First Independent Mena Newspaper
The Tripoli-based General National Congress announced Monday it may make a U-turn in order to participate in the Geneva round if UNMIL chief Bernardino Leon agrees to amend the draft initialed by the House of Representatives, the internationally-recognized parliament sitting in Tobruk and elected on 25 June 2014, and other Libyan political forces. The announcement […]
The Indictments Division of the Tunis Court of Appeal has decided to extradite Walid Kalib, a Libyan national and an important figure in Fajr Libya, citing an agreement with the Tripoli based government but many believe that it is geared towards freeing the abducted staff of the Tunisian embassy last week. Kalib was arrested last month […]
The militants of the Islamic state in Libya referred to as the “takfiri” militant group has declared war on the Tripoli-based government shortly after carrying out a suicide bomb attack in Misrata. Tripoli has responded to the announcement by calling for all security forces and armed men to mobilize and fight against the group while […]
Ahmed Gaddafi al-Dam has warned that illegal migration from Africa to Europe especially the boats leaving the shores of Libya for Italy will be Europe’s next nightmare because ISIS fighters are using it to get into Europe. Ahmed Gaddafi is Colonel Gaddafi’s cousin and used to be among his trusted security officers before his death. […]
A political dialogue between the rival governments in Libya was held in Ghadames and for the first time all the invited participants attended the UN-brokered talks seeking to end the Libyan war. Bernadino Leon, head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) held separate meetings with the two governments before the dialogue started. […]
There are suspicions that Fajr Libya (Dawn of Libya), a coalition of Islamic fighters, is planning to carry out a terrorist attack using airplanes at the Tripoli International Airport. North African countries including Nigeria have all raised their alert because of fears that the 11 missing commercial aircrafts could be used to launch an attack. […]
The foreign ministers of Libya, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Sudan, Chad and Niger will be meeting in Cairo on Monday to discuss the developments in ongoing Libyan war. The meeting coincides with the taking over of the airport in the capital by a coalition of Islamist militias a day after another round of airstrikes was carried […]