The United Nations Support Mission in Libya expresses its concern regarding the recent shutdown in oil production at Marsa al-Hariga and indications that other shutdowns may be imminent. The uninterrupted production of oil as well as maintaining the independence and impartiality of the NOC remains a vital cornerstone to the …
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Can Libya’s new authority succeed in cutting Haftar’s foreign links?
Self-styled Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar is a serious hurdle facing the Government of National Unity (GNU). He could prove to be a more complex issue than initially expected, taking time and patience to resolve. It is misleading to assume that dealing with Haftar is an easy political-military issue. How he …
Read More »Al-Sunni: mercenaries must leave Libya
Libya’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Taher al-Sunni, has said that mercenaries and foreign fighters must leave Libya, considering this an inevitable matter.
Read More »Libya’s south region military units instructed to secure borders
The Libyan Presidential Council, which is the Chief Commander of the Libyan Army, has instructed all military units in southern Libya to start working on securing borders and tackling enemy targets.
Read More »Turkey looks to pull ahead of EastMed rivals in Libya
A series of state visits by leaders of Libya’s new National Unity Government to Athens and Ankara last week laid bare the difficulty Greece faces in swaying the North African country away from its Mediterranean rival Turkey.
Read More »Egypt PM visits Tripoli as relations warm
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli met his counterpart Abdulhamid Dbeibah in the Libyan capital on Tuesday, in a new sign of warming ties between Tripoli and Cairo.
Read More »‘We Are Ready to Help’ – Libyan Quartet
The international Libya Quartet on Tuesday urged authorities in the country to step up their efforts to improve the security situation and build confidence, to help bring peace to the country and fully implement the ceasefire agreement.
Read More »Bashagha hails Russia’s stance on lifting UN arms embargo on Libya
The ex-Minister of Interior in the previous Government of National Accord in Libya, Fathi Bashagha, hailed on Twitter the Russian rejection to lifting the United Nations arms embargo on Libya before presidential elections.
Read More »Can Turkey rely on Libyan PM to guarantee its strategic interests?
A high-profile visit by Libya’s new interim prime minister, complete with economic accords, has cheered Turkey up, but Ankara’s interests in the war-torn country remain far from guaranteed amid a flurry of rival diplomacy ahead of Libya’s elections in December.
Read More »Ministry of Justice and IOM working on the deportation of illegal immigrants
This Sunday evening, a meeting was held between the Ministry of Justice and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to discuss the process of deporting foreign inmates from Libya.
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