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More than a dozen civilians killed in militia clashes in Libyan capital Tripoli

Clashes between competing militias in Libya's capital on Friday killed at least 13 people despite calls for calm after violence first broke out the previous night, a spokesman for Tripoli's emergency services said.

France 24

Fighting rips through Libyan capital, killing 13

Rival factions fought each other in Tripoli overnight and into Friday, killing 13 people in the Libyan capital's worst clashes for two years as a political standoff festers.

Reuters

UN Welcomes Progress in Libya’s Security Track

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has welcomed the meeting of the commanders of the Libyan army in Tripoli this week. “The United Nations commends this important dialogue and continues to support the security track talks, notably through the Joint Military Commission (JMC 5+5), including on the full…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Libyan PM makes alliance with ex-enemy to cement ceasefire

Prospect of Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh and Khalifa Haftar burying differences may be welcomed by UN

The Guardian - UK

Libya’s elites may unite, but elections still elusive

Libya has been divided by powerful elites for years, will a deal between commander Haftar and PM Dbeibah end that?

Al Jazeera

Libyan oil firm chief denounces Tripoli’s move to replace him

The National Oil Corporation claims Tripoli government forces stormed its headquarters to install new director.

Al Jazeera

Libyan parliament rejects Tripoli's move to sack state energy firm head

The energy committee of Libya's eastern-based parliament on Thursday rejected a government move to sack the head of National Oil Corporation (NOC), deepening a power struggle for control of the energy firm whose exports fund the entire state.

Reuters

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Libya's NOC chief ignores government order firing him

The head of Libya's National Oil Corp (NOC), Mustafa Sanalla, ignored a government order sacking him on Wednesday as he returned to Tripoli from Islam's haj pilgrimage, but said he would make a speech later.

Reuters

UN rights mission finds 'probable' mass graves in Libya

A U.N.-appointed mission to Libya said on Monday there are "probable mass graves" yet to be investigated, possibly as many as 100, in a town where hundreds of bodies have already been found, and it urged Tripoli to keep searching.

Reuters

UN: Libya Rival Officials Fail to Agree on Election Criteria

After two days of UN-mediated talks in Geneva, two senior Libyan officials from the country's rival camps failed to reach an agreement on a constitutional framework for national elections, the United Nations envoy to Libya said Thursday. According to Stephanie Williams, the UN special adviser on Libya, the influential speaker…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rival Libyan officials hold UN-led election talks in Switzerland

Talks will focus on draft constitutional framework for elections after they failed to reach an agreement previously.

Al Jazeera

In Gaddafi's hometown, little hope for Libya's future

The people living in the ruins of Sirte's 600 Block district have waited years for help removing rubble and rebuilding homes damaged by warfare, but despite a new Libyan government making the city its headquarters, they have little hope of change.

Reuters

Tripoli factions on edge as Libya stalemate festers

A sudden shootout between factions in the Libyan capital this month provided a vivid demonstration of how a political stalemate could trigger fighting between rival groups and end two years of comparative peace.

Reuters

Libya's Bashagha says he supports removal of foreign fighters

Libya's parliament-appointed Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha said on Wednesday his government supported removing all foreign forces and mercenaries from Libya, guided by a committee set up to safeguard a ceasefire after the 2014-2020 conflict.

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UN says Libya rival factions fail to reach deal in election talks

The final round of talks in Egypt concluded without a breakthrough, UN special adviser on Libya Stephanie Williams said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Says Libya’s Rivals Fail to Reach Deal in Election Talks

Rival Libyan factions failed to reach an agreement after wrapping up a third round of UN-mediated talks in Egypt, the United Nations said Monday, further complicating international efforts to find a way out of the country’s decade-old chaos. According to the UN special adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams, lawmakers from…

Radio France Internationale

EU court rejects alleged Wagner Group financer's appeal against Libya sanctions

A top EU court on Wednesday rejected a bid by Kremlin-linked oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, alleged financier of the Wagner mercenary group, to overturn sanctions imposed over the conflict in Libya.

The Guardian - UK

Russian mercenaries accused over use of mines and booby traps in Libya

Exclusive: UN investigators say Wagner Group fighters did not mark mines’ positions and may have rigged bomb to teddy bear

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Al Jazeera

Libya’s Bashagha says will base his rival gov’t in Sirte

His remarks came after attempting to enter Tripoli but was pushed back by forces aligned with UN-recognised PM Dbeibeh.

Al Jazeera

Libya misses out on oil price boom as political divide continues

A shutdown of Libya’s main oil fields shows the political differences that still hamper the country.

Tribune News Service

2 Libyan ports stop loading oil amid political standoff

Two Libyan ports have been forced to stop loading oil after protests calling for Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah to step down spilled over into the OPEC member’s energy sector.

Al Jazeera

Russians unlikely to leave Libya, despite Ukraine war

Despite rumours that Russia’s Wagner will fight in Ukraine, analysts expect the paramilitary group to stay in Libya.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Haftar Denies Shutting Libya’s Oil Fields, Bashagha Vows to Assume Office in Tripoli

Libya’s Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha’s government will assume office in the capital Tripoli by peaceful means “soon,” it announced on Sunday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Eastern Libyan Military Commanders Urge Closure of Road to West

Military commanders in eastern Libya said on Saturday they had suspended participation in a UN-backed joint military council, accusing the Tripoli-based government of failing to hand power to a new cabinet and calling for the road west to be closed. Last month, the eastern-based parliament appointed Fathi Bashagha to replace…

Reuters

Eastern Libyan military commanders urge closure of road to west

Military commanders in eastern Libya said on Saturday they had suspended participation in a U.N.-backed joint military council, accusing the Tripoli-based government of failing to hand power to a new cabinet and calling for the road west to be closed.

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