Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—As Libya’s two rival governments gear up for another round of reconciliation talks in Geneva this week under the auspices of the UN, the country’s Tobruk-based government is continuing its attempts to impose its authority over the strife-torn North African state and build new relationships with its neighbors, …
An armed forces officer was injured on Sunday in an exchange of fire with militants in Al-Wahat district, near the Siwa Oasis and the Libyan border. One of the militants was killed, according to a statement from the military spokesman.
10 January 2015 – Libyan parties have agreed to hold a new round of political dialogue with a view to ending the country’s political and security crisis. The meeting will take place next week and will be hosted by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) at the United …
The Libyan branch of the ISIL terrorist group says it has executed two Tunisian journalists, who had gone missing in Libya in September 2014.
Tripoli, 09 January 2015 – In the framework of efforts to resolve Libya’s political and security crisis, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, Bernardino Leon, held discussions with Libyan stakeholders Thursday 08 January 2015 on ways to end the hostilities and convene political dialogue.
IN MARCH 2011, spurred by Colonel Muammar Qaddafi’s threat that his forces would storm the city of Benghazi “inch by inch, house by house, home by home, alley by alley,” reluctant Western nations intervened in the revolution in Libya. It proved decisive. By the end of the year Qaddafi was …
