Tag: Martin Kobler

Libya: Haftar concurs with elections as escape route

December 4, 2017

Head of the UN mission in Libya has told the media that Head of the Eastern-based army Khalifa Haftar backs his action plan to help ... Read More

Libya: UN Chief appoints Lebanese scholar Ghassan Salame as UNSMIL Head

June 19, 2017

UN Secretary General has confirmed Ghassan Salamé, a Lebanese scholar and Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs, as the new head of UNSMIL, ... Read More

Libya: Lebanese Ghassan Salamé likely to replace outgoing Kobler

June 15, 2017

Lebanese former minister of Culture and current Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs is seemingly the future head of the UNSMIL as current ... Read More

Libya: Moscow attempts to seduce PC-backed Misrata top military officials to negotiate with Haftar

April 20, 2017

Russian authorities have held talks with heads of Misrata forces aligned with UN-backed Presidential Council in a move to narrow gap between the West-based forces ... Read More

Libya: Moscow announces Serraj’s visit

February 28, 2017

Head of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) and Presidency Council (PC) Faiez Serraj is expected in Moscow in the coming days for talks ... Read More

Libya: UN Chief Defends Choice for Salam Fayyad as UNSMIL Head, Israel Rejoices at U.S. Objection

February 13, 2017

UN Chief has defended the choice of former Palestinian Premier Salam Fayyad as Head of UN Special Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) following objection by the ... Read More

Libya: Khalifa Ghwell-aligned forces launch ‘National Guard’ in Tripoli to protect state institutions

February 10, 2017

Chaos is festering in capital Tripoli as forces aligned with self-style Khalifa Ghwell announced Thursday the creation of the Libyan National Guard (LNG) to protect ... Read More

Libya: Former Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad to replace Kobler

February 10, 2017

Former Palestinian Premier Salam Fayyad has been rumoured to replace Martin Kobler at the helm of UN Special Mission in Libya. A leaked letter by ... Read More

Libya: ‘PC Re-composition Fitting Haftar in the Pipeline,’ Kobler

February 9, 2017

Head of the UN Special Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Martin Kobler Wednesday indicated that consensus to readapt the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) and to modify ... Read More

UN-Backed Libyan Institutions to be Reformed, Political Dialogue Committee

January 25, 2017

The Libya Political Agreement signed in December 2015 by some members of the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR) and the General National Congress (GNC) in ... Read More