Libyan forces renewed their push to oust Islamic State from its former North African stronghold of Sirte on Sunday, saying they had seized the city’s main mosque and a jail Continue Reading
Members of the NATO alliance said they welcomed Libyan investment board actions as a step toward ensuring authority over the nation’s oil wealth. The governments of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Continue Reading
An oil tanker on Thursday began loading crude from Libya’s Zueitina port, the first cargo about to be shipped from the terminal in 10 months, a spokesman for the country’s Continue Reading
Libyan officials were cautious on Thursday about declaring complete victory over the Islamic State in the coastal city of Surt, saying unknown numbers of the militant organization’s extremists remained ensconced Continue Reading
U.S.-backed Libyan forces said on Wednesday they have taken over Islamic State group’s headquarters in Sirte, the militants’ final bastion in Libya, breaking a stalemate with the help of U.S. Continue Reading
U.S. Special Operations forces are providing direct, on-the-ground support for the first time to fighters battling the Islamic State in Libya, U.S. and Libyan officials said, coordinating American airstrikes and Continue Reading
Libya forces Operation Dignity, a Libyan militia, has attacked the Zueitina oil terminal near Benghazi, local media report . The attack, which took place on Friday, was repelled by Petroleum Continue Reading
Es Sider terminal has been closed since December 2014 Six of 19 storage tanks at port damaged in past two years Libya has started maintenance work at Es Sider port, Continue Reading
Unity government reached a deal with guards to reopen ports Measure viewed as insufficient to drive up flows from country Oil traders who specialize in purchasing cargoes from Mediterranean ports Continue Reading
U.S. airstrikes targeted Islamic State positions in the Libyan city of Sirte for the second straight day on Aug. 2, the press office of Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) Continue Reading
