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Egypt: MPs tussle over Tiran and Sanafir

The Egyptian parliament Sunday convened for a two-day session to review the controversial 2016 agreement regarding the handing over of the islands of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia, despite a ruling in January by the High Administrative Court that said the agreement is unconstitutional and void. The ruling upheld the verdict of a lower […]

Libya: MP & vocal critic of Haftar abducted in Benghazi

A member of Libya’s House of Representative, HoR, and her daughter have been kidnapped in the eastern city of Benghazi and taken to an unknown location by forces loyal to rebel commander Khalifa Haftar.   Siham Sirgiwa’s kidnapping is viewed as an apparent punishment for her criticism of the eastern military commander’s current offensive on […]

Libya: Dbeibah reaffirms need to hold accountable parties behind oil shutdown

Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah underscored the urgent need to hold accountable those responsible for the closure of the country’s oil fields during a meeting with Stephanie Koury, the Acting Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya. During their talks, on Wednesday, Dbeibah and Koury reviewed recent political developments in Libya and […]