Libya Bound

Tripoli, Aug 11, 2020 - Flights out of the Libyan capital's only working airport have resumed, after a four-month suspension due to fighting and a shutdown to curb the coronavirus pandemic. The first flights took off Sunday from Mitiga airport in Tripoli's eastern...

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, whose country is a staunch supporter of Libya's UN-recognised Government of National Accord, began a visit to Tripoli on Thursday.  Cavusoglu arrived with his Maltese counterpart Evaris Bartolo, the foreign ministry said in a...

The UN's mission in Libya has voiced "dismay" at the sentencing of a journalist to 15 years in prison in the country's east, controlled by strongman Khalifa Haftar. "UNSMIL is dismayed by the sentencing of the journalist Ismail Abuzreiba to 15 years imprisonment...

Lampedusa, Italy, July 29, 2020 - Italy's coast guard said on Wednesday it had rescued nearly 100 migrants on a "half deflated" dinghy off the coast of Libya after authorities in other countries failed to intervene. The coast guard said the inflatable boat was spotted...