Tag: Tripoli

Libya: Rival governments review military strategy

July 7, 2015

The Tripoli based government has announced that it is restructuring its military and a statement from Prime Minister Khalifa Ghweil stated that it was part ... 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

Libyans Resume Peace Talks in Morocco

June 26, 2015

Libyan warring factions will hold this Friday a new round of UN-brokered peace talks in the Moroccan city of Skhirat in a bid to reach ... Read More

Libya: The rival governments warn E.U of maneuvering off Libyan shores

June 24, 2015

The two rival governments in Libya have reacted to the agreement reached by EU’s foreign ministers to launch a naval operation to combat human-traffickers who ... Read More

Tunisia: Fajr Libya leader to be extradited, an exchange possible

June 19, 2015

The Indictments Division of the Tunis Court of Appeal has decided to extradite Walid Kalib, a Libyan national and an important figure in Fajr Libya, citing ... 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

Elusive Jihadist Leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar Killed ?

June 15, 2015

Algerian Islamist militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar, one of the most wanted Al Qaeda commanders, has been reportedly killed in a US airstrike carried over weekend in ... 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

Libya: Time now for a peace and reconciliation agreement, Leon

June 4, 2015

The 3rd round for a political solution in Libya has begun in Algeria with U.N special envoy Bernardino Leon reminding the rival parties that a ... Read More