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Forces loyal to the UN-sponsored Libyan unity government have intensified assault on the Islamic State militants in Sirte in an attempt to dislodge the fighters still holding firm in the coastal city. Air-strikes and shelling resumed sporadically on Tuesday as Misrata powerful militia loyal to the Government of National Accord (GNA) pushes further into late […]
The National Atlantic Treaty Organization announced from Warsaw, Saturday, a plan to set up an intelligence Fusion Centre in Tunisia, which was hit last year by a wave of terror attacks. The announcement made at the end of the two-day meeting of NATO leaders did not disclose much about the functions of the center but […]
The French Senate issued recently a report accusing Algeria of complicity over a host of sorts of arms and goods trafficking in the Sahel and Saharan region. The report dubbed, Rethinking Public Development Aid in The Sahel, says Algeria turns a blind eye to arms trafficking originating from Libya and transiting through its territories to […]
Tunisian army personnel exchanged Monday fire with a convoy of smugglers in the town of Ben Guerdane, near the Libyan border, forcing the smugglers to return to Libya, reports say. A statement from the defense ministry indicates that the fire exchange occurred at the buffer zone in the southern town of the country. The smugglers […]
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 […]
A U.S. report released by House Select Committee on Benghazi investigating the September 11, 2012 attacks on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi notes that former Libyan ruler forces came to the rescue of U.S. personnel trapped in the blazing fire which engulfed the mission compound. Who could ever believe that forces sent into hiding […]
Tunisia Monday remembered the victims of the June 2015 attack in Sousse where a militant of the Islamic State (IS) group mowed down 38 people, putting the country’s onetime buzzing tourism further into jeopardy. Minister of tourism Selma Elloumi Rekik and British Foreign Office official Tobias Ellwood laid down flowers in remembrance of the 38 […]
Libya’s UN-backed Premier Sunday called for a unified military command of Libyan armed forces to ensure victory over the Islamic State (IS) group fighters still holding the coastal city of Sirte as unity government forces try to dislodge them. “We trust there can’t be any solution to overcome that organization (IS) apart from a unified […]
Militia forces aligned with the UN-sponsored Government of National Accord (GNA) Friday pushed back Islamic State (IS) group fighters who had tried to drive out loyal forces making progress into the coastal city of Sirte where the militant group has been reigning, reports say. The pro-GNA forces are still facing fierce opposition from IS fighters […]
The United Nations-sponsored Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) held Wednesday its first official cabinet meeting since it arrived in capital Tripoli late March. Prime Minister-designate Faiez Serraj chaired the meeting in his provisional offices located in a naval base. The meeting was attended by Serraj’s two deputies, Ahmed Maetig and Fathi Majbri, and 16 […]