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The US embassy in Libya Thursday rallied behind U.N. Advisor Stephanie Williams after spokesman of Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh cabinet accused her of being biased towards new designated Premier Fathi Bashagha. This came after Mohamed Hamouda commented on a Wednesday meeting between Williams and Speaker of the House of Representatives Aguila Saleh in the town […]
The governor of the Libyan central bank, Saddek El-Kaber, is being pressured by some international parties to cut off financing for the Government of National Unity (GNU) led by Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh who has refused to step down, after the country’s Parliament replaced him last week, Update Libya reports, citing some diplomatic sources who […]
The international community at Libya’s bedside. The country has two Prime ministers. Abdelhamid Dbeibah, who has been in office for a year, and the former Minister of the Interior, Fathi Bachagha, chosen last Thursday by the Tobruk parliament. This is a worrying situation, as the transition is still ongoing and elections are still expected after […]
The United Nations Thursday rejected the appointment of former Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha as the country’s new Premier in replacement of the incumbent Abdul Hamid Dbeibah by the parliament, Al Wasat news outlet reports. The state legislature headquartered in Tobruk according to its spokesman Abdullah Belhaq voted unanimously to appoint Bashagha and granted him confidence. […]
Libya’s Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah Wednesday escaped an alleged attempt assassination after gun shots were fired at his car in capital Tripoli, reports say. A source close to Dbeibah who asked not to be named, told Al Wasat news outlet, the Prime Minister had been returning home when shots were fired from another vehicle that […]
Libya’s state legislature, House of Representatives (HoR) located in Tobruk, shortlisted Monday former Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha and businessman Khaled Al-Bibas as the only two candidates meeting conditions for the post of Prime Minister in replacement of embattled Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, reports say. Aguila Saleh, Speaker of the parliament, during a session held to vet […]
Russian private military company Wagner has flown out of Libya 300 Syrian fighters back to the Middle East country, Libya Observer reports citing Syrian As-Suwayda 24 News Network. The fighters reportedly left Thursday through Benghazi airport in eastern Libya to the Hmeimim Air Base in Syria. The fighters made up the 42nd Brigade and were […]
Khalifa Haftar, the strongman of the Libyan eastern region, has resumed his position as general commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA); an army opposed to the UN-backed Government of National Unity headquartered in capital Tripoli. Update Libya, citing an informed source, said Haftar has returned to his post after stepping down temporarily in September […]
The Libyan parliament, the House of Representatives (HoR), has accepted the candidacies of former members of Government of National Accord (GNA), the previous Libyan administration, as candidates to replace incumbent Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh being pushed out. Fathi Bashagha, former interior minister of the GNA and Ahmed Maiteeq, deputy head of the GNA, both […]
Libya’s Premier Abdulhamid Dbeibah Monday told Al Jazeera network that the Speaker of the House of Representative (HoR) is trying to bring back division and fragmentation to the country, adding that his government will continue its work until the holding of elections, Libya Observer reports. Dbeibah’s accusations came after Aqila Saleh on Monday said HoR […]