Muhammed Menfi, Head of the Presidential Council (PC), received Wednesday Commander of the 166 Battalion Muhammad Al-Hussan.

The Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Al-Mangoush called Thursday on her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov to help Libya in its quest to unify the military institution, adding in a joint conference in Moscow, which she visited to carry out bilateral discussions, that Russia had an active role in its serious stance …

The Libyan Presidential Council, in the capacity of the Chief Commander of the Libyan Army, reiterated Sunday its willingness to unify the military institution and support for national reconciliation to pave the way for December elections.

Amnesty International has urged the Government of National Unity to oppose the integration of armed militias and organizations into the country’s military forces, describing it as a return to the oppressive Ghaddafi administration. To intimidate critics and opponents, members of the Internal Security Agency (ISA), which is made up of …

Members of the Internal Security Agency (ISA), a collection of powerful armed groups operating in eastern Libya, have committed harrowing human rights abuses to silence critics and opponents, including detaining them arbitrarily and subjecting them to enforced disappearances and torture, said Amnesty International.

The Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah said his government is working on building a civilian state with a “real and organized army that has the motto of [sacrifice for the country].”

In separate letters, Prime Minister Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba directed the Ministries of Economy, Labour, Higher Education, and Youth, to hold cross-conference meetings between the relevant departments of their Ministries with the Committee for Organizing, Absorbing and Integrating militias into state institutions.

Presidency Council member, Abdalla Al-Lafi, in his capacity as the Supreme Commander of the Libyan Army, participated yesterday in the Forum of the Defence and National Security Committee in the House of Representatives (HoR) with military leaders of the army.

The Head of the Libyan High Council of State (HCS), Khalid Al-Mishri, rejected Tuesday unifying state civil institutions without unifying the military institution, adding in a press conference in Tripoli that the HCS rejected also the inability of the Prime Minister to enter Benghazi and the “mess at the military …

The Libyan Prime Minister and Defense Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah said there are lots of challenges that are hindering the unification of the Libyan Army, expressing hope in the willingness of young people to serve their country.