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Category: Libya
HRW Slams EU Decision to Allow Libyan Coast Guards Handle African Migrants
Human Rights Watch denounced on Wednesday the European Union decision to entrust the Libyan coast guards with the task of managing the waves of illegal ... Read More
Libya: France, Italy, UK, US Welcome Return of Oil Terminals under Legitimate NOC
France, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States have welcomed the announcement that Libya’s National Oil Corporation has recovered its prerogatives and is resuming ... Read More
Libya Announces Reopening of Key Oil Terminals, Triggering Fall of Crude
Libya’s oil production and export operations will resume to normal levels after General Khalifa Haftar, the military strongman controlling eastern Libya, agreed to allow four ... Read More
Italy Reactivates Gaddafi-Era Deal with Libya to Curb Migration
Worried by a surge of migration attempts from Libya, Italy reactivated a Gaddafi-era friendship deal with Libya promising to offer billions of euros in aid. ... Read More
EU Commission Approves New €90.5 Million Migration-related Programs in North Africa
The European Commission Friday (July 6) approved three new migration-related programs in Morocco, Tunisia and Libya totaling €90.5 million. The new programs, under the EU ... Read More
Libya: Haftar Holds Secret Meeting with Israel
Head of Libya’s unrecognized Libyan National Army (LNA) recently held a secret and lengthy meeting with a high-ranking Israeli intelligence officer, reports say citing a ... Read More
Libya: Haftar Declares Victory in Derna
Strongman of Libya’s eastern part KhalifA Haftar and his army Thursday announced victory over ‘terrorists’ in the town of Derna after nearly two months of ... Read More
Libya: UN Chief Calls for Return of Oil Installations to GNA-backed NOC
The United Nations Chief Wednesday urged Libyan eastern authorities to surrender the country’s oil installations to Tripoli-based National Oil Corporation (NOC) operating under the wig ... Read More
Migration Tops Italian Interior Minister’s Talks in Libya
Italy’s Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, who is vowing a new hardline stance on migration, on Monday used his first foreign visit to Libya to demand ... Read More
Libyan Coast Guards Intercept almost 1,000 Migrants in One Day
Libyan coastguards have picked up about 1000 African migrants on inflatable boats in several operations Sunday and recovered the body of ten others, officials at ... Read More