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Libyan forces aligned with renegade Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar Tuesday recaptured the two oil terminals lost to Benghazi Defense Brigades (BDB) earlier this month. The East-based army known as the Libyan National Army (LNA), defying the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), lost Sidra and Ras Lanuf oil terminals on March 3 after BDB forces, […]
Head of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) and Presidency Council (PC) Faiez Serraj is expected in Moscow in the coming days for talks with Russian leaders over a potential meeting with Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, known as Moscow’s protégé. If the date is not known yet, Russia’s deputy foreign minister Mikhail Bogdanov suggested […]
Head of Libyan Presidential Council Faiez Serraj has accused President of the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR) Ageela Saleh for torpedoing talks with Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar in Cairo, reports say. Talks between the two protagonists ended with no real milestone decision on the future position of the Eastern-based army chief in the Libyan leadership. […]
Head of UNSMIL Martin Kobler’s authority is increasingly waning in the East of Libya as on Wednesday the UN veteran diplomat was denied landing in Tobruk, the seat of the Libyan internationally recognized parliament, the House of Representatives (HoR). Kobler’s UN aircraft flying from Tunis was refused landing in the eastern town and had to […]
The Egyptian government is hosting meetings between Libyan political rivals in a move to end deadlock between Head of unity government Faiez Serraj and President of House of Representatives (HoR) Ageela Saleh. The UN-backed political process in post Muammar Gaddafi Libya has been teetering with HoR refusing to endorse the Government of National Accord (GNA) […]
President Ageela Saleh of the Tobruk-based House of Parliament (HoR) declared a state of emergency and the area from Tobruk to Ben Jawad as a military zone after the Benghazi Defense Brigades (BDB) warned those between Ajdabiya and Benghazi to refrain from getting involved in its planned assault on Benghazi. The BDB reportedly controls Ajdabiya […]
Lawmakers opposed to the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) Monday disrupted meeting of the internationally recognized legislature to back the unity government. The long-waited April 18 confidence vote did not take place as deputies opposed to the GNA managed to halt the meeting said to have gathered 150 lawmakers most of whom were in […]
The UN Special Mission for Libya (UNSMIL) has returned to the North African country and is due to assist Monday Libyan lawmakers in the House of the Representatives (HoR) to give a vote of confidence to the unity government which has conquered six ministries in the Libyan capital Tripoli. Martin Kobler on a visit in […]
After rejecting the UN-proposed peace deal, the Libyan Internationally recognized House of Representatives (HoR) has embarked on a diplomatic seduction to win support for its stance. President of HoR, Ageela Saleh, was in Cairo on Tuesday in an attempt to seek Cairo’s support after lawmakers in the Libyan Parliament largely rejected the UN-proposed peace deal. […]