The EU mission off the Libyan coast has been extended by the German parliament to comprise measures to dissuade weapon smugglers. However, the opposition argues that the main aim of the missions should be to focus on rescuing the migrants.

A multinational military operation involving British, French and US forces is coordinating air strikes in support of a renegade general battling Islamist militia groups from a base near Benghazi in eastern Libya, air traffic recordings obtained by Middle East Eye reveal.

A car bomb exploded outside a security base in Benghazi on Wednesday night, killing at least 12 Libyan fighters, local sources told The New Arab. The bomb blast targeted the armed men allied to commander of Libya’s eastern government General Khalifa Haftar as they gathered outside a militia headquarters.

News on releasing the son of Muammar al-Gaddafi Saif Al-Islam, is still circulating in media sources. Some sources confirm that he was freed from capital punishment earlier this year, and now it seems to be that Saif is roaming the streets of Libya, even though he faces charges for crimes …

When Gen. Khalifa Hifter arrived in Moscow on an unannounced visit in late June, experts interpreted it as yet another attempt to secure an arms-transfer deal with the Kremlin. However, the Russian ambassador to Libya was quick to dismiss the speculation. “Unless the Security Council lifts or at least eases the embargo, …

Members of the Libyan American Public Affairs Council (LAPAC) met, on Wednesday and Thursday, with a staff of the White House National Security Council, the foreign and defense ministries, and the Senate House.

Libyan pro-unity government forces say they have closed in on the Islamic State [IS] group’s final stronghold in the militants’ Mediterranean coastal bastion of Sirte. Fighters allied to the Government of National Accord on Sunday encircled IS in the Ouagadougou conference centre – a huge building the group has made as …

Condemning continued violence against journalists in Libya, the international organisation Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the Government of National Accord (GNA) take a stand on the issue.

Amnesty International is demanding the international community take serious measures to improve the lot of migrants trapped in Libya. It warns that EU cooperation on migrants with the Government of National Accord should not go ahead if it leads directly or indirectly to what it describes as further shocking human …

The leader of the Libyan National Army General Khalifa Haftar arrived in Russia yesterday to discuss the latest developments in his country. Libya’s Al-Mostakbal newspaper reported that Haftar’s visit to Moscow comes following a visit to Egypt.