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Misrata’s Bunyan Marous forces fighting under the Trpoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) lost dozens of elements Sunday as they staged final assault on the Islamic State group still holding pockets of Sirte. The final assault on IS started Saturday after two-day lull as GNA forces instructed families of IS militants still stranded in the […]
France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States have called on the Libyan parliament to endorse the new cabinet line-up within ten days. Libyan authorities sent a new list of the team of the unity government to the House of Representatives for approval. In a joint statement, NATO allies praised the move, […]
Libya’s nominal Prime Minister Faiez Serraj called, during a visit to US-Africa Command in Stuttgart, for more US military assistance to Libya beyond the cooperation in the fight against the Islamic State (IS) group in the city of Sirte, media reported on Thursday. The US, since August 1, has been supporting Libya’s UN-backed Government of […]
Libya’s internationally recognized parliament based in the eastern city of Tobruk Monday rejected the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) in a vote of no confidence, putting the political process in jeopardy. Monday vote by the House of Representatives (HoR) came after many previous sessions failed due to lack of quorum. Assembly President Aguila Saleh […]
Head of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) Faiez Serraj had been targeted by an assassination attempt, Head of his intelligence service says. “The intelligence service has recently arrested the head of a Daesh cell who was planning an operation in the government headquarters when al-Sarraj is inside,” the intelligence chief, Mustafa Noah, told […]
The oil export terminals in eastern Libya are subject of fierce rivalry between the warring factions in Libya. The infantry brigades of General Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) which entered the town of Zueitina on August 14 are likely to continue their advance to the oil terminals controlled by the rival militia of the […]
Misrata forces aligned with the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) Thursday suffered twin car bombings perpetrated by the Islamic State group’s fighters in Sirte. The bombings took place as the Government’s operation to clear Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown from the IS militants draws towards the end. Thursday casualties, 12 in total, according to medical accounts […]
After they were flushed out of their stronghold in Sirte, the majority of Libyan jihadist fighters are feared to be heading south and attempting to sneak into neighboring countries wherein they hope to regroup particularly in the Sahel zone, according to intelligence experts. Libya shares a long porous border with Algeria and Niger. The vast […]
The Canadian government Monday urged the country’s law enforcement authorities to look into UN allegations that the Canadian Streit Group illegally shipped armoured vehicles to Libya, breaching the UN embargo in the North African country. A report issued by UN experts monitoring the UN-imposed embargo on Libya has accused Streit Group of Canadian businessman Guerman […]
The UN-backed Libyan Prime Minister Faiez Serraj is losing support in the country as a result of mounting social and economic challenges which need urgent solutions, said Head of UN Support Mission in Libya, Martin Kobler. The German diplomat told Swiss media Neue Zürcher Zeitung that despite the unity government’s key and ongoing victories over […]