![The amount of extra oil Libya can export will depend in part on how quickly it can fix wellheads, pipelines and storage tanks that have been neglected or damaged during the conflict [File: Bloomberg]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cf489bed81a84406aa67324607f008eb_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
State energy firm said on Saturday it would start operations at ports and fields, but force majeure applies to some ops.
Libya
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Ankara lashes out at EU’s decision to sanction Turkish firm accused of breaking a 2011 UN arms embargo on Libya.
![Erdogan, right, met al-Sarraj in Istanbul on September 6 [Murat Cetinmuhurdar/PPO/Handout via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/59d8b98b470648d99c909b94fd615fa2_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Turkish officials to head to Tripoli ‘in the coming days’ for talks after GNA head announces he plans...
![The eastern forces' blockade of oil exports has cost $9bn in lost revenue for Libya so far this year [File: Ismail Zitouny/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/50603a028c814f3a855f84204cd1ad94_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Move by the National Oil Corporation comes after eastern-based forces announced lifting of...
![The blockade caused severe losses in Libya, as oil is the country's main source of income [Ismail Zitouny/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/102d4e7c558f499aadf8afdd9694ad34_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
The blockade has resulted in more than $9.8bn in lost revenue, exacerbating electricity and fuel shortages.
![Fayez al-Sarraj has headed the GNA since it was formed in 2015 as a result of a UN-backed political agreement aimed at uniting and stabilising Libya after Muammar Gaddafi's removal [File: Turkish Presidency via AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2282ff6093fa44b5a406028bb37b50d6_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Fayez al-Sarraj, PM of internationally-recognised gov’t, cites progress in talks to unify state and prepare for polls.
![Russia and China said they abstained from voting on the resolution because it did not include their suggested amendments [File: Johannes Eisele/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/af93a9badece44a1a4545f0aa8e00126_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to name new envoy after months of deadlock following resignation of Ghassane Salame.
![More than 560 people are feared to have drowned in the Mediterranean this year, according to the IOM's Missing Migrants Project [Faras Ghani/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/26cd7ac4d3bd49a09469162ec2cd51e2_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
UN migration agency says Libyan coastguard retrieved two bodies, and survivors say 22 others are missing.
![A spokesman for the Tobruk-based House of Representatives said lawmakers would soon convene to elect al-Thani's successor [Fie: Abdullah Doma/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/64f7cca900144f27aad25296d66d6eaf_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Protesters have taken to the streets in several cities in recent days in anger over poor living conditions.
![Libya has been split into rival camps with parallel institutions in the east and west since 2014 [Abdullah Doma/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/b2623778a4424088a40c26f23144c16e_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Rare protests over living conditions and corruption continue in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi for third day.
Demonstrators rally in rare show of public dissent amid deteriorating conditions in Libya’s second-biggest city.
![The two sides agreed to meet again in late September to work out the final details of the deal [File: Mahmud Turkia/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/909379dc90484989a3b6763ba5654a48_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Delegates in Morocco talks agree on ‘the criteria, transparent mechanisms’ for key posts.
![Nasser Bourita, Morocco's minister of foreign affairs, chairs a meeting of Libya's rival administrations [Fadel Senna/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/00e877b2ee7b48809c51259844a721fc_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Delegates from Tripoli-based Government of National Accord and rival eastern-based parliament meet after ceasefire.
![The Libyan interior minister had demanded a public hearing 'to expose the facts' [File: Zoubeir Souissi/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/e256e0e68bf347b68bb00dabd7f6367b_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Fathi Bashagha had demanded a public hearing ‘to expose the facts’ after Tripoli protesters were targeted by armed men.