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A local Libyan military commander in the ranks of Misrata’s Third Force confirmed the presence and engagement of British and American forces on the ground in Libya. In an interview with The Times, Commander Mohammed Durat referred to an incident, Read more
The Vienna conference held on Monday with the participation of the permanent members of the Security Council and several Arab and European countries decided that the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) should be exempted from the UN arms embargo Read more
The United States on Friday blacklisted the Head of Libya’s internationally recognized Parliament for obstructing the political process aimed at establishing the UN-sponsored Government of National Accord (GNA) as the sole Libyan authority. Aguila Saleh, identified as a spoiler of Read more
The Government of National Accord (GNA) and the Presidency Council (PC) have called on military groups in Libya to halt any planned actions on the Islamic State (IS) in Sirte until a unified front is formed. The PC describing itself Read more
Seven ministries in Tripoli including the foreign affairs ministry were handed over to the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) on Monday and Mohammed al-Ammari, a member of the Presidential Council formed under the Libya Political Agreement (LPA), said the Read more
Western countries continue to show their support to the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) to take over the reins of Libya and the ambassadors of Britain, France and Spain arrived in Tripoli on Thursday part of this support. They Read more
Khalifa Haftar, head of the Libyan army under the Tobruk-based government, spoke about the ongoing political crisis since the arrival in Tripoli of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) by clarifying that the military has no interest in forming Read more
Late Tuesday, the Tripoli-based justice ministry posted a statement citing that the National Salvation Government (NSG) and its related institutions were stopping work in “the interests of the nation” and to avoid bloodshed, division and fragmentation. Special envoy Kobler said Read more
The arrival of the Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli on Wednesday increased the number of governments claiming legitimacy and authority in Libya to three. On Friday prime minister-designate Fayez Serraj made his first public appearance in Tripoli at Read more
The Prime Minister-designate of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez Serraj together with six deputies arrived in Tripoli on Wednesday onboard a ship coming from Tunisia. Western countries quickly declared their support to this government and UN special Read more