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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has begun searching for a new envoy to Libya, diplomatic sources said Wednesday, after the United States refused to endorse the previous candidate.Former Algerian foreign minister Ramtane Lamamra…

The former Head of the High Council of State, Abdelrahman Al-Sweihli said he had reaffirmed, in a phone call with the US ambassador to Libya Richard Norland, "their right to defeat Haftar's militias that are shelling Tripoli’s neighborhoods…

The United States said in a statement on Saturday that it joins the UN Support Mission in Libya in welcoming the decision of Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Accord Fayez Al-Sarraj to endorse an immediate humanitarian…

The Embassies of Algeria, France, Germany,  Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States along with the Delegation of the European Union and the Governments of Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates call on all parties in…

The U.S. Embassy in Tripoli on Wednesday said it will put sanctions on individuals who threaten peace in Libya.In a Facebook post, the embassy pledged to work with Libya's UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA), saying they…

The Libyan Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha has expressed no rejection to setting up a United Sates' (US) base in Libya to fight terrorism, organized crime and to limit the foreign intervention in his country.Bashagha told Bloomberg on…

Two Libyan families whose members were extrajudicially killed and tortured by the forces of Khalifa Haftar, who is waging a rebellion against the UN-recognized government Tripoli, took legal action against the warlord in U.S. courts…

Six Libyan families sued Khalifa Haftar and the United Arab Emirates government in a federal U.S. court Monday for their alleged roles in committing war crimes in Libya.In a lawsuit filed in the Federal District Court of the District of…

The United States embassy in Libya said ambassador Richard Norland had noted with concern credible reports that significant military actions were being contemplated by forces affiliated with both Government of National Accord and Khalifa…

The U.S. Embassy strongly condemns the military escalation in Tripoli in recent days, including the January 4 attack by "LNA-affiliated" (Haftar's) forces against the Hadaba military college that reportedly killed at least 30 students…

The United States is "very concerned" about the intensification of the conflict in Libya, with a rising number of reported Russian mercenaries supporting Khalifa Haftar's forces on the ground turning the conflict into a bloodier one, a…

The United States wants to work with Russia to end the conflict in Libya, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday.Reuters reported that Pompeo added that he reminded Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday of the arms…

The US Treasury Department on Tuesday announced imposing sanctions on Mahmoud Al-Werfalli, who is a commander at Khalifa Haftar's Saiqa Force, for committing "serious human rights abuse.""Since 2016, al-Warfalli has carried out or…

Reuters has reported that the U.S. military believes that an unarmed American drone reported lost near Libya's capital last month was in fact shot down by Russian air defenses and it is demanding the return of the aircraft's wreckage,…

Russia has deployed military forces to Libya that are destabilizing the country, a top State Department official warned Tuesday, according to the CNN.David Schenker, the State Department's assistant secretary for near eastern affairs,…

Senior U.S. officials met with General Khalifa Haftar on last Sunday to discuss steps to achieve a suspension of hostilities and a political resolution to the Libyan conflict, the Department of State has reported. The officials…

Khalifa Haftar's forces, trying to seize Tripoli from the UN-backed Government of National Accord, shot down a U.S. military drone over the capital by mistake last week, officials from Haftar's forces said on Monday, The Associated Press…

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Friday with Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates to discuss Russian military presence in Libya."Secretary Pompeo and Foreign Minister Al Nahyan discussed…

The US President Donald Trump administration officials have had multiple meetings with former Libyan UAE ambassador, Aref Al-Nayed, who is aligned with Khalifa Haftar, hinting that the American administration may be rethinking its Libya…

The U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) said on Friday it has lost contact with a drone over the Libyan capital Tripoli."An unarmed U.S. Africa Command remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) was lost over Tripoli, Libya, Nov. 21," AFRICOM said in a…