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Libyan Parliament Speaker Aguila Saleh travelled to Turkey Monday to seek rapprochement with Ankara to break the political deadlock in the oil-rich country which currently has two rival governments. The head of the Turkish-Libyan Friendship Group, Ambassador Ahmed Yildiz received Saleh, Al Wasat news website reports. Saleh will meet a number of senior Turkish officials […]
Italy’s top diplomat Luigi Di Maio has reiterated the need to appoint a new UN Special Envoy for Libya, which he deemed to be a “decisive step”, Libya Update reports. Di Maio sounded the alarm in a testimony before the chamber of deputies arguing that “the appointment of a strong UN envoy allows for firm […]
Libya authorities in charge of the country’s oil production indicated Tuesday oil production has increased 1.025 million barrels per day after a three-month decline owing to a wave of closures of oil fields and ports, Libya Observer reports. Chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), Farhat Ben Qadara, and the Minister of Oil and Gas, […]
Libya’s envoy to the UN, Taher El-Sonni, has blamed several unidentified international forces for plotting against elections in North African country adding that the stability of the country is not their concern. “There are certain international forces who fear the idea of elections in Libya because their results are not guaranteed, which may not serve […]
The Military Engineering Department has recovered and transported five tons of war remnants that were collected from Tripoli International Airport, al Wasat media reports citing the department. Five tons of mines and remnants of war were collected at the airport, the department said in a statement on Wednesday. The war remnants will be dispose of, […]
Egypt and Serbia inked a group of agreements and Memorandum of Understanding as President Abdelfattah al-Sisi visited the European country Wednesday. Al Sisi met with Aleksandar Vucic in capital Belgrade following a visit to Germany the day before. Both leaders oversaw the signing of several accords. One agreement in the field of higher education was […]
The African Shooting Sports Federation (ASSF) decided to withdraw the hosting of the African Shooting Championship from Libya due to the lack of government guarantees, Libya Observer reports. The board of the directors of the federation made the decision Monday during an e-meeting, the Libyan notes. Per the decision, the 15th edition of the African […]
A Tunisian soldier was killed Monday by smugglers during an altercation near the border with Libya, the Defense ministry has announced, according to media reports. The smugglers and border patrol forces were involved in a shootout at Borj El Khadra, near the border. The soldier died of wounds he sustained during the fight. The smugglers […]
Mustafa Sanalla Wednesday defied Tripoli-based PM Abdulhamid Dbiebah as he visited the headquarters of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) following his sacking arguing that the Premier is illegal as his mandate has expired. Pictures posted by NOC on social media showed Sanalla being greeted by employees of the company and security personnel. In a speech, […]
Abdelhamid Dbeibeh, one of Libya’s rival Premiers, has sacked the Chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) Mustafa Sanalla, local media Libya Update has learned. Dbeibeh’s administration, which is based in capital Tripoli, replaced Sanalla with Farhat Omar Bengdara, who served as Libya’s Central Bank Governor from 2007 to 2011, the media notes citing a […]