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Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed said terrorism has grown into “a global problem” and “no longer has a nationality.” In an interview with Der Spiegel online, the Prime Minister called for intensive global efforts to combat the scourge and prevent Read more
Tunisian security authorities have stepped up investigations and arrests as authorities face returns of jihadists who fought abroad in the ranks of terrorist groups including al Qaeda and the Islamic State group (IS). Seven terror cells have been dismantled so Read more
A Deputy Prime Minister in the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) has resigned citing the failure to attain the objectives of their mission. “I hereby announce my resignation for the Libyan people because I have failed and hence I Read more
Rached Ghannouchi and his Ennahda party have been urged to reconcile Muammar Gaddafi’s loyalists and Islamists, London-based The New Arab reports. According to Qatari media, Ghannouchi has been in contact with the two Libyan sides. A source in the Tunisian Read more
Russia has hinted that it supports Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar of the Libya National Army, loyal to the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR), saying he has a fundamental role in the formation of “the new Libyan leadership.” Deputy Foreign Minister 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 UN has sounded the alarm over the appalling human rights violations, ranging from rape, torture, force labor, arbitrary detention, that migrants heading to Europe face in Libya. A report, published jointly by UNSMIL and the UN Human Rights Office, 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 Libyan National Army, based in the East, under Marshal Khalifa Haftar’s command Wednesday announced they thwarted the country’s oil crescent takeover attempt by Tripoli-backed forces three months after seizing the oil ports. The Libyan National Army (LNA) as it Read more
UN Special Envoy for Libya Martin Kobler expressed his disappointment in the “stalled” implementation of the Libya Political Agreement (LPA) reached in Morocco in December 2015 during a briefing with the UN Security Council. After succeeding Bernadino Leon in November Read more