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Libya’s new interim Prime Minister, Abdelhamid Dbeiba, announced on Thursday March 4 that he had announced the names of the members of his government formation in Parliament. A special session is scheduled for March 8 in Sirte to approve the Read more
A Libyan security official aligned with UN-backed government announced Monday repatriation of the remains of Egyptian Coptic Christians beheaded in February 2015 in the city of Sirte after their capture by the Islamic State group (ISIS). ISIS in 2015 shocked Read more
Italy’s Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni’s call for the US to undertake a significant role in war torn Libya has been turned down by President Donald Trump. In a joint press conference at the White House, Gentiloni stated that “we need Read more
Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) who was visiting Tripoli Thursday to discuss the complex migration and displacement situation drew a grim picture of the situation in Libya, once a booming economy, which many hopeful migrants viewed Read more
Egypt’s Al-Azhar observatory has mocked the Islamic State group (IS)’s video showing the bomber of the December attack against a Coptic Orthodox Church in capital Cairo, saying that the group is trying to lure new recruits as it is on Read more
UN Special Envoy for Libya, Martin Kobler, told the UN Security Council that this year should be the “year of decisions and political breakthrough” for the North African country that has been marred with chaos since 2011. While admitting that Read more
Russia has sent a strong message to the world for its support to Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar, head of the Libyan National Army (LNA) loyal to the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR), by taking him on an official tour on Read more
The United Nations has urged the Libyan people to work for “national reconciliation” in the wake of an end to operations for the liberation of Sirte from the Daesh Takfiri terrorists. The head of the Libyan Government of National Accord Read more
The Libya National Army (LNA) launched airstrikes on the Defense Benghazi Brigades (DBB) in the Al-Jufra region killing one of its commanders and injuring 14 others. The “two air raids” according to Mohamed Abu Ras al-Sharif, an Al-Jufra notable, targeted Read more
The spokesman for Bunyan Marsous militia group that is waging a war against ISIS in the coastal city of Sirte, Libya, has claimed that fighting will soon be over in the area. Mohammed al-Ghasri stated that “Islamic State’s rule over Read more