First Independent Mena Newspaper
Libya is on the verge of becoming a failed state if the war in the country does not come to an end and attacks on oil installations are not halted. Mashala Zwai, the oil minister of the Tripoli-based government warned that the country was becoming “a second Somalia” as fighting between the militias of the […]
The Tobruk-based government has requested the U.N. Security Council’s authorization to import military equipment from Ukraine, Serbia and the Czech Republic, arguing that the weapons will help control Libya’s borders and fight the Islamic State militants and other extremists in the country. Libya has been under an arms embargo since 2011 and all military shipments […]
Ahmed Gaddafi al-Dam has warned that illegal migration from Africa to Europe especially the boats leaving the shores of Libya for Italy will be Europe’s next nightmare because ISIS fighters are using it to get into Europe. Ahmed Gaddafi is Colonel Gaddafi’s cousin and used to be among his trusted security officers before his death. […]
Renegade army general Khalifa Haftar has been proposed by the president of the Libyan House of Representative Aguila Saleh as the top army commander and the parliamentarians have supported it. Haftar has his own forces and was fighting against the Islamists in the East before forming a coalition with the Libyan army last year. Authorities […]
Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni of the Tobruk based government has claimed that the United States and Britain are against Libyans as they refuse to arm forces loyal to his government. He claimed that militants of the rival government based in Tripoli are receiving arms worldwide despite an arms embargo on the North African country. Pressure […]
Some of Libya’s chemical weapons have been taken by armed men who stormed the chemical factory in Jufra district where they are stored. The amount taken by the armed men is unknown but fears already exist that they could find their way to militants loyal to ISIS. Military sources who spoke to the media stated […]
The killing of Egyptian nationals by a Libyan extremist group affiliated to the Islamic State was followed by bombings from Egypt on their alleged positions in Libya. The incidents have however turned out to be a diplomatic row between Qatar and Egypt after an Egyptian diplomat accused Doha of supporting terrorism in a dispute over […]
Four years after they helped the Libyans oust the despotic regime of Gaddafi, many western capitals are now considering the possibility of acting again to stop the extremist groups from taking hold of this North African country. Few days ago, some Libyan Islamic radical fighters linked to Isis beheaded 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians, prompting worldwide […]
UN special envoy to Libya, Bernardino Leon, has stressed that “an agreement with all stakeholders should be a priority” in ending the Libyan war. He said the warring parties should be dedicated to finding a peaceful solution because failure to reach an agreement will oblige the Security Council to ask “the UN to fill the […]
A political dialogue between the rival governments in Libya was held in Ghadames and for the first time all the invited participants attended the UN-brokered talks seeking to end the Libyan war. Bernadino Leon, head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) held separate meetings with the two governments before the dialogue started. […]