit Russia to discuss projects for cooperation in the sphere of railway construction, Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) Economy and Industry Minister Nasir Shaglan told…

The UN envoy to Libya said that it will be difficult to hold elections as hoped on December 10, following a new wave of fighting in the North African nation.“There is still a lot to do. It may not be possible to respect the date of…

After a month of militia clashes that left more than 100 people dead, Libya's UN-backed foreign minister on Friday called for the country's UN political mission to transform into a "security and stability" support role.Mohamed…

The EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Thursday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly that over 30,000 migrants have been "freed from Libya detention centers."Mogherini added that this achievement was made…

At the invitation of French Foreign Minister Jean Yves Le Drian, Ministers and high representatives of Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Niger, Italy, the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Russia, the European Union,…

The Government of National Accord (GNA) welcomed "the return of calm" after the battle for power between militias left at least 117 dead and more than 400 injured since it broke out in the capital's southern suburbs on August 27,…

Libya's coastguards said they had intercepted about 350 Europe-bound illegal migrants, including women and children, off the Mediterranean coast in the past few days.The Libyan Navy Force Spokesman Ayoub Qassim explained Wednesday…

An estimated 5,000 families were forced to leave their homes in Tripoli to seek refuge in other areas of the Libyan capital due to clashes between militias that started on August 26 and ended, at least for the time being, yesterday with…

Tripoli Protection Force, affiliated with Libya’s UN-backed unity government, assumed control of the capital’s southern districts on Tuesday, according to a local security source. The force assumed control of Tripoli’s Al-qaklia military…

France managed to make Italy stay away from the developments of the Libyan status quo, especially after the latest Tripoli violence. a source close to Khalifa Haftar told Arabi21 news site. The source added that currently in…

France said on Monday it wanted the U.N. Security Council to implement sanctions on militias involved in month-long clashes between rival factions in Libya’s capital Tripoli.“In the face of the worsening security situation in…

More than 1,700 families have been displaced by fighting in Libya's war-ravaged capital over the last 48 hours, the UN has said, as clashes between rival groups intensify. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said…

Half a million children are in “immediate danger” in Libya’s capital Tripoli due to fighting, the United Nations children’s fund Unicef said on Monday.Unicef said Monday that “over 1,200 families have been displaced in the past 48…

Libya’s oil production climbed to the highest since 2013 and can go even higher if security at the nation’s energy facilities can be improved, according to the chairman of the state-run National Oil Corporation.Output was recently…

At least 115 people have been killed and 383 injured in month-long clashes between rival factions in Tripoli, Libya’s health ministry said Sunday.At the Frontline in Tripoli’s southern residential areas of Wadi Rabea and Fatma…

Misrata revolutionary brigades and military council as well as leaders of Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous announced Saturday in a televised statement that they are joining the battle of Tripoli "to purify it from the militias." The statement…