Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya and Prime Minister of the Libyan Government of National Accord, Fayez Al-Sarraj, said yesterday that a national conference that includes all Libyan forces and parties should take place before elections are held.

Six Libyan political parties signed a code of ethics or charter of honour yesterday governing interaction between national Libyan political parties and organizations.

The Head of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord, Fayez Al-Serraj, has arrived in the UAE, according to his spokesman Mohammed El Sallak.

A modern and democratic state remains a distant dream in Libya years after the revolt against Muammar Gaddafi‘s authoritarian regime.

Militia commanders from western Libya representing mainly a coalition of anti Hafter forces, Islamists, the former Libyan Islamic Fighting Group and Libya Dawn, met at Tripoli’s Rixos conference centre yesterday to launch a political party with an armed wing.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova confirmed Moscow’s intention to organize a comprehensive Libyan dialogue involving various parties to the conflict in Libya.

The Tripoli Protection Force (TPF) has strongly condemned in a statement on Thursday the military operation carried out by Khalifa Haftar, the leader of Operation Dignity, describing it as a trail to destroy the Libyan people’s capabilities. They are alarmed after the implementation of foreign agendas aiming at dispersing the …

The Head of the High Council of State (HCS) Khalid Al-Mishri said Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi is intervening in Libya’s domestic affairs in order to found a regime similar to that he commands in his country – “a regime of an iron fist.”

The African Union on Monday called for a global conference in July to try to resolve the conflict in Libya, with the aim of holding elections in October.

The National Front Alliance has renamed itself as a political party after announcing on Sunday the formation of its political office with instructions to its Head to reshuffle the members, according to the Mahmoud Jabril’s Facebook Page.