The cousin of the slain Libyan dictator, Muamar Gaddafi, Ahmed Gaddaf Al-Dam has disclosed that thousands of military soldiers who were part of Gaddafi’s brigades have joined Khalifa Haftar’s militias.

UNSMIL chief Martin Kobler has been urging the International Criminal Court to get involved in Libya, something which, with the sole exception of the Saif Al-Islam and Abdullah Senussi cases, it has long been reluctant to do.

Over 20 countries, including the US, UK, Saudi Arabia and Russia, have vowed to ease a five-year arms embargo on Libya to help its recently formed unity government fight the so-called Islamic State, which is in control of much of the central Libyan coastline.

UNITED NATIONS – France and Britain are preparing a UN resolution that would authorize EU ships in the Mediterranean to intercept vessels suspected of carrying weapons to Libya, diplomats said Monday.

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is looking for international support to bolster controversial Libyan General Khalifa Haftar, after Libya’s UN-backed Government of National Accord [GNA] announced the creation of a new military force.

The European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) in London hosted a discussion on ‘’How to escalate political efforts to stabilise Libya?’’ by Crispin Blunt, Conservative MP and Chair of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee.

Libya’s new prime minister has called on the international community to help his country bolster its fight against terrorism, urging the lifting of an arms embargo and release of funds that remain frozen under UN sanctions.

Khalifa Hafter, the House of Representatives’ (HoR) Libyan National Army (LNA) General Commander has refused a meeting request by UNSMIL head Martin Kobler.

The dispute in Libya has reached the doorstep of the United Nations, where the president of the Tobruk Government, Abdallah Althani, has announced his decision to end the duties of Libya’s representative to the United Nations, Ibrahim Aldabashi, amid uncertainties surrounding the legality of this decision, as well as the …

A Maltese-flagged tanker was this evening moving away from Tobruk after being blocked from loading at the Hariga oil export terminal in an escalating row between Tripoli-based National Oil Corporation and the rival eastern NOC.