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Two car bombings rocked Libya’s second city Tuesday killing at least 30 people, including security personnel and civilians, report say citing security and medical accounts. The two explosions took place in the central al-Salmani district, near the local passport office Read more
Saif al-Islam, son of Libya’s former strongman Muammar Gaddafi, is mulling participation in next year elections as requested by his supporters, his spokesman has said. “Saif al-Islam will run for the upcoming presidential elections, which may take place in mid-2018,” Read more
Lebanese Security authorities have identified the alleged murderer of Rebecca Dykes as Tariq H., a Lebanese working for Uber company. Arrested on Monday, Tariq H. confessed to the Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) to have killed the British diplomat positioned Read more
Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar commanding the east-based Libyan National Army (LNA) indicated Sunday that the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) brokered by the UN is outdated and the institutions associated to it have lost legitimacy. “All the dialogues starting from Ghadames Read more
Head of the so-called Libyan National Army (LNA) Khalifa Haftar said over the weekend his army was in control of almost all the entire North Africa country except some tiny swathes of land to be conquered pretty soon. “The size Read more
Head of communication of the Qatari government has rejected claims that Qatar supports Muslim Brotherhood in the Arab world, mentioning as an instance the Tunisian Islamist party Ennahdha. He told the Los Angeles Times that his country did not work Read more
The Qatari embassy in Ndjamena was closed on Wednesday (August 23) and Qatari diplomats were given 10 days to leave Chad and the following day, Qatar announced the closure of the Chadian diplomatic mission in Doha giving 72 hours to Read more
Head of the UN-backed Presidency Council (PC) and Libya’s Prime Minister has slammed Misrata-based military forces aligned with the PC after members of the military’s top command were received in Doha by Qatar’s ruler. Prime Minister Faiez Serraj has condemned Read more
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov underlined Monday at a meeting in Moscow with Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar of the Libyan National Army (LNA) that Russia supports a political solution to the Libyan crisis and “the full-scale restoration of the statehood” Read more
The European Union’s Trust Fund for Africa adopted last week a program worth €46 million to reinforce the integrated migration and border management capacities of the Libyan authorities. The new actions respond to the measures proposed early July under the Read more