Libya

An unidentified armed group kidnapped three Filipinos and one Korean working as technicians at a water plant in south eastern Libya, an official said on Friday.The group also kidnapped several Libyan workers in the morning raid at…

Italy’s interior minister on Thursday called for the end of the international arms embargo on Libya, saying weapons and migrant traffickers disregard it anyway. Matteo Salvini made the appeal at a news conference in Rome with a deputy…

On 4 July 2018, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court ("ICC" or the "Court") issued a second warrant of arrest for Mahmoud Mustafa Busayf AL‑WERFALLI ("Mr. Al-Werfalli") for his alleged responsibility for murder as a…

The Libyan eastern warlord of the self-styled army Khalifa Haftar said in a statement posted by the General Command of the Army that the oil terminals will be reopened and oil exportation will resume once the governor of the Central…

Whereas the ambitions of competing warlords fan the flames of conflict and consume the country’s oil resources, envoys from the UN and West to Libya continue to congratulate themselves for having said much but done little. In the…

Oil prices rose on Tuesday after Libya declared force majeure on some of its crude exports, while the loss of Canadian supplies helped lifted US crude to levels not seen since late 2014.US light crude jumped 90 US cents, or 1.2%, to…

 The former Head of the high Council of State Abdelrahman Al-Sweihli met with the outgoing ambassador of the Netherlands Eric Strating in Tripoli on Wednesday. Al-Sweihli and Starting discussed the current…

The National Oil Corporation (NOC) has also written to the UN sanctions committee and foreign embassies with evidence that it says shows Haftar’s allies have for years been offering questionable contracts in breach of UN resolutions,…

UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Monday announced that the European Union (EU) has allocated 7 million euros (8.13 million U.S. dollars) to support the Libya Stabilization Fund.The mission said in a statement that the EU…

Dozens of migrants are missing after a rubber boat they were on sank off the coast of Libya, local officials say. One official is quoted as saying 63 migrants have disappeared after Sunday's incident east of Tripoli, while 41 people have…

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Stephanie T. Williams of the United States of America as his Deputy Special Representative for Political Affairs in Libya, United Nations Support Mission in…

 Italian newspaper La Stampa said a game between France and Italy is being played on Libyan soil, adding that the game is being fueled by the illegal immigration crisis. La Stampa added that the quick…

From 1 June to 30 June 2018, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) documented 31 civilian casualties –16 deaths and 15 injuries – during the conduct of hostilities across Libya. Victims included 12 men, one women, two…

Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) declared force majeure on loadings from Zueitina and Hariga ports on Monday, resulting in total production losses of 850,000 barrels per day (bpd) due to the closure of eastern fields and ports.…

Officials at Libya’s Zueitina oil terminal have not authorised a tanker contracted by Tripoli-based National Oil Corporation (NOC) to load its contacted shipment, while loading was also blocked at Hariga terminal.Zueitina and Hariga…

Alejma'a Alarabi Bank has selected Temenos T24 core banking software to help drive its vision of becoming one of the leading private banks in Libya.T24 will be deployed with Temenos solutions for channels, financial crime…

Libya’s oil production has been reduced to 315,000 barrels per day (BPD) as storage tanks at Hariga and Zueitina ports fill up due to eastern officials blocking exports, two Libyan oil sources said on Saturday. The production drop has…

Turkey voiced deep concern on Friday over the transfer of Libyan oil fields to a parallel company based in eastern Libya.In a statement, the Foreign Ministry referred to a decision by Khalifa Haftar that oil ports held by his forces…

Italian Ambassador to Libya, Giuseppe Perrone, on Saturday denied that Italy is planning to establish a military base in southern Libya."Rumors of Italy establishing a military base in Libya's South are simply fake news," Perrone…

Libyan businessman Husni Bey told Libyan News on Saturday that "The LNA’s decision to transfer authority of the Ras Lanuf and Es Sider ports to the eastern parallel National Oil Corporation (NOC) is a serious tactical mistake which…