Yesterday, Libya’s National Oil Corporation issued a report stating that on 16 March, the tanker Gulf Petroleum 4 completed unloading of a cargo of aviation fuel at Benghazi port, where it had arrived on a direct journey from Sharjah in the UAE. “Under Libyan law all importation of fuel must be carried out by N…

The Tripoli Ministry of Health also announced the establishment of a quarantine centre at Mitiga airport which it said would open in the coming days. The centre is equipped with mobile intensive care rooms, 12 rooms each with a bathroom, two detection rooms, an analysis lab, an observation room, a large room equ…

Renewed bombardments were reported by both sides in Libya Today after a pause in fighting that followed the main combatants agreeing to a ceasefire because of the coronavirus epidemic. The United Nations last week backed a call for the eastern-based Libyan National Army and the internationally rec…

Libya’s internationally recognized government, led by Faiez Serraj and based in Tripoli, declared a general country-wide curfew which commenced today. The curfew is from 6pm until 6am. The Ministry of Interior warned that anyone who violates quarantine measures or the curfewcould be jailed up to six months or fi…