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Mortar shells fired by IS militants killed five people and wounded scores as people gathered at Kish Square in Benghazi to celebrate the Libyan National Army (LNA) and distance themselves from the unity government. A medical source at Jalaa Hospital told media five bodies including a woman and a child were brought to the hospital. […]
Five oil fields in Libya have been reportedly closed down for low production and security reasons as IS attacks on the installations are looming. Four oil fields were closed down while workers at the fifth went on strike demanding better security protection, reported the media on Monday quoting military sources. “Four oilfields were evacuated in […]
The British Government Tuesday denied plans to send British troops to Libya to shore up the Government of National Accord as the members of the House of Commons were seeking answers. A government spokeswoman has dismissed allegations by MPs of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons that they received confirmed information during […]
The Libyan Thursday talks in Morocco for the formation of a unity government have hit the wall after participants failed to reach consensus. According to Libyan official sources, some participants in the talks disagreed with Head of the Presidency Council Faiez Serraj over his recent controversial meeting with self-style Libyan army commander Khalifa Hafter at […]
The Libyan rivals who endorsed the Political Dialogue Agreement are meeting Thursday in Skhirat, Morocco, to form a new cabinet after the previous cabinet was rejected by Libya’s internationally-recognized law body; the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR.) The first cabinet proposed by Prime Minister-designate Faiez Serraj was rejected last month by a majority of HoR […]
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu Monday threw Ankara’s support behind the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) in a meeting with Faiez Serraj, Libya’s unity government Prime Minister-designate, reports say. Prime Minister Davutoğlu according to Turkish reports relayed by Libya’s “Libya Herald” is very concerned by Libya’s unity and security and deems that the GNA […]
Tripoli-based General National Congress (GNC) Tuesday proposed its own Libyan-Libyan roadmap to end the political crisis in a counter move to the UN-supported plan which led to the approval of Libyan unity government in Morocco. The roadmap according to committee member Abdul-Gader Hawaili speaking at press conference includes formation of a new interim parliament made […]
Threat of use of sarin gas against Morocco is taking serious tone as local media in the kingdom Monday indicate that IS in Libya now in possession of stocks of the dreadful gas is marching through Sahara with Morocco standing as potential victim. According to the Moroccan daily Assabah relayed by the le360.ma, IS has […]
A French court Monday ruled in favor of the Libyan side which claims ownership of late Gaddafi’s luxurious plane also claimed by a Kuwaiti group to which the former Libyan regime owes millions of euros. The Airbus A340 plane was seized by the Kuwaiti al-Kharafi conglomerate following a ruling of a Cairo court in 2013. […]
A Tunisian IS expert and sociologist indicated Thursday that the terrorist organisation can recruit up to 20,000 fighters if it wants to attack Tunisia, a country prone to terrorist attacks. Tunisian researcher and expert Moncef Ouannes told a local radio station that the fight against terrorism in the region, mainly in Libya and Syria will […]