Libya’s internationally-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) has refused to reduce diplomatic representation and stop cooperation with Turkey.

The European Union is funding the Libyan coast guard to keep migrants out of Europe and detain them in a failed state—and that leaves them at the mercy of militias and human traffickers.

Since mid-2014, when the ongoing low-level civil war erupted in Libya after the failure of the post-revolutionary political reconciliation process, the UN has vainly attempted to push competing Libyan factions toward a compromise. Different UN special envoys launched processes of reconciliation and accommodation that inevitably collided with a complex matrix …

Germany is to host an international meeting on Libya sometime before the end of October – some say before the end of the year. This is the latest attempt to find a solution to the conflict in the North African country that has been beset by unrest for almost nine …

Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar whose forces have been battling to capture the seat of the UN-recognized government in Tripoli since April, said he was open to “dialogue” ahead of a special UN session Thursday.

Turkey supports a UN-backed political process in Libya, the country’s presidential spokesman said Wednesday, Anadolu reports.

Berlin hosted a meeting ahead of the upcoming international conference on Libya slated for next November. The meeting was attended by representatives from the US, France, the UK, Italy, Russia, Egypt, the UAE, Arab League and European Union.

The spokesman for Libyan Navy Ayoub Qassim has denied accusations made against Libyan coastguards saying they have been selling immigrants to human traffickers.

Libya’s Foreign Minister, Mohamed Sayala has called on the Arab League to break its silence towards the Libyan crisis and take a clear position to stop the military support for the aggressor forces on Tripoli.

The Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit and United Nations envoy in Libya Ghassan Salame discussed in Cairo on Monday the latest political and security conditions in Libya and efforts for stopping the ongoing fight around the capital Tripoli.