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The military commander of the Libyan central military zone Mohammed Al-Haddad, who was appointed by the Presidential Council's Head Fayez Al-Sirraj, was kidnapped on Saturday after departing a meeting in Misurata city. Sources say…

Ceasefire in Libyan capital Tripoli has collapsed after holding for over 48 hours.Reports from Tripoli said that warring parties in the capital resumed clashes with several rockets reported falling on civilian neighborhoods like…

Clashes in Libya's capital of Tripoli have caused a 48-hour closure of Mitiga International airport, the city's only operational airport.A spokesman for the state airline Libyan Airlines said authorities closed the airport on Friday…

Hundreds of migrants have been relocated in Libya’s capital from government-run detention centers after getting trapped by clashes between rival groups, the United Nations and aid sources said on Thursday.The migrants have been…

Armed clashes between militias - some under the control of the Government of National Accord (GNA) in Libya - vying for power and political gains have been raging on since Monday in Tripoli's southern districts  and after a quick…

Fresh fighting erupted in the Libyan capital on Wednesday after the collapse of a truce, a witness and military source said, after the UN called for calm.A military officer with forces loyal to the UN-backed Government of National…

Libyan Interior Minister Abdulsalam Ashour said Monday that a cease-fire agreement has been reached in the capital Tripoli, following deadly clashes between government forces and militias.Ashour told a local TV channel that the…

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said it was following the clashes in and around Tripoli with grave concern and calls on all parties to immediately cease all military action.UNSMIL added in a statement on Monday…

The Presidential Council (PC) of the Government of National Accord (GNA) responded to the clashes of its own armed groups in southern Tripoli by condemning the eruption of violence. The PC warned in a statement Monday that "these gangs…

Clashes in southern Tripoli areas like Khalit Al-Furjan, Salahuddin, Wadi Al-Rabee and Qasar Benghashir have started between brigades securing those areas and others under the seventh brigade that is based in Tarhouna and moved in…

An unknown armed group kidnapped Saturday Abbas al-Qadi, the head of the General Authority of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, in Tripoli.   Al-Qadi was kidnapped at gunpoint from the Tripoli airport and taken to undisclosed location. No…

Social media pages and local Libyan social media activists have both similarly reported that the Halbous Brigade, Tripoli Revolutionaries Brigade and Ghaniwa Brigade in Tripoli, which are under the Presidential Council control, have…

A fighting in Ras Hassan street in Tripoli, Libya's capital, left two men killed after Iftar on Thursday. The spokesman for the Special Deterrence Force Ahmed Salim told local news that their security personnel interfered in the…

The Tripoli-based Special Deterrence Force (SDF) said it had arrested a sleeper cell that was plotting to carry out military actions in the Libyan capital in coordination sleeper cells from the Popular Front for Liberation of Libya,…

The Chairman of the Libyan High National Elections Commission (HNEC) Emad Al-Sayeh has assured all Libyans that the data of the voters is safe and secure.Al-Sayeh said in a joint presser with the Government of National Accord's…

The death toll of the attack on the High National Elections Commission (HNEC) in Tripoli's Ghout Al-Shaal has reached 16 and injuries reached 19, according to the field hospital official Mohammed Damja, who talked to local media.The…

Fierce clashes erupted Monday dawn in downtown Tripoli, Libya’s capital, between two armed groups under the umbrella of the Presidential Council’s Interior Ministry.The brigade of Al-Nawasi and The Abu Salim Central Security Brigade…

The military prosecutor of Libya's UN-backed unity government, Maj. Masoud Erhouma, has reportedly fled his captors after more than one month in captivity, according to local media. Local media quoted Erhouma’s family as saying that the…

Rockets hit Libya’s main airport and damaged a plane as it was waiting to take off early on Thursday, a security force said, underscoring fragile security.One rocket hit an Airbus 320 of state-run Libyan Airlines, and others struck…

First International Anti-Terrorism Conference was held Sunday in the Libyan capital Tripoli, with a number of foreign ambassadors and military attaches present.The conference was organized by the UN-backed government's counter-terrorism…