Category: Libya

Libya: GNA suspends operation licenses for 40 companies including French Total

May 10, 2019

UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) has suspended oil exploration and production licenses for around 40 foreign companies including French multinational Total. The decision confirmed ... Read More

Libya: ‘Abhorrent’ ambulance attack in Tripoli imperils life-saving work, warns UN

May 9, 2019

An attack on an ambulance in Tripoli on Wednesday that has critically injured the head of emergency services in Libya’s war-torn capital, along with two ... Read More

Libya: Haftar asks troops to fight harder during Ramadan in conquest for Tripoli

May 6, 2019

The leader of forces opposed to the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) Sunday ordered the so-called Libyan National Army (LNA) to step up fighting ... Read More

Morocco, Tunisia two islands in a military ocean

May 4, 2019

Morocco and Tunisia are two success stories of the Arab Spring. They are two countries struggling to establish democratic rules in a regional environment plagued ... Read More

Libya: Foreign mercenaries recruited for Haftar by Security Company

April 30, 2019

Mercenaries linked to Frontier Services Group, a security company based in Iraq and UAE, have been fighting on the side of military commander Khalifa Haftar ... Read More

Libya: Russia adds weight to calls for political solution to crisis

April 26, 2019

Russian Foreign Minister Thursday told an international gathering that only a political statement would end the military crisis that has engulfed Libya early this month ... Read More

Morocco Reiterates Support for a Democratic, Inclusive and Unified Libya

April 25, 2019

Morocco reiterated, on Wednesday in Addis Ababa, its support for the Libyan people’s aspirations to build a democratic, inclusive, and united State and to preserve ... Read More

Libya: AI Decries Attack Targeting Refugees & Migrants

April 25, 2019

Amnesty international has denounced the latest violent attack that targeted refugees and migrants at a detention center on the outskirts of Tripoli, calling for the ... Read More

Libya: NOC Chairman refuses to talk at Paris Oil conference in protest to France alleged support for Haftar

April 24, 2019

The Chairman of Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) that manages the North African country’s oil resources has refused to make comments during an international oil ... Read More

Libya: Serraj warns against export of Gulf crisis to Libya

April 23, 2019

Head of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) Monday expressed fears that Libya could become a terrain of proxy war between Qatar and its ... Read More