First Independent Mena Newspaper
Head of Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) urged the international community to lift the arm ban saying that fight against IS will be meaningless with the embargo still reinforced. Head of GNA Faiez Serraj who was attending an Arab League meeting Monday in Cairo blasted the UN-imposed restriction, saying that “it doesn’t make sense […]
Tripoli-based and Islamist-backed government announced Tuesday it was ceding power “in the high national interest” in a move to avoid bloodshed, leaving Serraj-led unity government to fully expand its control in the Libyan capital. “We inform you that we are ceasing the activities entrusted to us as an executive power,” said a statement by the […]
France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault Thursday announced Paris will next Monday propose sanctions against Libyan officials who still pose a threat to the UN-backed political process stumbling on opposed interests. “I do not exclude threatening them with sanctions. In any case, that is what I will propose to my foreign affairs colleagues on Monday in […]
An unidentified warplane struck an IS convoy early Sunday near the town of Bani Walid. The air-strike took place in the early hours of Sunday and did not involve their forces, according to the Tripoli authorities. A military official linked to Tripoli-based Administration pointed out that the raid took place outside the city of Sirte, […]