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Rome is driving its own peace initiative to help rival Libyan camps to end distrust and rebuild the country as the UN-backed unity government struggles to impose its authority. High key talks between Prime Minister-designate Faiez Serraj-led Government of National Accord (GNA) and rival Beida-based government supported by Trobruk-based Parliament have taken place in Tunis […]
Khalifa Haftar, head of the Libya National Army, who is currently visiting Moscow held talks with Defense Minister Sergei Shigou and Russia’s Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev on ways to strengthen and consolidate Libya and the delivery of weapons. He is expected to have a meeting “in the foreign ministry” on Wednesday according to Russia’s […]
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 […]
French Defense Minister Wednesday revealed that secret air forces are collecting intelligence in Libya but he refused to admit that ground forces have been in action in the North African country. Jean-Yves Le Drian told lawmakers that French aircrafts have been flying over Libya’s air space to collect intelligence. “We have been collecting intelligence in […]
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 […]
Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni of the Tobruk-based government that used to be widely referred to as the internationally recognized government before the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) was signed has stressed it would not hand over power to the unity government until it obtains the confidence of the House of Representatives and that of the international […]
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 […]
The United States Tuesday imposed sanctions on Prime Minister of the Tripoli-based Salvation Government seen by Washington as a major obstacle to the UN-backed political process. President Obama authorized the US Treasury to impose sanctions of Khalifa Ghwell and all other Libyans who have been opposed to the political process and impeded the establishment of […]