MISURATA, Libya Four people were killed and two dozens injured in a suicide bombing in Libya’s northwestern city of Misurata on Wednesday, according to a local medical source. Security forces engaged three gunmen during an [ More … ]
Libya’s navy threatens to seize activists’ boats on migrant rescue missions if they enter its waters unauthorized, following a run-in on Wednesday with a German vessel carrying 52 migrants. Libya’s navy warned it will seize [ More … ]
Libya’s Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj will visit Khartoum on Sunday for talks with the Sudanese government officials on bilateral relations, the semi official Sudanese Media Center (SMC) announced on Thursday. The head of the of [ More … ]
Europe will be increasingly at risk from terrorists posing as migrants unless western capitals help Libya to stem the numbers crossing the Mediterranean, the country’s prime minister has told The Times. Fayez al-Serraj, head of [ More … ]
The Head of the UN-backed government’s Presidential Council, Fayez Al-Serraj, said lifting the ban on arms purchase and importation to Libya is very imminent so that the army can do its job and secure the [ More … ]
The United States, France and United Kingdom in a joint statement welcomed the Libya National Army (LNA) decision to probe unlawful killings along with its recognition of an ICC arrest warrant for an LNA commander. [ More … ]
Libya’s military commander Khalifa Haftar is due to visit Moscow on Saturday to discuss a peace plan involving a ceasefire and political talks, a Russian official said on Friday. Libya’s military commander General Khalifa Haftar [ More … ]
Fayez Al- Serraj met the tribal leaders for a second round of talks to discuss how to bring the two halves of the country back together under a civilian government. The UN-backed president of Libya [ More … ]
Commander of Tripoli naval base warns ‘no foreign ship has the right to enter’ designated zone without permission The Libyan navy on Thursday ordered foreign vessels to stay out of a coastal “search and rescue [ More … ]
Ghassan Salame, the UN’s new envoy to Libya, backed Italy’s drive to stem the flow of migrants leaving the north African state for Europe, despite concerns among human rights groups. The UN’s new envoy to [ More … ]
Locals warn of dwindling resources as Khalifa Haftar’s siege of the city enters seventh day Residents of the eastern city of Derna are facing critical shortages as Libya’s General Khalifa Haftar’s troops, Known as Libyan [ More … ]
Leading Bahrain-based Islamic banking group Al-Baraka Banking Group (ABG) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Libyan Foreign Bank (LFB) to develop their banking relations across the board. “The MoU aims to establish [ More … ]
Libya’s conflicting political factions are expected to meet for talks in Paris on Tuesday, reports suggest. The heads of the opposing sides in Libya’s crisis are planning to meet in Paris on Tuesday for talks [ More … ]
Following his call for presidential and parliamentary elections by March next year, the chairman of Presidency Council (PC), Fayez Al-Serraj had a meeting today, Wednesday, with the head of the Higher National Elections Commission, Emad [ More … ]
In a major speech setting out his vision of how Libya can end its political crisis, Presidency Council head Faiez Serraj has called for radical changes in the way the country has been operating. Among [ More … ]
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