Tag: Tobruk

Libya : U.N envoy and PM al-Thinni targeted in triple car explosions

November 10, 2014

Cars have exploded near the place where U.N special envoy Bernadino Leon was to meet with Prime Minster Abdullah al-Thinni. The meeting was scheduled to ... Read More

Libya: Parliament “illegal” and government “unconstitutional,” Supreme Court

November 7, 2014

The internationally recognized Libyan government based in Tobruk is “unconstitutional.” That was the decision of the country’s Supreme Court after it ruled on the constitutionality ... Read More

Libya : Tobruk parliament endorses General Khalifa Haftar

October 21, 2014

The internationally recognized parliament in the eastern town of Tobruk has decided to join hands with the renegade former general, Khalifa Haftar, to fight against ... Read More

UN Libya Political dialogue begins next week

September 24, 2014

The governments of several countries namely Algeria, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States together ... Read More

Libya’s two Prime Ministers claim legitimacy and victory

September 22, 2014

Two important political institutions in Libya have taken their challenge of being the country’s legitimate representative to another level as the country deepens further into ... Read More

Libya : New cabinet and foreign intervention rejected

September 19, 2014

The House of Representatives, Libya’s parliament based in Tobruk, has rejected a team of cabinet ministers presented by Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni to form the ... Read More

Libya: Parliament seeks refuge away from terrorist hub

September 10, 2014

Libya’s newly elected parliament, the House of Representatives, that has chosen Tobruk as its headquarters is seeking refuge in Elyros liner, a Greek car ferry, ... Read More

Libya: Two PMs to form two governments as the capital falls

September 2, 2014

While Libyan authorities have admitted that they lost control over capital city Tripoli to an alliance of militias led by Misrata-based forces, the recently elected ... Read More

Libya not a failed state, Egypt considering military intervention

August 5, 2014

Despite the ongoing violence in Libya, the Council of Representatives has met for its first session in Tobruk due to the raging battles in Benghazi. ... Read More

Libya : Es Sider and Ras Lanuf handed to the government

July 3, 2014

The long awaited opening of Es Sider and Ras Lanuf is finally over after the announcement by the rebels that the government could use it ... Read More