Tag: Tobruk

Libya: E.U to sanction factions rejecting UN Deal

July 21, 2015

The European Union (EU) is planning to impose sanctions on any of the warring parties in Libya that refuses to agree to the U.N-brokered peace ... Read More

Libya: Freeze Libyan sovereign fund till unification, Breish

July 18, 2015

Abdul Magid Breish, once the undisputed leader of the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA), has warned that the country’s $67 billion sovereign wealth fund should continue ... Read More

Libya: Political Deal Reached in Morocco, Major Stride towards Peace

July 13, 2015

The political agreement signed by several Libyan negotiators in Morocco this weekend is a breakthrough towards a lasting peace in the North African country, although ... Read More

Libya: PM Thinni confident for accord between rival Libyan factions

July 2, 2015

Libya internationally recognized Prime Minister Abdullah Thinni sounded optimistic for a final agreement between the Libyan rival factions which have resumed talks in Morocco to ... Read More

Libya: Disagreement on few points persists, but UN Envoy upbeat

June 30, 2015

Another round of talks in Morocco has ended between Libya’s two rival governments with the U.N special envoy telling reporters he is optimistic that a ... Read More

Libya: Tobruk supports discredited draft after amendments

June 25, 2015

The parliament of the internationally recognized government in Libya has approved the U.N proposed peace draft in a vote after making amendments to it. The ... Read More

Libya: 4th peace proposal draft “positive” but also eyed with “displeasure”

June 18, 2015

The Tripoli-based government has welcomed the fourth version of a peace proposal draft by UN Special Envoy Bernardino Leon but the internationally recognized Tobruk-based government ... Read More

Libya: ISIL pushed back in Derna, Shura Council claims

June 15, 2015

The battle to push the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group out of Derna has been going on with the Shura Council ... Read More

Libya: Tobruk accuses León of succumbing to Tripoli extortion

June 10, 2015

The new peace plan proposed by Bernardino León has been rejected by the Tobruk based government citing that it was drafted to satisfy Tripoli’s demand. ... Read More

Egypt, Algeria and Italy discuss Libya; time is of essence

June 8, 2015

After their first tripartite meeting in April, Algeria, Egypt and Italy held a second meeting in Cairo over the weekend and concern about the situation ... Read More