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Head of Libyan unity government Faiez Serraj has sent a formal request to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) to help beef up security and defenses in Tripoli. The alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg Thursday said he received a formal request 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
Fatou Bensouda, Chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) told Wednesday the UN Security Council that her institution will make civil war-ravaged Libya its top priority next year. In an address before the Security Council, the UN top prosecutor Read more
The UK, US and the EU in addition to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar Monday discussed in London plans to support the Libyan economy and prevent the North African oil-rich country from sliding deeper in economic turmoil. Read more
A report by the British Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Select Committee on the origins, policies, and aftermath of NATO’s military intervention in Libya in 2011 severely indicted former Prime Minister David Cameron as well as his foreign secretary, William Hague, and Read more
Turkey launched on Wednesday a military operation baptized Euphrates Shield aimed at eliminating threats posed by militants of the Islamic State and Kurdish fighters from the northern Syrian town of Jarbulus close to its border. The operation has been condemned Read more
Morocco, major ally of the West in North Africa, has teamed up with Belgian Mecar Company and British Chemring defense group to set up a military plant, according to Moroccan daily Akhbar Al Yaoum. Dubbed “MCR Technologies,” the joint-venture plant Read more
The Turkish Rear Admiral who has applied for asylum in the USA has been identified by Anadolu News Agency as Mustafa Urgulu. He is stationed at the NATO Allied Command Transformation headquarters in Virginia, US. Turkey launched the arrest warrant Read more
Morocco, US major ally in the North Africa and Middle East, has received the 1st batch of US made- M1A1 Abrams tanks after the approval by the US Congress of the arms sale deal passed with the North African country. Read more
NATO has revealed plans to increase its operations in the Mediterranean Sea especially along the Libyan coast. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at the end of the organization summit in Warsaw, Poland, operation Active Endeavour meant to protect ships Read more