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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 reports in the beginning of the week that the national oil corporation created by the Tobruk-based government had signed an agreement with Egyptian General Petroleum Company (EGPC) for the supply of 2 million barrels of crude oil, the longtime Read more
A spokesman of the oil company newly established by the Tobruk-based government to oversee oil dealings in areas under its control stated that an agreement has been reached with Egypt for the supply of 2 million barrels of crude oil. Read more
The long awaited political agreement between Libya’s two rival governments is expected to be signed on Thursday in the Moroccan coastal city of Skhirat, a day after the presidents of the two parliaments met for the first time. The meeting Read more
The new U.N special envoy to Libya Martin Kobler had his first official contact with the representatives of the two rival governments in Libya during the weekend to continue the U.N-led dialogue for a political agreement. Kobler visited the Tobruk-based Read more
Fresh clashes between militants of the Islamic State and the Libyan National Army (LNA,) a force loyal to the internationally recognized Tobruk-based government, began on Tuesday in Benghazi, enabled the LNA to recover three former air force bases; two in Read more
A helicopter carrying senior government and military officials of the Tripoli-based government was shot down on its way back to the Libyan capital with all those on board feared dead. Thirteen bodies have been recovered while six people are reported Read more
The Libyan internationally recognised parliament based in Tobruk Monday rejected the UN-proposed unity government, ignoring the international community’s repeated calls to rival Libyan sides to endorse and quickly put in motion the UN-brokered peace roadmap. A majority of lawmakers in Read more
Talks to end the Libyan war and the hostilities between the two rival governments began in Morocco on Monday with the hope that an agreement will be reached by October 20, before the mandate of the Tobruk-based parliament expires, although Read more
The rival governments in Libya have made a giant stride in the march towards peace and U.N special envoy Bernardino Leon believes that a final agreement could be signed by September 20. On Sunday, Leon told reporters that the two Read more