UN envoy for Libya Martin Kobler tweeted Sunday that greater divisions are looming over Libya as the Libyan army led by Khalifa Hafter, rival of the UN-backed unity government in Tripoli, took control of most oil terminals controlled by Petroleum Facilities Guard aligned with the unity government. General Hafter’s forces Sunday announced they took over […]
The Italian government Wednesday said it secured the release of an Italian fishing vessel seized by UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) after it broke into Libya’s territorial waters. The boat, “Tramontana”, was seized Tuesday while fishing in the Gulf of Sirte, in Libyan territorial waters, according to the Italian government. The vessel and its […]
Štefan Füle, Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy, has become the first highly positioned European Union (EU) representative to visit Tunisia and have a discussion with the new government. At the end of his visit, he said the EU will support the country’s transition period after signing an agreement to finance social programs aimed […]
