Libya

Within the framework of the National Oil Corporation (NOC)'s plan to increase production rates and to implement the targeted programme of work within the framework of the approved extraordinary budget, Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO) has…

A senior Foreign Ministry official has denied Russia’s military presence in Libya following a New York Times report that about 200 Russian mercenaries have arrived in the oil-rich North African country in the past month and a half.The…

The Libyan Islamic Sharia Research and Studies Center of the Fatwa House has issued a call for boycotting the United Arab Emirates (UAE).The decision that was made public on Thursday said the money that is helping kill Muslims and fund…

The Head of the Libyan High Council of State (HCS) Khalid Al-Mishri met Wednesday with the Head of the Presidential Council Fayez Al-Sirraj I'm Tripoli and discussed developments of the ongoing fighting, displaced families' conditions and…

Libyan-American Abrar Omeish clinched one of three vacant seats on the Fairfax County School Board in the US.Celebrating her win, Omeish, 24, said she was the youngest woman to hold elected office in Virginia’s history and also the…

The missile strike on a migrant detention centre in Libya's Tajoura was carried out by a fighter plane from a foreign country, according to a confidential UN investigation seen by BBC Arabic. No country is named but a source with…

Three people were killed Tuesday in Libya in an airstrike carried out by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, according to the Government of National Accord (GNA).Health Ministry spokesman Fawzi Awnis said on the Facebook page of…

Libya’s High Council of State has called on the country's UN-recognized Government of National Accord to boycott and sue countries, especially the UAE, that support a military offensive by eastern Libyan forces of Khalifa Haftar against the…

The New York Times has revealed that the casualties at Al-Aziziya field hospital south of Tripoli used to arrive with gaping wounds and shattered limbs, victims of the haphazard artillery fire that has defined battles among Libyan warring…

Flights heading to the Libyan airport of Misurata were forced to divert on Sunday after air strikes carried out by warplanes loyal t  Khalifa Haftar, targeted Tripoli's only functioning airport Mitiga and Misurata Airport as well. The…

The Head of the High Council of State Khalid Al-Mishri met with the vice president of Ummah Council (Council of Nation) Saleh Gujil.The Head of the Libyan High Council of State congratulated the Algerian official on the national day…

Despite the latest warning by the UN envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame, Interior and Transportation Ministers upon reopening Mitiga Airport, Khalifa Haftar's forces, using foreign aircraft, carried out four airstrikes on Mitiga Airport on…

The Head of High Council of State Khalid Al-Mishri met with the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Gabriela Cuevas Barron, and the President of the Parliament of Latin America, Jorge Pizarro Soto on Friday.The meeting discussed…

The British Embassy to Libya said on Saturday that Britain will provide 2 million pounds (2.59 million U.S. dollars) for the capacity building of Libyan journalists."Through implementing partners, the UK is proud to be contributing over…

A deal to restrict the arrival of migrants and refugees into Italy from Libya was renewed automatically on Saturday.The MoU, signed in February 2017 by Italy and the UN-recognised Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) led by Fayez…

The Libyan Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord has condemned in the strongest terms the "terrorist airstrikes" againt the Interior Ministry's headquarters in Tripoli on last Thursday by Khalifa Haftar's forces.The…

Malta has seized a massive shipment of an unofficial Libyan currency believed to have been destined for Khalifa Haftar who is leading an offensive south of Tripoli.Sources involved in the country’s national security sector confirmed to…

Libya’s coast guard said it had intercepted 200 Europe-bound migrants, including seven women and three children, off the country’s Mediterranean coast. The Libyan coast guard added Thursday that it had rescued two wooden boats carrying…

Jalel Harchaoui, who is a researcher studying Libyan security and politics, tweeted saying that some commentators have been telling the media that Berlin conference on Libya is being delayed because of "Libyans being difficult."…

The ex-Head of High Council of State Abdelrahman Al-Sweihli met Wednesday with the deputy ambassador of the United Kingdom in Libya.Al-Sweihli said on Twitter that he had assured the British diplomat that defeating the attacking forces…