Libya’s oil production drops to 207k barrels a day, National Oil Company chairman says lost revenues now amount to $100bn - Libya Business Info
VIDEO: Political infighting and ISIS attacks have dented Libya’s oil industry, Interview with Libyan oil chief on $100bn loss - FT Markets
Libya needs big spend to boost vital oil revenue, $1 bln needed to repair energy infrastructure: NOC boss - CNBC
GNA unity government’s refusal to transfer funds pledged to state firm is stalling oil-output recovery, says NOC chief - Petroleum Economist
Libya National Oil Company’s chairman fears rival factions are poised for a major new war for control of central oilfields - Petroleum Economist
UN has set dangerous precedent by seeking a deal with one of the militias blocking Libya’s oil ports, says Libya's oil boss - The Guardian
Libya’s National Oil Corporation pleads with pro-Tobruk Haftar’s forces to refrain from attacking oil port - Libya Business Info
Libya Pro-Tobruk army says will stay outside disputed Zueitina port, currently held by pro-Tripoli guards - Chris Stephen on Twitter
Benghazi Saraya attacks Libyan National Army at Naga oilfield - Libya Business Info
VIDEO: Libya's biggest oil port could reopen within a month - Bloomberg
'Fair’ and agreed revenue sharing formula of the Libyan oil wealth, since oil money lies at the heart of the crisis - Natural Resource Governance Institute
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Support for Libyan unity government (GNA) 'crumbling': U.N. envoy - Reuters
Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) is missing its last initial - The Media Line
Mahmoud Jibril: Unity Govt (GNA) is weak & doomed to fail, militia leaders looking for a way out - Alwasat on Twitter
US Libya envoy says US supports only UN-backed (GNA) govt. forces - Chris Stephen on Twitter
Italy FM Gentiloni: 'We will soon reopen our embassy in Tripoli. And we will help [GNA] Serraj... Egypt make it harder to achieve reconciliation among local factions’ - Corriere della Sera
Egypt hosts UAE-sponsored meetings with general Haftar, GNA’s Sirraj and and HoR’s Saleh - The Libya Observer
Libyan Special Forces free Egyptians from an armed group who had kidnapped them - ahram.org
One of two rival chairmen of Libya sovereign fund quits - Reuters
Fannush: House of Representatives Cyrenaica members are advocating separation - The Libya Observer
Mayor and council of Benghazi replaced by Libyan military colonel - digitaljournal.com
Hafter appoints southern security committee - libyaherald.com
Tawerghans demonstrate in Tripoli and Benghazi on 5th anniversary of exile - libyaherald.com
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Libyan GNA forces in fresh clashes with Islamic State in Sirte - Daily Mail Online
Libyan official: ‘70 percent’ of last IS bastion liberated - The Washington Post
DoD Officials: GNA forces have reduced territory under ISIL control by about a third over the last week - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
MAP: ISIS-held areas in Sirte - The Libya Observer on Twitter
Total number of airstrikes in support of Operation Odyssey Lightning since Aug 1: 41 - United States Africa Command
Italy reportedly sends special forces to Libya under secret services rather than under military control - defensenews.com
Number of migrants arriving in Italy rises 12 pct in July - trust.org
ISIS wrote Sirte was 'gate to Rome' on walls - ANSA.it
Bodies of two Libyan pilots recovered in Sirte, Fighter jet was downed while striking positions in ISIS-held coastal city - Worldbulletin News
Piling in: Divisions within divisions in Libya complicate the West’s intervention - The Economist
In Libya, growing foreign interventions pose long-term risks - IPI Global Observatory
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