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Libya’s oilfields are expected to reopen soon, after militias have agreed to lift the siege on oil facilities, Parliament-backed Libyan Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha said

Libya expects to open all its oil loading terminals after it sets up a mechanism for a fair distribution of the country’s oil revenues among the regions

A close associate of Libya's outgoing prime minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, has launched a new private airline company, which would be allowed to operate direct flights between Libya and Europe through Malta for the first time since 2014, a source told The Libya Update. Mohamed El-Taher Issa, a pro-Dbeibeh businessman, is the owner of this…

Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, the General Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), has congratulated French President Emmanuel Macron on winning his country's presidential elections during Sunday vote. Addressing Macron in a letter, of which The Libya Update obtained a copy, Haftar thanked the French president for his "real support" to LNA in "combatting terrorism".…

ISIS, an internationally-designated terrorist group, has claimed responsibility over last night's car bomb attack against the Libyan National Army (LNA) in southwest Libya, according to the group's propaganda platform. Khaled Mahjoub, an LNA media official, said ISIS remotely detonated a car bomb in in front of LNA's Desert Patrols camp, which is located in the southern town…