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Russia is planning to make the war-torn Libya “his new Syria” and challenge the West in North Africa, warn UK intelligence chiefs. Moscow is sending troops and missiles into Libya in a bid to enforce a new stranglehold on European immigration routes, says the Sun daily, affirming that taking control of the biggest illegal immigration […]
Head of the UN mission in Libya Saturday said it will be hard for the country to hold its much expected elections on December 10 as agreed by various stakeholders in May at a Paris meeting. “There is still a lot to do. It may not be possible to respect the date of December 10,” […]
Libya’s oil production climbed to the highest since 2013 and can go even higher if security at the nation’s energy facilities can be improved, the chairman of the state-run National Oil Corp told Bloomberg. The statement comes as the country’s capital has sank in a spiral of violence opposing rival militias. Output reached recently 1.278 […]
Four containers carrying 11 tons of cannabis resin have been seized in Malta while on their way from Syria to Libya. The shipment, discovered in the four containers after they were scanned, was seized at Malta Freeport on Monday as it was to complete the journey to Libya. Customs officials at the port became suspicious […]
A militia leader aligned with the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) Wednesday was targeted by UN and US sanctions for attacking oil facilities in Eastern Libya, in June. Ibrahim Jadhran’s forces attacked Ras Lanuf and al-Sidra oil export terminals last June. The terminals were under the control of eastern Libya strongman Khalifa Haftar’s forces. […]
Two staff members of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) were killed Monday after ‘masked’ men allegedly associated to the Islamic State group (ISIS) attacked the Tripoli-based headquarters of the critical institution still ensuring revenues to the country. Several men reportedly stormed the glass-fronted building of the institution managing the country’s oil industry. Gunfire and explosions […]
As Algeria has repeatedly violated the territorial integrity of its Libyan neighbor, warlord Khalifa Haftar has expressed his exasperation and threatened to launch war on Algeria, if it continues to profit from the current instability in his country to conduct regular military incursions in the Libyan territory. In a video circulated on social media, Haftar […]
The UN Special Representative for Libya Ghassan Salamé pointed to the violence in the capital, Tripoli, that began on August 26 as shattering “the façade of calm that had prevailed since May 2017,” relaying that tanks and heavy artillery were deployed into residential neighborhoods, leaving 61 Libyans dead and injuring nearly 160. “Many of those […]
Factions fighting for the control of the Libyan capital have reached a ceasefire following over a week-long armed struggle that have killed dozens of people and displaced hundreds, the UN Special mission in the North African country said on Tuesday. “A ceasefire agreement was reached + signed today to end all hostilities,” the U.N. mission […]
Residents in the Libyan capital and other cities are facing restriction to access Facebook, which has turned to be the main source of information in the crisis-hit country where lawlessness has become the order of the day with rival factions fighting to grasp power. Tripoli and its surroundings have been witnessing since the past week […]