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The Libyan National Army (LNA) has forced the Benghazi Defense Brigades (BDB) off the oil ports of Ras Lanuf and Es Sider less than two weeks after being battled out. LNA under the command of Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar has Read more
Head of Libyan rival government based in the East, Abdullah Al-Thinni travelled Monday to Cairo to marshal Egypt’s military support for the affiliated army attempting to retake two oil terminals taken several days ago by the Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB) Read more
The Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR) seems to be on the verge of fracturing after 30 of its members held a meeting in Tripoli, which was described by lawmaker Mohamed Raied as an unofficial consultative gathering. The meeting was decided Read more
The 21st session of the Algeria-Tunisia High Joint Commission ended in Tunis with the signing of eight agreements and Memoranda of Understanding in diverse areas, covering, among others, security, social and cultural cooperation. The session was co-chaired by Prime Minister Read more
Head of Libya’s internationally recognised parliament Ageela Saleh has informed the High National Electoral Commission about the organization of fresh parliamentary and presidential elections no later than February 2018 in a move to get out of the current political stalemate. Read more
The ambassadors of the U.S., UK and France to Libya have called on the warring parties in the country to hand over the revenues of the oil ports under their control to the National Oil Corporation (NOC) based in Tripoli. Read more
The Libyan National Army (LNA) loyal to the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR) has vowed that it will retake control over the oil ports of Sider and Ras Lanuf after it lost them to the Benghazi Defense Brigades (BDB) in Read more
Armed men in the Libyan city of Zuwarah, hub of oil smuggling activities, have seized a Turkish tanker. The vessel according to Turkish media is called Haci Telli and is operated by the Istanbul-based Transpacific Shipping Company. The tanker headed Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not receive Libya’s UN-backed Prime Minister Faiez Serraj scheduled to visit Moscow Thursday and Friday, the Russian President’s office said. As announced by Russian deputy foreign minister Mikhail Bogdanov, Head of the Presidency Council (PC) Read more
Egypt’s Al-Azhar observatory has mocked the Islamic State group (IS)’s video showing the bomber of the December attack against a Coptic Orthodox Church in capital Cairo, saying that the group is trying to lure new recruits as it is on Read more