The United States, France and United Kingdom in a joint statement welcomed the Libya National Army (LNA) decision to probe unlawful killings along with its recognition of an ICC arrest warrant for an LNA commander. [ More … ]
Libya’s military commander Khalifa Haftar is due to visit Moscow on Saturday to discuss a peace plan involving a ceasefire and political talks, a Russian official said on Friday. Libya’s military commander General Khalifa Haftar [ More … ]
Fayez Al- Serraj met the tribal leaders for a second round of talks to discuss how to bring the two halves of the country back together under a civilian government. The UN-backed president of Libya [ More … ]
Commander of Tripoli naval base warns ‘no foreign ship has the right to enter’ designated zone without permission The Libyan navy on Thursday ordered foreign vessels to stay out of a coastal “search and rescue [ More … ]
Ghassan Salame, the UN’s new envoy to Libya, backed Italy’s drive to stem the flow of migrants leaving the north African state for Europe, despite concerns among human rights groups. The UN’s new envoy to [ More … ]
Locals warn of dwindling resources as Khalifa Haftar’s siege of the city enters seventh day Residents of the eastern city of Derna are facing critical shortages as Libya’s General Khalifa Haftar’s troops, Known as Libyan [ More … ]
Leading Bahrain-based Islamic banking group Al-Baraka Banking Group (ABG) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Libyan Foreign Bank (LFB) to develop their banking relations across the board. “The MoU aims to establish [ More … ]
Libya’s conflicting political factions are expected to meet for talks in Paris on Tuesday, reports suggest. The heads of the opposing sides in Libya’s crisis are planning to meet in Paris on Tuesday for talks [ More … ]
Following his call for presidential and parliamentary elections by March next year, the chairman of Presidency Council (PC), Fayez Al-Serraj had a meeting today, Wednesday, with the head of the Higher National Elections Commission, Emad [ More … ]
In a major speech setting out his vision of how Libya can end its political crisis, Presidency Council head Faiez Serraj has called for radical changes in the way the country has been operating. Among [ More … ]
The UN has accused the UAE of supplying military aircraft to Khalifa Haftar in violation of a UN arms embargo Days after he announced taking Libya’s second city from militants, Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar met [ More … ]
Khalifa Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army has been fighting for control of Libya’s second city for three years. Libya’s eastern commander Khalifa Haftar said on Wednesday his forces had taken full control of Libya’s second [ More … ]
An east Libyan minister has been pictured meeting with two prominent Israelis over the weekend. The Minister of Media, Culture and Antiquities for the General National Congress in the eastern Beida authority, Omar Al-Gawairi, who [ More … ]
The Libyan National Army spokesman Ahmed Mismari said that the Libyan National Army (LNA)and the Egyptian Defense Ministry have created an operational headquarters to coordinate airstrikes against Al-Qaeda terrorist group. Since Friday, the Egyptian Air [ More … ]
Egypt has sent “dozens of military personnel” to Libya to back its close ally Khalifa Haftar as Cairo presses ahead with attacks on alleged terrorist training camps in eastern Libya. Egypt has sent “dozens of [ More … ]
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