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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 […]
Libya’s nominal Prime Minister, backed by the international community, has accused the West of abandoning Libya alone after toppling former ruler Muammar Gaddafi. In a column published Sunday by the Telegraph, Faiez Serraj called on western countries to help finish the job by filling the vacuum created as the country fell into abyss, following the […]
The United States Wednesday delivered a set of military equipment including jeeps and aircrafts to Tunisia to help the North African country better secure its borders against illegal crossings of terrorists. The equipment estimated at $20 million is made of 48 jeeps, 12 aircrafts and a communication system. The package will be used to identify […]
The Islamic State terror group Sunday claimed responsibility for the death of eight Egyptian policemen killed in the Hewlan district, South of Cairo. IS’s local franchise circulated a message in Arabic calling the attack a retaliation for “the pure women imprisoned” by Egyptian authorities and saying that it was part of its Abi Ali Al-Anbari […]
Tunisia’s Interior Minister Hedi Majdoub revealed that they have gathered intelligence indicating that terrorist groups linked to the Islamic State operating in Libya are planning to launch attacks in the country. The attacks are to be carried out by suicide bombers against security officers, the official said during a hearing with the Security and Defense […]
The scandalous statements of Mohamed Abbadi, Secretary General of the banned Al Adl wal Ihssan movement on an “Islamic state” referring to the ideology of the terrorist ISIS group have triggered a strong wave of indignation. The controversy grew after a video was circulated showing Abbadi calling for the establishment of “a caliphate” and threatening […]
Some details of the talks between King Abdullah II of Jordan and some leaders in the US congress in January have surfaced indicating the king admitted that Jordanian and British special forces were active in Libya and that he called for overcoming the ideological differences of the cold war era and religious differences and to […]
Several attempts by the Tobruk-based parliament to hold a vote of confidence of the national unity government proposed by Prime-Minister designate Fayz al-Serraj have failed. The latest session of the House of Representatives (HoR) took place on Tuesday but failed to reach a quorum. The establishment of a unity government under the Libya Political Agreement […]
UNSMIL Chief Martin Kobler Tuesday urged the UN Security Council to get rid of the spoilers of the peace and unity process if the UN wants Libya to move on and give hope to 2.4 million people tangled in humanitarian crisis. “Both in eastern and western Libya, there are those who are committed to do […]
Libyan National Army Tuesday announced it liberated the last jihadist-held area of Benghazi after two years of fighting. “We have totally liberated the area of Lithi,” said Fadel al-Hassi, of Libya’s Special Forces. Lithi neighborhood had been a stronghold of militant groups including the Islamic State. Loyalists led by the Libyan Army Chief Commander Khalifa […]