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Libya’s Prime Minister-designate Sunday failed to win firm backing from the United Arab Emirate (UAE) after Abu Dhabi called for the implementation of the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) signed in December. Faiez Serraj held talks with UAE’s deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan to persuade the Emiratis to drop their support for […]
The United States and other major powers Monday in Vienna agreed to train and supply weapons to the UN-backed Libyan unity government to help it overcome the Islamic State (IS.) Libyan nominal Prime Minister has been calling for lifting the arms embargo imposed on the country five years ago. Faiez Serraj on Sunday in a […]
The Obama Administration is willing to untighten the arms embargo on Libya to help fight the Islamic State group if the Presidency Council makes concrete requests, US officials say. “If the Libyan government prepares a detailed and coherent list of things that it wants to use to fight ISIL and responds to all the requirements […]
Libya’s Prime Minister-designate backed by the United Nations Wednesday in Tunis discussed anti-terrorism and economic partnership with Tunisian leaders, as the unity government is trying to neutralize IS militants and restore economic activities between the two countries. The meeting is the second this month between Libyan high authorities and Tunisian authorities after Tunisian Prime Minister […]
Tunisian Prime Minister called, on Tuesday, for regional cooperation in the fight against terrorism, which is putting the whole region into jeopardy. Speaking at a press conference in Rabat after a meeting with his Moroccan counterpart Abdelilah Benkirane, Habid Essid indicated that the region would be better secured if the region countries, namely Tunisia, Morocco […]
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 […]
The oil tanker flying Indian flag accused by the United Nations and the Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) of carrying illegal oil on behalf of the Libyan rival government based in the East has finally returned the shipment to the unity government, Head of the NOC said on Sunday. “Thanks to the intervention of the […]
The Libyan UN-backed unity government is steadily asserting itself as the sole central administration of the war-torn country as it announced Monday it took control of the foreign ministry in Tripoli once in the hands of rival and staunch opposed Islamist administration. The takeover of the foreign ministry adds up to six other ministries already […]
UK’s Foreign Secretary Sunday revealed that British forces whether ground, naval or air could be sent to Libya at any time to combat IS which may use illegal migration routes to mount attacks in UK and Europe, but any military action in the North African country will be submitted to the House of Commons. “But […]
US President Barack Obama Friday dismissed claims that the international community was planning to send ground troops to Libya to shore up the unity government and help fight IS. Speaking at a joint press conference with David Cameron in London, Obama said sending ground troops will be a wrong signal to the unity government. “There’s […]