Category: Libya

Libya: Presidency Council Member Resigns over Failure

January 3, 2017

UN-backed Libyan unity government received a major blow Monday as Musa al-Koni, a deputy Prime Minister of the Presidency Council (PC) left the boat citing ... Read More

Russia Reiterates Support for Haftar

December 28, 2016

Russia has called on the UN to give Libya’s strongman Khalifa Haftar, who is in conflict with the UN-recognized government in Tripoli, a larger say ... Read More

Libya: Afriqiyah Flight Hijackers in Malta Face Terrorism Related Charges

December 27, 2016

The two Libyan hijackers who diverted Libyan Afriqiyah flight to Malta have been convicted for use of violence and terrorism related charges by Maltese authorities. ... Read More

Libya: US Announces Official End of Air Campaign in Sirte

December 21, 2016

The US Africa Command headquartered in Stuttgart announced Tuesday that it ceased the air campaign against the Islamic State group (IS) in the Libyan coastal ... Read More

Libya: Sirte is ISIS-Free but Terrorism War Unfinished, PM Serraj

December 19, 2016

Prime Minister-designate of the UN-backed Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez al-Serraj has officially announced “the end of military operations” against the Islamic State ... Read More

Libya: GNA forces rescue last buildings from IS in Sirte

December 7, 2016

Libyan forces aligned with UN-backed unity government Tuesday said they took last few buildings controlled by the Islamic State group (IS) in the city of ... Read More

Libya: GNA forces snatch Sirte from terrorist groups

December 6, 2016

Libyan forces affiliated to UN-sponsored Government of National Accord (GNA) announced Monday total control of Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte formerly administrated by the Islamic ... Read More

Libya: Tunisia’s Ennahda leader called to mediate between Gaddafi loyalists and Islamists

November 30, 2016

Rached Ghannouchi and his party have been urged to reconcile Muammar Gaddafi’s loyalists and Islamists, London-based The New Arab reports. Ghannouchi according to Qatari media ... Read More

Libya: Wall Street Journal claims French airpower killed Belmokhtar in Libya

November 29, 2016

Algerian born terrorist Mokhtar Belmokhtar also known as Mister Marlboro has been killed in the south of the country during a French raid during the ... Read More

Libya: Wife of terrorist Belmokhtar arrested

November 21, 2016

The Tunisian wife of Algerian terrorist Mokhtar Belmokhtar has been arrested along with another Tunisian woman in East Libya, reports say. Anti-terrorism authorities of Libyan ... Read More