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Libya: Decade-long Libya-Europe flight suspension ends with new Tripoli-Rome route
A Rome-bound aircraft departed on Saturday from Libya's capital, restarting flights to Italy after a nearly...
Libya: More arrests in Libya-related floods
Libya's prosecutor general has ordered the arrest of four more officials, bringing to 12 the number held as part of an...
Libya: With Libya struggling to expel mercenaries, Germany wants another conference to help out
By Hui Min Neo Germany will host a new set of Libyan peace talks on June 23 in Berlin, with Libya's transitional...
Libya: Pressure on Libya and Europe to review their rescue operations in the Med Sea
By Robin Millard The United Nations urged Libya and the EU to overhaul their search and rescue operations in the...
Libya: UN decries lack of progress in withdrawal of mercenaries from Libya
Libya has seen "no reduction of foreign fighters or of their activities" in the center of the country, says UN...
Libya’s latest unity government faces uphill battle
(Photo: Libya's interim PM Dbeibah) - By Hamza Mekouar - A new unity government in Libya had raised hopes the...
Libya: 78 jailed pro-Haftar insurgents released in reconciliation move
Seventy-eight prisoners who fought on the side of eastern Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar in his year-long offensive...
Libya warns Italy over illegal fishing after incident with Italian trawlers
Libya's coastguard on Sunday warned against "illegal" fishing in its waters, denying Italian claims it had wounded a...
Libya: Armed men stage show of force at presidential council HQ
Dozens of armed men staged a show of force late Friday at a hotel used as a headquarters by Libya's presidential...
Libya asks Turkey to get its troops and mercenaries out
Libya's new interim government urged Turkey Monday to "cooperate" over the withdrawal of foreign troops and...
Libya: Military court in the east sentences 22 to death on bogus charges
Eastern Libyan military courts have sentenced at least 22 people to death and jailed hundreds more since 2018 in...
Libya: Interim Prime Minister unwelcome in eastern Libya
The Libyan government postponed the prime minister's first visit to the east of the country late Sunday, hours after...
Libya: Tragedy at sea after migrant boat capsizes
Ten bodies were spotted near a capsized rubber boat off the coast of Libya on Thursday, which had around 130 people...
Libya: Central Bank-Oil Company feud forces shut down of oil exports from Port of Hariga
Libya's National Oil Corporation said crude exports have been suspended from one of the country's top terminals...
Libya: Russia’s influence in Libya is growing, wants more military ties
Russia on Friday welcomed the prospect of renewed military cooperation with war-shattered Libya as Defence Minister...
Sahel: Chad claims it killed hundreds of “rebels” near Libya border
The Chadian army said Monday it had killed 300 rebels in the north of the country at the weekend, adding that it had...
Libya: UN Security Council unanimously endorses Libya progress
The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously adopted a resolution endorsing the progress that Libya's warring sides...
Libya: In its quest for normalcy, Tripoli renovates its old town
By Rim Taher - In alleys criss-crossing the Libyan capital's Old City, construction crews are hard at work restoring...
Libya: UAE recognizes new interim government. Likely end-of-the-road for warlord Haftar
Editor's opinion: The end of Khalifa Haftar’s reign of terror may be near By Arezki Daoud: Khalifa Haftar is...
Libya: Foreign reps flock to Tripoli as country reopens
The prime ministers of Italy and Greece on Tuesday joined a growing number of foreign leaders visiting Libya as it...
Covid-19: Libya gets first batch of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine
Libya's interim prime minister on Sunday announced the arrival of the first batch of vaccines against Covid-19, as the...
Libyans working on reconciliation with release of enemy fighters
Authorities in western Libya released 120 fighters from a rival eastern force on Wednesday, the latest move towards...
Libya intercepts large number of would-be migrants
Libya's coastguard intercepted almost 1,000 Europe-bound migrants off its western coast in two days, the International...
Libyan authorities on the hunt for killers of Al Warfalli, arrest suspect
Libyan authorities Saturday announced increased security measures in second city Benghazi and the arrest of two...
Libya: First group of mercenaries linked to Turkey leaving Libya
Pro-Ankara Syrian militia fighters deployed in Libya have started to withdraw, a French diplomatic source said on...
Libya’s media professionals face censorship, intimidation and threats
By Hamza Mekouar - A decade after the fall of Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi and the end of his regime's stranglehold...
Libya: Women making modest progress in politics but glass ceiling still strong
By Hamza Mekouar and Jihad Dorgham: Libya's new government includes five women, with two in key portfolios -- a first...
Libya: Authorities find bodies of people in Benghazi likely killed execution style
The bodies of 11 people bearing gunshot wounds were discovered on Thursday in eastern Libya's Benghazi, said a...
Libya: More evidence that new PM Dbeibah may have been elected in exchange for large cash bribes
At least three participants in UN-led Libya peace talks held in Tunisia in November were offered bribes to vote for a...
Libya headed toward normalcy as Tunisian president visits Tripoli after a nine-year break
Tunisia's President Kais Saied is to travel to Libya Wednesday for the first visit by a head of state between the...
Libya: Transition continues with new government taking over western Libya’s structures
Libya's Fayez al-Sarraj, outgoing head of the western-based Government of National Accord, formally handed over power...
Libya has a unity government, looks for return to stability
By Hamza Mekouar - Libya's parliament on Wednesday approved a unity government to lead the war-ravaged North African...
Libya: Finally Afriqiyah Airways resumes Benghazi-Misrata service after a seven-year state of war
Flights between the eastern Libya city of Benghazi and the western city of Misrata were restored Tuesday after a near...
Libya: Foreign meddlers continue to maintain thousands of mercenaries in Libya
Libya's prime minister-designate demanded the departure Tuesday of an estimated 20,000 foreign fighters as he sought...
More migrants rescued off the coast of Libya
German charity Sea-Watch said Saturday it had saved nearly 150 migrants off the Libyan coast in two operations. Its...
Libya PM Dbeibah pledges unity, faces major challenges in forming government
By Rim Taher - Libya's prime minister-designate Abdul Hamid Dbeibah on Thursday said he had submitted a "vision" for...
Libya: Interior minister Fathi Bashagha escapes assassination attempt
The powerful interior minister of Libya's unity government survived an assassination attempt Sunday, an aide said,...
Libya: Mortar attack on Sebha kills child
The United Nations on Wednesday condemned a suspected "targeted mortar attack" in southern Libya that it said killed a...
Libya: UN grapples with stubborn presence of mercenaries in Libya
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for all foreign troops and mercenaries to leave war-torn...
Libya: As focus shifts away from him, warlord Haftar claims his support to new leadership
Libya's eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar offered his backing Thursday for a peace process that seeks to end a decade...
Libya: Large numbers of migrants continue to brave the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe
Libya has rescued more than 1,500 would-be migrants off its west coast in the past week, a non-governmental...
Libya: Despite presence of Russian mercenaries, Moscow says ready to work with new Libyan leadership
Moscow is prepared for "constructive" work with Libya's newly selected interim leaders, the Russian foreign ministry...