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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the US and France Thursday congratulated Morocco and its king for supporting peace in Libya after the kingdom hosted Libyan “historic” peace Accord in the resort town of Skhirat. “I thank His Majesty King Mohammed VI and the Government of Morocco for hosting the signing ceremony”, Ban Ki-moon said following […]
Libya turned a new page of its dialogue process Thursday as rival political factions and other political figures endorsed in Morocco the Government of National Accord agreement following a long and hesitant process peppered with disagreements still fostered by the hardliners and a fringe of “spoilers.” Emhimmed Shoaib from the House of Representatives (HoR) and […]
A political agreement between Libya’s rival parliament was signed in Morocco on Thursday but there are still concerns about its implementation because it is not backed by the presidents of the two parliaments, Nouri Abusahmain of the General National Congress (GNC) in Tripoli and Aguila Saleh Issa of the House of Representative (HoR) in Tobruk, […]
Head of UNSMIL Martin Kobler and Libyan National Army self-style Chief of Staff Khalifa Hafter Wednesday in a meeting agreed that it was time to erase terrorist organizations creating havoc in Libya adding that only a united Libyan army could achieve the daunting task, reports say. Even though much of the meeting has not been […]
Analysts and Islamic State experts are wary of the progression of the terrorist group in Libya in redirection towards Algeria and fear that Algeria for its oil infrastructure may fall prey to the militants. According to reports the current progression of IS towards the Libyan Fezzan region is a considerable threat to Algeria as the […]
The hoped-for meeting between heads of rival House of Representatives (HoR) and the National Congress (GNC) took place Wednesday in the Maltese capital with a joint statement calling for a delay in the signing if the Dialogue Accord and endorsement of the Government of National Accord. Head of Tobruk-based HoR, Ageela Saleh Gwaider eventually turned […]
Saudi Arabia Monday announced creation of an Islamic coalition of made 34 countries to wage war against terrorism with Morocco emerging as regional tiger, reports say. The announcement was made by Saudi Defense Minister, Mohammed bin Salman, son of Saudi Monarch Salman. The new coalition according to the minister will include Jordan, United Arab Emirates, […]
17 countries including UN Security Council, EU, African Union, Arab League Sunday in Rome pledged full support to the UN-proposed Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) and urged Libya political sides to anoint the National Dialogue Agreement on Wednesday as they indicated themselves last week in Tunis. “We fully recognize and support the Libya Political […]
Tunisia and the UN once again called on Libyan political protagonists to urgently ink the UN-brokered National Dialogue Agreement in the face of growing instability and the giant strides of the Islamic State in the North African country. Meeting all factions for the first time, Head of the UNSMIL Martin Kobler reminded the protagonists of […]
The Islamic terror movement IS Tuesday celebrated in a video recording the Tunis suicide attack and promised fresh attacks in the Tunisian capital, reports say. The group hailed the suicide bomb attack that rocked the Tunisian capital nearly two weeks ago and which killed 12 members of the Tunisian presidential guard. The attack was perpetrated […]