The blockade has resulted in more than $9.8bn in lost revenue, exacerbating electricity and fuel shortages.

Author: AFPID: 1600434043385156100Fri, 2020-09-18 12:57BENGHAZI: Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar announced Friday a conditional lifting of a months-long blockade on oilfields and ports by his forces.“We have decided to resume oil produc...

Khalifa Haftar said on Friday his forces would lift an eight-month blockade in Libya and let oil production resume as their rivals in Tripoli want a committee to be formed to ensure fair distribution of revenues. The blockade by eastern for...

The head of Libya's UN-recognized Government of National Accord said Wednesday he planned to step down within six weeks as part of efforts to broker a peace agreement.

Author: Thu, 2020-09-17 01:13NEW YORK: The UN Security Council adopted a resolution on Tuesday demanding that all countries enforce the widely violated UN arms embargo on Libya, withdraw all mercenaries from the North African nation.Th...

Wed, 2020-09-16 23:15TRIPOLI: The prime minister of Libya's Tripoli-based government Fayez Al-Sarraj announced his intention to step down by the end of October in a speech delivered on state television on Wednesday."I declare my sincere...

Turkey and Russia have moved closer to an agreement on a ceasefire and political process in Libya during their latest meetings in Ankara, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told an interview with broadcaster CNN Turk late on Wednesda...

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to name new envoy after months of deadlock following resignation of Ghassane Salame.

Author: Wed, 2020-09-16 02:48 CAIRO: Libyan army chief Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar has told an Egyptian delegation that “guarantees” are in place to stop oil imports falling into the hands of armed militias and mercen...

An interim government in eastern Libya resigned on Sunday amid street protests that erupted across the divided country over dire living conditions, officials said.

Protesters set fire to the government's headquarters in the Libyan city of Benghazi, as rare demonstrations over living conditions and corruption continued in the east of the country for a third day.

Rare protests over living conditions and corruption continue in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi for third day.

BENGHAZI, Libya Sept 13 (Reuters) - Protesters set fire to the government's headquarters in the Libyan city of Benghazi, as rare demonstrations over living conditions and corruption continued in the east of the country for a third day.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – As the pandemic started to rage through Libya last month, medics working in the war-ravaged country’s few functioning hospitals faced their nightmare scenario - a surge in cases and dwindling resources.

Delegates in Morocco talks agree on 'the criteria, transparent mechanisms' for key posts.

The European Union maritime force enforcing the UN arms embargo on Libya said Thursday it intercepted and redirected a tanker headed for Libya after determining it was carrying jet fuel in possible violation of the ban. The MV Royal Diamond...

A European Union naval vessel Thursday stopped a ship that was carrying jet fuel from the United Arab Emirates to Libya on suspicion it was violating a United Nations arms embargo, EU officials said.

A prominent human rights organization Thursday accused Libyan armed groups linked to the Tripoli-based government of using heavy weapons to disperse anti-corruption rallies last month in the capital and of detaining, torturing and forcibly...

A prominent human rights organization Thursday accused Libyan armed groups linked to the Tripoli-based government of using heavy weapons to disperse anti-corruption rallies last month in the capital and of detaining, torturing and forcibly...

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The warring parties in Libya and their international backers - the United Arab Emirates, Russia and Jordan vs Turkey and Qatar - violated a UN arms embargo on the oil-rich North African country that remains "totally in...

The warring parties in Libya and their international backers - the United Arab Emirates, Russia and Jordan vs Turkey and Qatar - violated a UN arms embargo on the oil-rich north African country that remains "totally ineffective," UN experts...

Delegates from Tripoli-based Government of National Accord and rival eastern-based parliament meet after ceasefire.

Report by Antonio Guterres says more than 2,780 people held in centres, with about one fifth of them being children.

City elections in Misrata and those planned across western and southern Libya could help pave the way for nationwide elections.

Sunday marks the International Day of the Disappeared, drawing attention to people who have inexplicably gone missing.

Tripoli-based government says Fathi Bashagha's handling of a crackdown on protests will be investigated within 72 hours.

BBC finds evidence that a UAE drone killed 26 unarmed cadets in Libya’s capital Tripoli.

The six protesters were abducted on Sunday by militiamen, apparently allied with the UN-recognised government.

Instead of war between the east and west, new fault lines are now being drawn between politicians trying to take control on both sides and warlords vying for their personal ambitions

Demonstrators in Libya's third largest city rally again to express anger over declining living conditions.