Libya

The Libyan Center for Disease Control announced today, Saturday, that it had recorded 87 new cases of the emerging coronavirus, the highest daily death toll from the virus since it began spreading in March. With this announcement, the…

France’s foreign ministry on Friday rebuffed U.S. assertions that a European Union naval mission to enforce a U.N. weapons embargo for Libya was biased and not serious, saying Washington should itself be doing more to stop the flow of…

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan denounced Egypt and the United Arab Emirates on Thursday for supporting forces based in eastern Libya, after Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met Libyan tribesmen who called for Cairo to intervene in…

Egypt will not stand idle in the face of any moves that pose a direct threat to Egyptian and Libyan national security, President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said on Thursday, according to a presidency statement. The statement also said tribal…

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan discussed in a telephone conversation today, Wednesday, the developments of the situation in Libya. In a statement, the Kremlin said that the Russian…

The High Representative for Security and Foreign Policy of the European Union, Josep Borrell, announced that the European Union urged Turkey to respect the arms embargo on Libya and the outputs of the Berlin conference. Borrell confirmed…

The Italian Ministry of Defense said that its Minister, Lorenzo Guerrini, discussed in Rome the situation in Libya and other bilateral files with his French counterpart, Florence Barley. The two sides affirmed their shared commitment to…

Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) lifted force majeure on all oil exports on Friday as a first tanker loaded at Es Sider after a half-year blockade by eastern forces, but said technical problems caused by the shutdown would keep output…

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the Libyan conflict has entered a new stage with external intervention reaching unprecedented levels, noting efforts to declare a demilitarized zone in Libya. Guterres, during a…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that has decided to reopen its embassy in Libya although its head will temporarily be based in neighbouring Tunisia. “We took a decision to reopen the Russian embassy in Libya, which…