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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
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
Tensions are still high in Tripoli as the battle for the control of the capital and the parliament continues between the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) and the National Salvation Government (NSG) supported by a coalition of Islamist groups Read more
U.N Secretary General’s special envoy for Libya, Martin Kobler, acknowledged that the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) lacks “national legitimacy” and “there is political stalemate, and the security is not good, and there are grave humanitarian problems in the 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 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
As Libya clocks 5 years since the war began with the uprising against the Gadhafi regime, UN special envoy told Associated Press that the Islamic State poses a major threat to the country’s stability and security. He said “every day Read more
Libyan internationally recognised parliament based in Tobruk Monday rejected Prime Minister Serraj’s government but endorsed with reservation the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA.) 89 out of 104 present for the vote rejected the proposed cabinet which was announced last week. Reports Read more
After postponing the announcement of the cabinet to be formed under the Libyan Political Agreement on Sunday, Libya’s nine-member Presidential Council based in Tunisia but aspiring to move to Tripoli unveiled a 32-member cabinet on Tuesday that will serve as Read more
Thursday was a deadly day in Libya as two attacks jointly killed at least 116 people dead and left hundreds injured. One of the attacks which took place in Ras Lanouf and claimed by the Islamic State group targeted a Read more