Category: Libya

Libya: Two Car Bombs Explode Near GNA Secured Headquarters

September 9, 2016

Two car bombs struck Thursday the Libyan capital of Tripoli, near the foreign ministry and the Abu Sitta Naval Base, housing the official office the ... Read More

Libya: US Convinced of IS downfall in Sirte Any Time Soon

September 8, 2016

US Defense Secretary Ash Carter predicted Wednesday that the Islamic State group would be defeated very soon as Libyan forces, aided by US airpower, take ... Read More

Libya: General Haftar Calls US Airpower Interventions Illegal

September 7, 2016

Head of the Libyan National Army backed by the east-based government opposed to the UN-sponsored Libyan unity government has scorned US decisive aerial intervention in ... Read More

IS Defeat in Sirte Deepens Libya’s East-West Split

September 6, 2016

The recent takeover by Libyan forces of the coastal city of Sirte from IS, is a major setback for the terrorist organization. Yet, this victory ... Read More

Libya’s Last Chemical Weapons Stockpile Shipped to Germany

September 1, 2016

The Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has exported to Germany the last stockpile of Libya’s chemical weapons with the help of several European ... Read More

Libya: 6,500 Migrants Rescued in Single Day off Libyan Coast

August 30, 2016

Italian coastguard Monday indicated that they saved around 6,500 migrants off the Libyan coast in forty operations making Monday the busiest day for rescuers. The ... Read More

Libya: Dozens of GNA Forces Killed in Final Sirte-Takeover Assault

August 29, 2016

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 ... Read More

Libya: The West Wants New Cabinet Line-Up Approved

August 26, 2016

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 ... Read More

Libya: Serraj Calls U.S. for More Military Aid

August 26, 2016

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 ... Read More

Libya: Tobruk-Based Parliament Rejects GNA

August 23, 2016

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 ... Read More