Tag: Libya

Libya: Serraj, Haftar Endorse Skhirat LPA as Only Political Roadmap for Country’s Reconstruction

July 26, 2017

Libya’s political rivals agreed Tuesday in France to set aside their contentions and make way for peace, endorsing the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) signed in ... Read More

Mediterranean Countries Agree to Curb Illegal Migration

July 26, 2017

Mediterranean interior ministers have agreed to enhance joint actions to combat illegal migration, migrants’ smuggling and human trafficking networks, a growing lucrative business threatening peace ... Read More

Libya: Is Haftar Receiving Israeli Weaponry?

July 25, 2017

The Libyan National Army commander, aligned with east-based rival government, Khalifa Haftar has been reportedly receiving military aid from Israel with the secret support of ... Read More

Gulf Crisis: Terror List Expanded, Doha Slams Blockades as Illegal

July 25, 2017

Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have expanded their list of terrorist groups and individuals having links with Qatar. Nine entities, ... Read More

Libya: At Least 278 African Migrants Rescued at Sea

July 25, 2017

Libyan authorities have rescued in two separate operations on Monday at least 278 migrants as they tried to reach Europe. In one operation, 150 African ... Read More

Libya: France takes political agreement initiative

July 24, 2017

France has confirmed that the Prime Minister-designate Fayez Serraj of the UN-backed Government of National Accord will be meeting, in Paris on Tuesday, with Field ... Read More

Middle East biggest military base inaugurated in Egypt

July 24, 2017

A new military base, the largest in the Middle East and Africa, was inaugurated over the weekend and baptized after the leader of the 1952 ... Read More

Spain Saves 19 Algerian Migrants in Mediterranean

July 24, 2017

Spanish rescue service said Monday it has saved 19 migrants from Algeria as they were attempting to cross the Mediterranean onboard a small boat. Two ... Read More

Libya: Haftar’s Officer Accused of War Crimes

July 20, 2017

The UN asked Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) to suspend Mahmoud Al-Warfali, a commander of Saiqa Special Forces, accused of having committed war crimes ... Read More

Libya: PM Serraj Proposes Elections in 2018 to End Crisis

July 17, 2017

Prime Minister-designate Fayez al-Serraj of the UN-backed Government of National Accord has revealed plans for presidential and parliamentary elections in 2018 as he stated that ... Read More