Since April, about 19 families, mostly Sudanese from Darfur, have been taking refuge in an improvised camp.

US Africa Command conducted an airstrike in coordination  with the Government  of National Accord, killing 7 ISIS-Libya terrorists in southern Libya, on September 29, 2019.

Libya Al-Ahrar TV channel has quoted a source in the Government of National Accord (GNA) as saying that Al-Wattiyah Airbase is now under the complete control of Russian forces.

A boat with more than 50 people on board has capsized off the Libyan coast, the United Nations said on Saturday, the latest accident involving migrants trying to reach Europe.

In Libya, where rival forces are deadlocked south of Tripoli, a months-long battle for the skies between Turkish and UAE drones has failed to break the stalemate, analysts say.

France and Italy have chaired a ministerial meeting on Libya in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly with attendance of delegates from the US, UK, UAE, Turkey, Egypt, China, Germany, Russia, and Arab League as well as the African Union. 

A U.S. airstrike Thursday in Libya has killed 17 Islamic State fighters, according to U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM).

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.

Sudan ordered the closure of its borders with Libya and Central African Republic on Thursday over security concerns, the country’s ruling body announced, the first such decision since the fall of autocrat Omar al-Bashir.

Mitiga International Airport in the Libyan capital Tripoli was this morning repeatedly bombed by what some observers say were UAE drones. The Emirati strikes comes hours after the airport was targeted by warplanes.