September 20, 2018

Foreign Minister discusses bilateral relations with Spanish counterpart in Madrid

The Foreign Minister of the Presidential Council (PC) Mohammed Sayala expressed Libya's aspiration to push forward the bilateral relations with Spain to return to its former state on all levels.

In a joint"...

September 20, 2018

Libya government moves to consolidate fragile calm

As new security arrangements were put into place in Tripoli this week in order to curb the threat by militia groups to sovereign institutions in the capital, the Presidency Council of Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) endorsed a package of economic reform measures designed"...

September 20, 2018

Norway Officials Admit They Knew Nothing About Libya But Joined Regime Change Efforts Anyway

A new official report produced by the Norwegian government illustrates the continuing absurdity of NATO expansion and foreign adventurism in places very far away from the 'North Atlantic' explicit in the name North Atlantic Treaty Organization — places like Afghanistan, Libya,"...

September 20, 2018

Salame discusses latest developments in Libya with Misrata delegation

The United Nations Special Envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame received Tuesday a delegation from Misrata Municipality at his office in Tripoli.

The meeting discussed the latest developments in Libya, including the"...

September 20, 2018

Why are refugees being sent back to war-torn Libya?

Trapped in Libya Journalist Sally Hayden has for almost three weeks been tweeting a remarkable thread of her WhatsApp conversations with refugees detained in terrible conditions in Libya. She has included supplemental reporting and audio and video clips from the refugees, and confirmed their stories with sources on the ground. What has emerged is a darkly compelling, movingly told account of what is happening in one of the most difficult places in the world from which to report. Many of the people Hayden is in contact with were returned......

September 20, 2018

Italian navy smuggles cigarettes after Libya mission

An Italian naval vessel was used to smuggle crates of cigarettes while returning from a mission to stop migrants from travelling from Libya to Europe, the navy confirmed on Wednesday after revelations in the press.

The"...

September 19, 2018

Working Group on enforced or involuntary Disappearances concluded its 116th session

The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) concluded its 116th session held between 10 and 14 September 2018.

The Working Group examined under its urgent action procedure"...

September 19, 2018

Sirte Protection Force seizes trucks of smuggled fuel on desert road

The Spokesman of the Protection Force of Sirte, Salem Al-Ameel, said that a military patrol of the force had seized trucks loaded with fuel on their way to be smuggled to countries south of the Libyan Desert.

In"...

September 19, 2018

11 tonnes of cannabis resin found in Freeport containers had value of over €28 million

Monday’s massive drugs haul at the Freeport was worth approximately €28.5 million, the Customs Department said today.

Monday’s drug bust was the biggest ever for Malta. Over 11 tonnes of cannabis"...

September 19, 2018

Al-Sirraj meets security measures' committee as clashes rock Tripoli again

The Head of the Presidential Council, Fayez Al-Sirraj, met Tuesday with the members of the security measures' committee of Greater Tripoli to review its tasks.

'WE are in dispute with the hindrances of"...