Tag: Libya

Libya: NOC to Start Oil Exports amid Warning of sanctions by Western Powers

September 15, 2016

Head of Libya’s Unified National Oil Corporation (NOC) Wednesday announced immediate exportation of the Libyan oil following capture of oil crescent by General Khalifa Haftar ... Read More

Libya: British MPs Pin Libyan Debacle on Cameron

September 14, 2016

A House of Commons committee has put the blame of Britain’s failed intervention in Libya on former Premier David Cameron and accused him of leading ... Read More

Libya: Kobler Warns Further Divisions Looming after Seizure of Oil Terminals

September 12, 2016

UN envoy for Libya Martin Kobler tweeted Sunday that greater divisions are looming over Libya as the Libyan army led by Khalifa Hafter, rival of ... Read More

Libya: Two Car Bombs Explode Near GNA Secured Headquarters

September 9, 2016

Two car bombs struck Thursday the Libyan capital of Tripoli, near the foreign ministry and the Abu Sitta Naval Base, housing the official office the ... Read More

Libya: US Convinced of IS downfall in Sirte Any Time Soon

September 8, 2016

US Defense Secretary Ash Carter predicted Wednesday that the Islamic State group would be defeated very soon as Libyan forces, aided by US airpower, take ... Read More

Tunisian Authorities Worry Sirte IS Escapers Would Turn to Tunisia

September 7, 2016

Tunisia’s defense minister Tuesday in Paris warned his country may be retreat terrain for the Islamic State group militants fleeing the Libyan coastal city of ... Read More

Libya: General Haftar Calls US Airpower Interventions Illegal

September 7, 2016

Head of the Libyan National Army backed by the east-based government opposed to the UN-sponsored Libyan unity government has scorned US decisive aerial intervention in ... Read More

IS Defeat in Sirte Deepens Libya’s East-West Split

September 6, 2016

The recent takeover by Libyan forces of the coastal city of Sirte from IS, is a major setback for the terrorist organization. Yet, this victory ... Read More

Algeria to Build Electric Fence on Borders with Libya

September 5, 2016

After digging trenches on its western and eastern borders, Algeria is planning to build an electric fence on its western borders with Libya, several Libyan ... Read More

Libya’s Last Chemical Weapons Stockpile Shipped to Germany

September 1, 2016

The Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has exported to Germany the last stockpile of Libya’s chemical weapons with the help of several European ... Read More