Air travel between Libya and Italy will resume in September after a nearly decade-long suspension following an EU ban, the head of the Tripoli-based UN-backed government said on Sunday 9 July 2023. Flights between the two countries were halted in 2014 after the European Union blacklisted Libyan airlines and banned them from flying over European airspace. Malta is the only other European country to have resumed flights with Libya. ALSO READ: Libya UN special representative expresses concern over vote dealLIBYAN DIVISION? Since then, the North African country has been divided, with one administration based in Tripoli and the other in the east where it is backed by military strongman Khalifa Haftar.

Source: Libya Today July 11, 2023 10:07 UTC