Two guards were killed and four others were kidnapped early on Saturday in a suspected Islamic State attack targeting Libya's Zella oilfield, a security source said.
The attackers struck at an entrance gate to the field, which lies near the town of (...)
The vast Sahel-Sahara region, which spans Mali, Niger, Algeria, Libya, Chad, Burkina Faso and Mauritania, has become home to such terrorist organisations as the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJWA), Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (...)
Cairo has reaffirmed its support for the Libyan National Army (LNA) in its fight to uproot terrorism in Libya and for its contribution to the drive to rebuild legitimacy and promote political solutions to the Libyan crisis that meet the hopes and (...)
The vast Sahel-Sahara region, which spans Mali, Niger, Algeria, Libya, Chad, Burkina Faso and Mauritania, has become home to such terrorist organisations as the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJWA), Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (...)
Cairo has reaffirmed its support for the Libyan National Army (LNA) in its fight to uproot terrorism in Libya and for its contribution to the drive to rebuild legitimacy and promote political solutions to the Libyan crisis that meet the hopes and (...)
President Emmanuel Macron wants to meet Libyan eastern commander Khalifa Haftar to push a ceasefire and resume peace talks, France's foreign minister said on Tuesday.
Macron last week called for a ceasefire in the month-long battle for Libya's (...)
The European Union (EU) on Monday called on all parties in Libya to immediately implement a ceasefire and to engage with the United Nations (UN) to ensure a full and comprehensive cessation of hostilities.
In a statement, the EU said that "the (...)
Retired Lebanese soldiers blockaded the central bank in Beirut on Monday in protest against draft state budget proposals they fear would curb military benefits, an escalation of demonstrations and strikes against the heavily indebted state's (...)
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Friday called on warring sides in Libya to commit to the ceasefire resolution and to return to political talks led by the UN.
The UNSC's remarks comes amid a new wave of violence in Libya which has begun (...)
The United Nations Security Council called on all parties to the Libya conflict on Friday to commit to a ceasefire and return to UN-led mediation, said Indonesian UN Ambassador Dian Triansyah Djani, president of the 15-member body for May.
The (...)
Libya's internationally recognized government asked 40 foreign firms including French oil major Total to renew their licenses or have their operations suspended, pressuring Europe to stop an eastern military offensive against Tripoli.
The firms have (...)
Libyan National Army (LNA) Command announced Sunday evening the end of the first phase of the operation launched by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar to “liberate the capital from the grip of terrorism”, as the LNA communique put it.
The following (...)
The world breathed a sigh of relief when the last stronghold of the Islamic State (IS) group in Baghouz in eastern Syria fell in March, ending a nightmare that had lasted since June 2014 when it established its foothold in the region and proclaimed (...)
France on Wednesday called for an unconditional ceasefire in the Libya conflict under international supervision after a meeting between President Emmanuel Macron and U.N.-backed Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj.
"Noting that there is no (...)
The Libyan National Army (LNA) shot down a Tripoli government warplane south of the Libyan capital on Tuesday, witnesses and LNA said.
The LNA media unit released pictures of what it said was the pilot with blood on his face receiving medical (...)
The Libyan National Army (LNA) urged its troops engaged in Tripoli clashes to battle harder and teach their enemies an even bigger lesson, Reuters reported.
LNA Commander Khalifa Haftar was quoted as saying that soldiers should fight harder because (...)
Eight soldiers were killed in an attack carried out by the Islamic State (IS) group and fighters from the Chadian opposition on Saturday against a training camp belonging to the Libyan National Army (LNA) in the southern city of Sabha.
The head of (...)
Recent fighting in southern Tripoli in Libya has killed 187 people and wounded 1,157, a spokesman for the ministry of health said on Saturday.
The government has also transferred a number of wounded to Tunisia, Turkey, Italy and Ukraine for medical (...)
The United Nations on Sunday called for a week-long humanitarian truce in Libya where eastern forces have been trying to take the capital Tripoli for four weeks.
The UN called for a truce from Monday morning 0400 local time on the occasion of the (...)
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya Ghassan Salame warned on Monday the countries that tend to continue to support the leader of the National Libyan Army (LNA) Khalifa Haftar, (...)
"Extremist militias" controlling the Libyan capital, Tripoli, were "derailing" the search for a political solution to the country's crisis, a senior United Arab Emirates (UAE) official said on Thursday.
"Abu Dhabi agreement offered opportunity to (...)
Libyan National Army (LNA) Command announced Sunday evening the end of the first phase of the operation launched by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar to “liberate the capital from the grip of terrorism”, as the LNA communique put it.
The following (...)
The world breathed a sigh of relief when the last stronghold of the Islamic State (IS) group in Baghouz in eastern Syria fell in March, ending a nightmare that had lasted since June 2014 when it established its foothold in the region and proclaimed (...)
Forces backing Libya's internationally recognised government fought house-to-house battles with troops loyal to commander Khalifa Haftar in southern parts of the capital Tripoli on Sunday and appeared to be gaining ground.
Government soldiers, some (...)
While international efforts to avert escalation in the military operation to secure control over Tripoli that Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, the Benghazi based commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), launched 20 days ago remain feeble, the (...)
