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After months of deadlock, oil production activities have resumed in Libya, the National Oil Company announced on Friday. Oil production and exports had been at a standstill for six months in Libya because of the conflict that has been tearing the country apart. Vital for the economy, both activities are resuming with a first ship […]
The Turkish Ministry of National Defense will soon carry out large-call naval exercises off the Libyan coast to prove ability to control the region by air and sea, amid tensions with France over the oil-rich African country. The maneuvers dubbed “Naftex” will take place in three different regions: Barbaros, Turgutreis and Chaka Bey, Middle East […]
Morocco warned the UN Security Council about the deteriorating security, political and economic conditions in Libya which foreign intervention will further worsen. Speaking at a virtual meeting of dozen foreign ministers on Libya, Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita reiterated Morocco’s position in support of the UN Skhirate agreement, noting that multiplying initiatives will be counterproductive. […]
The Libyan African Investment Company, LAICO, controlled by the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) headquartered in Tripoli, has recovered the ownership of Bahari Beach – a tourist resort in the Tanzania capital of Dar es Salaam, Libya Observer reports. The hotel, property of the Libyan state has been illegally controlled by another part since […]
Turkish Naval Forces Commander Adm. Adnan Ozbal has visited Tripoli as Ankara moves to strengthen its presence in the North African country with two military bases. Ozbal met with Libyan Army’s Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Mohammed Al-Sharif, Anadolu news agency reports. It is unclear when the visit occurred but sources told the news agency […]
Sudanese authorities announced the arrest in the Darfur region of 122 mercenaries who were travelling to neighboring Libya to take part in the conflict. This group of combatants included eight children. According to several UN reports, hundreds or even thousands of Sudanese fight regularly in Libya, but this is the first time that Khartoum has […]
Head of the Libyan High State Council, Khalid al-Mishri, Wednesday laid into Tunisian President Kais Saied who urged Libyans to adopt a new constitution based on tribal experience and constitution in Afghanistan. Saied, during his visit early this week in France, indicated that Tunisia will not allow Libya to be divided and called on Libyan […]
The Arab League Council has reaffirmed its full backing to the UN-brokered agreement signed by Libya’s warring factions in 2015 in the Moroccan coastal town of Skhirat, a peace deal which remains the basis for any solution to the Libyan conflict. During its emergency meeting held Tuesday via videoconference with the participation of Moroccan Foreign […]
Paris and Tunis on Monday asked the parties in Libya to fulfill their commitments to restart negotiations under the United Nations aegis. “France and Tunisia together demand that the warring parties ceasefire and keep their commitment to resume negotiations within the United Nations framework to restore security for all, reunite Libyan institutions and start reconstruction […]
The foreign minister of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) has said he would not attend an Arab league meeting of foreign ministers on Libya this week arguing that the GNA was not consulted. Taher Siala told the Pan-Arab organization’s executive council that this planned meeting would “deepen the rift” between Arab governments on […]