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The UN-brokered agreement inked by Libya’s warring factions in the Moroccan coastal town of Skhirat remains the only viable basis for achieving a long-term solution to the Libyan conflict, said on Tuesday Sergei Prikhodko, 1st Deputy Chief of the Russian Government Staff. “All parties in Libya must seek compromises based on the Skhirat accord which […]
Libya remains in turmoil, battered by infighting between heavily armed militias and a political crisis that has divided the country. The initial euphoria is a distant memory as little have changed since the fall of Moammar Gaddafi’s dictatorship. A 2015 UN-backed deal to set up the unity government in Tripoli was meant to end the […]
UN special envoy to Libya Ghassan Salamé held talks Monday in Rabat with Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, focused on the Libya crisis. At a joint press briefing following the meeting, Bourita renewed Morocco’s support to an inter-Libyan solution under the aegis of the UN to achieve a final settlement of the crisis in the North […]
South Korea Tuesday forbade 26 of its citizens to travel to the North African country as part of a blanket travel ban on the North African country that it believes is unsafe following the abduction of one Korean technician kidnapped in July alongside several Filipino workers. The 26 citizens reportedly requested Seoul’s approval to travel […]
Russia is planning to make the war-torn Libya “his new Syria” and challenge the West in North Africa, warn UK intelligence chiefs. Moscow is sending troops and missiles into Libya in a bid to enforce a new stranglehold on European immigration routes, says the Sun daily, affirming that taking control of the biggest illegal immigration […]
IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 84,345 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2018 through 3 October, with 38,451 to Spain, the leading destination this year. The data show a drop in the region’s total arrivals compared with 139,677 arrivals across the region through the same period last year, and 312,153 at […]
Head of the UN mission in Libya Saturday said it will be hard for the country to hold its much expected elections on December 10 as agreed by various stakeholders in May at a Paris meeting. “There is still a lot to do. It may not be possible to respect the date of December 10,” […]
Libya’s oil production climbed to the highest since 2013 and can go even higher if security at the nation’s energy facilities can be improved, the chairman of the state-run National Oil Corp told Bloomberg. The statement comes as the country’s capital has sank in a spiral of violence opposing rival militias. Output reached recently 1.278 […]
Four containers carrying 11 tons of cannabis resin have been seized in Malta while on their way from Syria to Libya. The shipment, discovered in the four containers after they were scanned, was seized at Malta Freeport on Monday as it was to complete the journey to Libya. Customs officials at the port became suspicious […]
A militia leader aligned with the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) Wednesday was targeted by UN and US sanctions for attacking oil facilities in Eastern Libya, in June. Ibrahim Jadhran’s forces attacked Ras Lanuf and al-Sidra oil export terminals last June. The terminals were under the control of eastern Libya strongman Khalifa Haftar’s forces. […]