The first ever face-to-face talks between rival Libyan factions have been positive, with a deal still possible before Ramadan, the UN special envoy to Libya said on Wednesday.

The first ever face-to-face talks between rival Libyan factions have been positive, with a deal still possible before Ramadan, the UN special envoy to Libya said on Wednesday.

The Governments of China, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain, the UK, the USA, and the European Union issued a Joint Communique on Libya.

Abdul Hafiz Ghoga, a member of the Libyan political dialogue and deputy chairman of the former National Transitional Council, said that the Islamic State (IS) expansion in Libya will push toward achieving consensus and dialogue and toward the formation of a national unity government. He also added in an interview with El-Khabar …

Abdul Hafiz Ghoga, a member of the Libyan political dialogue and deputy chairman of the former National Transitional Council, said that the Islamic State (IS) expansion in Libya will push toward achieving consensus and dialogue and toward the formation of a national unity government. He also added in an interview with El-Khabar …

While rival governments in Libya are locked in civil conflict, commanding most domestic and international attention, trials are moving forward in Tripoli for former high-ranking figures from the regime of Muammar al-Qaddafi. This month, proceedings continued against Saadi al-Qaddafi, and lawyers submitted the final defense for Saif al-Islam al-Qaddafi and …

The House of Representatives (HoR) has decisively rejected the latest and supposedly final draft from UN for a peace settlement as unacceptable. In Tobruk, 55 members out of 72 attending today’s session are reported to have decided to suspend the HoR’s involvement in the process and to call back their …

This is the last drafted version of the Libyan Political Agreement (4th Draft – 8 June 2015)

Participating and boycotting members of the House of Representatives (HoR) have jointly given their full support to the UN-brokered dialogue process, saying that the threat from the Islamic State (IS) is far more important than their own divisions.

Mpves were under way this evening at the United Nations in New York to impose asset freezes and travel bans on two Libyans who  have been deemed  to be obstructing the peace process.