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Six Egyptian nationals held in an irregular detention center in western Libya have set free, Egypt’s oreign ministry announced. “According to the information received from our embassy in Tripoli, the six Egyptians have been released,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said on Twitter Sunday. “We are following their safe return to the homeland,” he […]
Deputy Assistant Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) for Political Affairs and Security Policy, Javier Colomina Piriz, said Morocco is a “key player” in the fight against terrorism, and is a “very important partner” for the Atlantic Alliance. Colomina Piriz, who is on a working visit to Morocco for talks with representatives […]
The State Department has approved the sale to Morocco of Ground Command and Control and related equipment for an estimated cost of $141.1 million. According to the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the North African Kingdom has requested to buy six Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio Systems (MIDS-JTRS) and additional secure communications, cryptographic […]
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, […]
The African Union, AU, intends to hold an inclusive Libyan reconciliation conference whose agenda will be determined by the Libyans themselves under African auspices, Head of the AU Liaison Office in Libya (AUlol) Wahida Ayari has told Saudi media Asharq al-Awsat. “The conference will be a complementary path if the current path fails,” the AU […]
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has considered Algeria as being a security risk for Europe in view of its using gas supplies as a means of political pressure on the continent. In a confidential report that surfaced last week, NATO estimated that Algeria is using gas supplies as a means of political pressure on […]
The media office of Libya’s newly designated Prime Minister has said the cabinet of the former Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha is ready as the country’s parliament (HoR) called on all its members for a formal session to be held next Monday. “Prime minister-designate Fathi Bashagha announces that his government is ready and will be presented […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the start of a large-scale attack on Ukraine at dawn on Thursday (24 February) with explosions reported in the cities of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, and Mariupol across the country. European Union and NATO leaders immediately condemned the invasion, with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen calling on Russia to […]
A high key delegation of Moroccan officials arrived in Tripoli Saturday to oversee the reopening of the kingdom’s consulate in the Libyan capital after an eight-year hiatus, Libya Observer reports. The delegation, the Libya media notes citing Libya’s Foreign Ministry, includes the head of the Arab Maghreb Union Affairs and senior officials from the Moroccan […]