Policemen arrested on Friday five people for their alleged links to an international drug trafficking network and seized 9.1 tons of cannabis resin. The banned substance was seized in a farm in Gzennaya region, about 20 km from Tangier, the national police said in a statement, adding that the operation was conducted on the basis […]
The role played, or rather not played, by NATO coalition forces in Libya in the aftermath of the 2011 toppling of Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi has been termed by US President Barack Obama as his biggest mistake during his presidential tenure because of the failure to plan for the post-Gadhafi era. “Probably failing to plan […]
The head of the Libyan government of national unity (GNA) on Saturday appointed a new Minister of Defense and a new Chief of Army Staff. Fayez al-Sarraj, at the head of the GNA, appointed Colonel Salah Eddine al-Namruch to the Defense portfolio and Mohamad Ali al-Haddad as Chief of Staff of the Libyan army. Ali […]
