Libyan state oil firm NOC said on Tuesday it had been unable to pay salaries in September at a fuel distribution unit in the east where authorities have set up a parallel board.
The comments highlight the risk that NOC might break up after eastern (...)
This week Berlin hosted a round of meetings to prepare for a conference on Libya that Germany is seeking to host early next month. The Berlin conference will convene at the summit level, bringing together leading international and regional (...)
Hundreds of Lebanese protested Sunday in the country's capital and other areas over an economic crisis that worsened over the past two weeks, with worries over dollar-reliant Lebanon's local currency losing value for the first time in more than two (...)
The first evacuation flight of African refugees and asylum-seekers was set to arrive in Rwanda on Thursday in the latest effort to divert and care for thousands from the continent who failed in their efforts to reach Europe.
The East African (...)
The main foreign power- Eastern Libyan forces on Monday mounted an air strike on the central city of Strike held by the internationally recognised government, an official and residents said, widening a conflict engulfing the capital Tripoli.
Khalifa (...)
At least three fighters aligned with Libya's U.N.-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) were killed in an offensive on Saturday aimed at pushing back Libyan National Army (LNA) led by commander Khalifa Haftar, a witness said.
The clashes (...)
A missile hit the car park of Libya's only functioning airport in Tripoli on Saturday, forcing flights to be grounded for almost three hours before operations resumed, the airport and a witness said.
The airport said on its website that Mitiga (...)
Libya's Sebha airport re-open to air traffic in 16 August, after five years from its closure in January 2014, due to security problems, the Libyan Airport Authority said on its Facebook page.
For the first time, the airport in the main southern city (...)
Egypt has called on the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) to further cooperate and engage in dialogue with the Libyan elected representatives to crystallise a roadmap that is required for getting over the current crisis in the country, according (...)
Missiles hit the only functioning airport in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Thursday, killing one worker, the airport said.
Mitiga airport halted traffic and diverted flights to Misrata, a city some 200km to the east of Tripoli, the airport said in a (...)
Libya's internationally recognized government has allocated 40 million Libyan dinars ($28.5 million) for its defense ministry, it said on Tuesday, stepping up spending to fend off an eastern offensive as the war enters a fifth month.
The government (...)
The Libyan National Army (LNA) launched strikes aimed at Misrata's Air Force Academy early on Tuesday, a military source told Reuters.
Reuters added that eyewitness in Misrata said "massive explosions were heard across the city".
Misrata is a (...)
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced Cairo's rejection of all foreign interference in Libya's domestic affairs during a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron.
According to an Egyptian Presidency statement, Sisi received a (...)
Libya's Mitiga airport re-opened to air traffic on Saturday night after it was halted following several shellings, the Libya Airport Authority said in a statement on its Facebook page.
Mitiga is the only working airport in the Libyan capital (...)
President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi stressed Cairo's rejection of all forms of foreign interference in Libya's domestic affairs during a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday, according to a statement from the Egyptian (...)
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on Saturday met with the Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar, in Cairo where they discussed the updates in Libya, according to Al Arabiya.
State-run MENA news agency said on Friday that (...)
Libya's coast guard says it intercepted 75 Europe-bound migrants off the country's Mediterranean coast.
Spokesman Ayoub Gassim said Saturday that a rubber boat carrying migrants from Bangladesh, Morocco, Somalia, Algeria and Sudan was stopped Friday (...)
Libya's Mitiga airport halted air traffic on Saturday after a shelling, the airport authority said on its Facebook page.
Mitiga is the only working airport in the Libyan capital Tripoli, which has been under attack by the Libyan National Army, (...)
The Libyan National Army (LNA) claimed responsibility for the airstrike that allegedly targeted a field hospital in Tripoli, killing five doctors and injuring eight others.
“On Saturday, we carried out an air raid on a field hospital in southern (...)
The British embassy in Tripoli condemned the airstrike that targeted a field hospital in Tripoli killing five doctors and injuring eight others on Saturday.
"We strongly condemn the reports about targeting civilians in the field hospital South of (...)
The Untied Nations envoy in Libya, Ghassan Salamé, has called for a truce to be declared for the Eid Al-Adha religious holiday which will fall on about the 10 August.
"Following the truce, I request a high-level meeting with concerned countries for (...)
The Libyan National Army (LNA), led by Khalifa Haftar, has attacked military targets in the north Libyan city of Misrata, according to the Sputnik news agency.
According to local sources, the LNA warplanes allegedly targeted Turkish military (...)
At least 116 migrants are missing and another 132 were rescued by Libyan coast guards and local fishermen after a wooden boat capsized off Libya, Libyan navy spokesman Ayoub Qassem said on Thursday.
Citing initial findings, he said there had been (...)
Authorities at Mitiga airport in the Libyan capital Tripoli announced on Monday night on its Facebook official page the halting of all flights and operations in the airport, after the airport was targeted by an air strike.
Despite the airport's (...)
The Libyan National Army managed to shoot down on Sunday a Turkish drone that is affiliated to the Government of National Accord (GNA). The drone was targeted by the air defence forces of the Libyan national army while it was hovering in the suburbs (...)
