Category: Libya

Libya: Tuaregs and Tebus renewed hostilities going on for days

July 22, 2015

Tribal clashes between the Tuaregs and the Tebus in the southern city of Sabha have left dozens of people dead. The clashes started last week ... Read More

Libya: Islamists abduct 4 Italian workers, official

July 21, 2015

The Italian Foreign Ministry announced on Monday that four of its citizens still in Libya have been kidnapped in the western city of Mellitah on ... Read More

Libya: E.U to sanction factions rejecting UN Deal

July 21, 2015

The European Union (EU) is planning to impose sanctions on any of the warring parties in Libya that refuses to agree to the U.N-brokered peace ... Read More

Libya: Freeze Libyan sovereign fund till unification, Breish

July 18, 2015

Abdul Magid Breish, once the undisputed leader of the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA), has warned that the country’s $67 billion sovereign wealth fund should continue ... Read More

UN entrenching terrorism in Libya, Dabbashi

July 16, 2015

Libya held the United Nations Security Council Libya Sanctions Committee responsible for the growing threat of the Islamic State in the country but U.N’s special ... Read More

Libya: Political Deal Reached in Morocco, Major Stride towards Peace

July 13, 2015

The political agreement signed by several Libyan negotiators in Morocco this weekend is a breakthrough towards a lasting peace in the North African country, although ... Read More

Libya: Leon warns Benghazi groups of war crime charges

July 11, 2015

Escalating tensions in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi and the heavy civilian casualties have caught the attention of UN Special envoy Bernardino Leon who ... Read More

Libya: US ambassador to Libya nominated but will wait

July 9, 2015

Former Assistant Chief of Mission for Assistance Transition and Coordinator for Minority Issues at the US embassy in Iraq and current US ambassador to Nepal, ... Read More

Libya: GNC rejects UNMIL draft accord, will initial it on condition of modifications

July 8, 2015

Libyan rival factions continue tossing the UNMIL draft accord as the Tripoli-based General National Congress (GNC) on Tuesday refused to sign the draft accord which ... Read More

Libya: Rival governments review military strategy

July 7, 2015

The Tripoli based government has announced that it is restructuring its military and a statement from Prime Minister Khalifa Ghweil stated that it was part ... Read More