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Italian Ecology Transition Minister Roberto Cingolani has indicated that Rome will conclude its first deal to obtain more gas from Libya and other suppliers, to replace Russian flows in the coming weeks. “A series of talks are underway … in the next few weeks, we will close the first agreements,” Cingolani said in an online […]
The Libyan Foreign Ministry Thursday said it recovered a cache of smuggled ancient artifacts from New York as part of the oil-rich country’s efforts to protect its heritage against the backdrop of years of war, turmoil and unrest. The repatriated items include two sculptures dating to the 4th century B.C. from the ancient city of […]
An armed group allegedly from Misrata besieged Wednesday a government building in the Libyan capital of Tripoli forcing employees to leave, Libya Update reports. The group surrounded the building occupied by outgoing Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh and his cabinet, in the early evening, and prevented cars to drive by, the media notes, adding that […]
The latest political developments in Libya were reviewed at a meeting Tuesday in Rabat between Moroccan and Libyan Foreign Ministers Nasser Bourita and Najla El Mangouch. The talks, held on the sidelines of the 21st ordinary session of the Executive Council of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD), also discussed bilateral relations. “The support of […]
Egyptian President Fattah al-Sisi hosted on Sunday Khalifa Haftar and House of Representatives’ (HoR) Speaker, Aqila Saleh in Cairo, as part of Egypt’s support for the political process that led to forming Fathi Bashagha’s government, Libya Observer reports, citing unnamed sources. The sources indicated that the visit came in a time of tension as Bashagha’s […]
The new Libyan Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha banned on Tuesday implementation of any decrees or instructions issued by the outgoing Government of National Unity (GNU), led by Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Libya Update reports. The former interior minister addressed a letter to the heads of institutions, departments, bodies, agencies, public companies, state-owned commercial companies, and mayors […]
The Libyan National Army (LNA), led by East-base strongman Khalifa Haftar, has rejected Ukraine’s claims that the self-style army is sending fighters to combat alongside Russian forces. The Ukrainian Defense Ministry leveled the charges against the LNA saying the Libyan fighters will be flown aboard Russian air force planes, Libya Observer had reported Sunday. The […]
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry has laid into Libyan rebel General Khalifa Haftar for sending fighters to combat alongside Russian forces, Libya Observer reports. The ministry added that the Libyan fighters are expected to be flown aboard Russian air force planes. Haftar who controls much of Libya’s eastern territories has not commented on the accusations but […]
The US ambassador to Libya Thursday called on outgoing Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah to engage discussions with Fathi Bashagha, designated by the parliament last month, to avoid the escalation of violence, the US mission in Libya said in a statement. Ambassador Richard Norland travelled Wednesday to Tripoli for consultations with various Libyan top officials […]
Libya’s new Prime Minister-designate Fathi Bashagha arrived in Cairo where he is expected to hold consultations on the situation in the oil-rich country with Egyptian top officials and the US ambassador, reports Italian news agency Nova. The agency citing unnamed sources adds that Bashagha will meet with U.S. Special Envoy and Ambassador to Libya, Richard […]