Libya News

Libya’s oil production rose by 3,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 1.186 million bpd on Thursday, according to the National Oil Corporation (NOC), as the African OPEC member exempted from the OPEC+ deal has seen a recovery in output over the pas...

A fuel tank exploded in a massive blast in the southern Libyan city of Sebha late on Tuesday, residents told Reuters, and a spokesman for the hospital there said at least 13 people were injured.

Most predictions indicate that a solution to the crisis in Libya is unlikely anytime soon. Recent clashes are driving back the military conflict in the country.This Arab country ha...

Wed, 2022-09-07 23:47CAIRO: Cowering in a bare corner, the 15-year-old boy begs for mercy and holds up his arms, trying to fend off the rifle pointed at his face. “Where is the money? Where is the money?” the holder of the rifle barks, ov...

Egypt’s foreign minister withdrew Tuesday from an Arab League session chaired by the chief diplomat of one of Libya’s two rival governments. The move was an apparent protest against her representing Libya at the pan-Ar...

Renewed clashes broke out over the weekend in oil-rich Libya’s capital as militia forces aligned with the Government of National Unity (GNU) moved to ensure continued control after a failed attempt by the rival eastern-backed prime minister...

Sun, 2022-09-04 01:06TRIPOLI: Libyan armed factions fought in the western outskirts of Tripoli early on Saturday as forces aligned with Abdul Hamid Dbeibah’s government further consolidated their control over the capital.Fighting took...

Fighting erupts in the capital as forces aligned with the internationally recognised government assert their control.

Libyan armed factions fought in the western outskirts of Tripoli late on Friday and early Saturday as forces aligned with Abdulhamid Dbeibah's government further consolidated their control over the capital.Fighting to...

The U.N. Security Council has approved U.N. diplomat Abdoulaye Bathily as the new U.N. envoy to Libya, ending a nine-month search amid increasing chaos in the oil-rich north African nation

Here's a round-up of Al Jazeera's Middle East coverage from the past week.

Thu, 2022-09-01 14:00LONDON: Libyans are losing what little hope they have that the dire political and humanitarian situation in their country will be resolved anytime soon, a senior adviser to the US mission at the UN has warned.Jeffr...

Wed, 2022-08-31 21:04LONDON: Libya’s full integration into the global economy is being hampered by actors pursuing destabilizing agendas that undermine peace and national unity, the US said on Wednesday.The comments came after the US A...

Five migrants died and 16 went missing after their boat sank off the coast of eastern Libya while attempting to reach Europe, authorities said on Tuesday.A rescue unit official told AFP that the boat with 27 people o...

Wed, 2022-08-31 01:38UNITED NATIONS: The UN political chief warned Tuesday that failure to resolve Libya’s political crisis and hold delayed elections poses a growing threat in the country, pointing to violent clashes a few days ago that...

The North African country became divided between two rival administrations in the years after the overthrow of former leader Muammar Gaddafi a decade ago. The Government of National Accord (GNA) is based in the capital, Tripoli, located in...

The U.N. political chief is warning that failure to resolve Libya’s pollical crisis and hold delayed elections poses a growing threat in the country

As many as 32 people were killed in the latest outbreak of fighting in Tripoli, including comedian Mustafa Baraka.

Calm temporarily returned to Tripoli on Monday morning after weekend clashes left an estimated 32 people dead and scores of others wounded as violence erupted between forces loyal to the country’s rival prime ministers. Clashes erupted late...

Charred cars and buildings pockmarked by bullets scarred Libya’s capital yesterday, the day after intense fighting killed 32 people yet appeared to leave the Tripoli government more firmly entrenched.Battles raged across the city througho...

Libya's rival premiers on Sunday traded accusations over deadly clashes in Tripoli - the worst in the capital since a landmark 2020 ceasefire and which sparked fears of a major new conflict.The health ministry said 32...

Power struggle between rival governments triggers street fighting in Tripoli.

Libya's worst fighting for two years suddenly hit the capital Tripoli on Saturday.The death toll from clashes between armed groups loyal to Libya's rival administrations killed 32 people, officials said Sunday.This...

The worst fighting in two years rocked Tripoli on Saturday, as residents feared a return to war.

Militias patrolled nearly deserted streets in Libya's capital Sunday, a day after clashes killed over 30 people and ended Tripoli's months-long stretch of relative calm.The fighting broke out early Saturday and pitted militias loyal to the...

TRIPOLI: Flights resumed and shops re-opened in Libya's capital Tripoli on Sunday after clashes between backers of rival governments killed at least 32 people and sparked fears of major new conflict.Armed groups had exchanged fire that dama...