Category: Libya

Libya: Deputy foreign minister attacked by unidentified men

November 19, 2015

Deputy foreign minister of the Libyan internationally recognized government had been attacked and beaten up Tuesday night in his office, reports say. Deputy foreign minister ... Read More

Libya: Can the New UNSMIL Chief heal divisions?

November 17, 2015

German veteran diplomat Martin Kobler who has been appointed few weeks ago Head of the UNSMIL and Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in ... Read More

Libya: report disclaims killing of IS leader, IS threatens to Strike USA

November 16, 2015

Libyan reports based on sources from Derna Sunday rejected the US claims that an American F-15 fighter jet killed the IS leader in Libya, Abu ... Read More

Libya-UAE: Emirati arrested in Tripoli for spying

November 12, 2015

Tripoli Attorney General’s office announced Wednesday that an Emirati has been nabbed for spying for the United Arab Emirates in the aftermath of the Leon-gate ... Read More

Libya: Two Serbian embassy staff abducted

November 9, 2015

The Serbian Foreign Ministry Sunday indicated that two staff of its embassy in Libya have been kidnapped west of the coastal city of Sabratha. The ... Read More

Libya: Leon replaced by Kobler, oil payment dispute resurfaces

November 5, 2015

U.N Secretary General Ban Ki-moon confirmed on Wednesday that veteran German diplomat, Marti Kobler, who has more than 30 years of experience in senior positions ... Read More

Libya: militia kidnaps Tripoli cabinet minister, inter-militia rift widens

November 4, 2015

Armed men belonging to Revolutionaries of Tripoli, a militia group reportedly linked to the Interior Ministry of the Tripoli government, has kidnapped a member of ... Read More

Libya: UNSMIL presses Libyan rival groups to form unity government

November 3, 2015

UN Support Mission in Libya reiterated its call Monday to Libyan rival groups in the political dialogue to give way to understanding and allow the ... Read More

Libya: Mysterious warplanes shell IS’s positions in Sirte

October 30, 2015

Unidentified warplanes carried air strikes on IS’s positions in the Libyan city of Sirte Thursday shortly after mid-night, witnesses said. The air-strikes the second this ... Read More

Libya-UN: German diplomat Kobler to replace Leon

October 29, 2015

German diplomat and former head of UN’s largest peace keeping mission in DR Congo Martin Kobler is set to replace Spanish diplomat Bernardino Leon as ... Read More