First Independent Mena Newspaper
Libya’s internationally recognised Parliament Tuesday sent a list of its nominees for the post of Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister in the future Government of National Accord to UNMIL Chief Bernardino Leon. The House of Representatives (HoR) of the internationally recognised government operating from Tobruk finally sent its list of 12 nominees to the […]
A car bombing attack rocked the Libyan capital Tripoli Monday wounding one person and damaging the Italian gas company giant Eni office. Witnesses of the incident told reporters two cars exploded no far from the offices of Mellitah Oil and Gas, a joint corporation belonging to the Italian giant Eni and the Libyan government. The […]
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is expected this Monday in Tunis, first leg of a North African tour that will also lead him to Algiers to discuss ways of enhancing further cooperation ties with Maghreban countries. This is the third international tour of Mr Zarif after the conclusion of the nuclear deal in the […]
Libya peace talks to lead to a unified government are drawing towards the end-of-August deadline suggested by UNMIL Chief Bernardino Leon while deep divisions among the rival factions still persist. With the United Nations-supported political dialogue process in Libya nearing its last stages, “time is running out” for leaders on all sides and at all […]
On the heels of the barbaric acts committed by ISIS in Sirte over the weekend, Italian foreign minister called on the international community to take quick actions to ensure that Libya does not become “another Somalia” reference to a “failed state.” “We will find ourselves with another Somalia two steps from our coasts,” said the […]
A Libyan official denied Wednesday that Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni had officially resigned from his position. Abdullah al-Thinni, the internationally recognized Libyan Premier surprisingly offered to resign in a televised debate on Tuesday as the political protagonists of the Libyan crisis were meeting in Geneva in the framework of a new UN round of talks […]
After failing to reach an agreement on several occasions, the latest deadline announced by U.N’s special envoy to Libya, Bernardino Leon, has been termed as “crucial” because of the legal consequences that might follow. He said the Libyan parties at the ongoing negotiations which started on Tuesday in Geneva should work towards sealing an agreement […]
The Tripoli-based General National Congress announced Monday it may make a U-turn in order to participate in the Geneva round if UNMIL chief Bernardino Leon agrees to amend the draft initialed by the House of Representatives, the internationally-recognized parliament sitting in Tobruk and elected on 25 June 2014, and other Libyan political forces. The announcement […]
ISIS in Libya is trying to retake Derna from the al-Qaeda affiliate Abu Salim Martyrs Brigade and it started its offensive on Sunday with a suicide car bomb attack at night that killed around 10 people and injured 21 others. ISIS was forced out of the city at the beginning of last month and it […]
UN Special mission for the Libyan crisis said Thursday it will be convening Libyan political protagonists for another round of dialogue on Monday. Nearly two months after the UN-brokered draft accord was initialed, Libyan political factions will meet on Monday to decide on who will lead them as Prime Minister and on the two personalities […]