Libya Bound

The European Union on Monday imposed sanctions on three companies -- one Turkish, one Kazakh and one Jordanian -- for breaching the UN arms embargo on Libya, diplomatic sources told AFP. Foreign ministers from the bloc signed off on the measures, which freeze any EU...

What happened? The head of Libya's UN-recognised Government of National Accord, Fayez al-Sarraj, said he plans to step down within six weeks as part of efforts to broker a peace agreement. Libya has endured almost a decade of violent chaos since the 2011 NATO-backed...

Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar announced Friday a conditional lifting of a months-long blockade on oilfields and ports by his forces. "We have decided to resume oil production and export on condition of a fair distribution of revenues" and guarantee they "will not be...

The UN Security Council adopted a resolution Tuesday under pressure from the United States endorsing a change in structure for its mission in Libya, which will in the future have a special envoy and a "coordinator." Thirteen of the 15 Council members voted for the...