Libya joins Iran in snubbing oil freeze: source
Libya does not plan to attend an April 17 meeting of oil producers about freezing supply to support prices, a Libyan OPEC delegate said on Tuesday, joining fellow OPEC member Continue Reading
Libyan oil output has yet to recover
A survey of oil production from Libya shows the country remains far below its peak capacity levels posted more than five years ago, before the Arab Spring. Energy reporting service Continue Reading
Italy warns Libyans time is running out for unity government
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has warned Libya’s factions that time is running out for a national unity government to get the confidence backing it needs from parliament. Italy and Continue Reading
Pentagon Has Plan to Cripple ISIS in Libya With Air Barrage
The Pentagon has presented the White House with the most detailed set of military options yet for attacking the growing Islamic State threat in Libya , including a range of Continue Reading
Tunisia Says Several Dead in Attack by Gunmen on Libyan Border
At least 10 people have been killed in clashes between Tunisian police and unidentified gunmen near the Libyan border on Monday, authorities said, amid increasing concern that violent extremism in Continue Reading
Libya: U.N. Envoy May Give Up On Unity Government Approval, Source Says
According to insight from a Libyan political analyst, U.N. Special Envoy for Libya Martin Kobler is near to moving forward with plans for Libya without a successful vote of confidence Continue Reading
A Radical Idea to Rebuild a Shattered Libya: Restore the Monarchy
The deserted royal palace here, hidden behind locked gates and an overgrown garden, stands as a monument to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi ’s virulent rejection of Libya ’s monarchy. Colonel Qaddafi Continue Reading
Libya: Hifter’s Forces Recapture Benghazi District
In Libya, troops under Gen. Khalifa Hifter took control of Benghazi’s al-Laithi district as militants rapidly withdrew from the area, The New Arab reported Feb. 23. The militants’ withdrawal allowed Continue Reading
U.S. Scrambles to Contain Growing ISIS Threat in Libya
Photo Senegalese commandos during a recent United States-led training exercise in Senegal. Credit Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times THIES, Senegal — The Islamic State’s branch in Libya is Continue Reading
Italy Quietly Agrees to Armed U.S. Drone Missions Over Libya
The Italian government last month quietly began allowing armed American drones to fly out of an air base in Italy for military operations against Islamic State in Libya and across Continue Reading