The US ambassador Richard Norland has welcomed the courageous efforts of Libyan participants in the Joint Military Commission (JMC) consultations in Ghadames to implement the October 23 ceasefire agreement, realize Libyan aspirations to deescalate the conflict, and begin to take concrete steps toward the ultimate departure of foreign forces and …
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Public Prosecutor orders arrest of Ain Zara Mayor
An informed source told The Libya Observer that the Investigation Department of the Public Prosecutor’s office issued an arrest order for the Mayor of the Ain Zara Municipality on charges of abuse of position.
Read More »‘We can only pray’: Four Turkish citizens held by Haftar in eastern Libya
Yakup Demir is angry and disappointed. He has tried everything over the past nine months to contact his father-in-law, who along with three other Turkish citizens has disappeared after being seized in Libya’s Sirte.
Read More »IOM: Return of 154 Bangladeshi migrants to their homeland
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced on Monday the return of 154 immigrants from Bangladesh to their homeland on a chartered flight, which took off from Benina Airport in Benghazi.
Read More »Libya’s Constitution Drafting Assembly complains about UNSMIL’s constitutional track
The Libyan Constitution Drafting Assembly protested Monday against the UNSMIL’s constitutional track put forth for debate on October 30 as part of the latter’s conclusive solution tracks for the Libyan conflict, saying it violated Security Council Resolution 2542 of September 2020.
Read More »Libya’s Amazigh Council rejects UNSMIL-sponsored dialogue
The Supreme Council for the Amazigh of Libya, mayors of Amazigh municipalities and notables of Amazigh regions have disapproved the methodology of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya ( UNSMIL) regarding the Libyan crisis, and the mechanism for selecting participants in the political dialogue forum to be held in …
Read More »UN hails ‘progress’ as military rivals meet in Libya
Rival Libyan military officers began talks Monday on home soil for the first time following a ceasefire agreement last month, discussing implementation of the deal.
Read More »ICC urges Saif Gaddafi to surrender himself to Libyan authorities
The International Criminal Court (ICC) said Libya remains under an obligation to arrest and surrender Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi to be tired at The Hague, adding that the Prosecutor’s Office notes that efforts made by the Government of National Accord (GNA) to date have not succeeded in securing his arrest and …
Read More »Backup forces of Libyan Army demand legitimate status under National Guard
The backup forces and brigades of revolutionary fighters, who took part in Volcano of Rage Operation, loyal to the Government of National Accord (GNA) urged the House of Representatives and High Council of State in Tripoli to activate the formation of National Guard, which was agreed on in 2015, as …
Read More »Libyan 5+5 Joint Military Commission to meet in Libya for the first time
The 5+5 Joint Military Commission will meet from 2 to 4 November for a fifth round of talks and for the first time inside Libya, in the city of Ghadames.
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