UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council adopted a Pakistan-backed resolution that updates the 15-member body’s sanctions regime on oil-rich Libya, allowing for the investment of its frozen assets and creating new sanctions designations for those involved in the illegal trade in Libyan petroleum products. The resolution, authored by the United Kingdom, was passed by 14 … Read more
Clashes break out in Warshafala, a district west of Tripoli that has seen numerous clashes since Gaddafi’s ouster. Pro-Dbeibah forces seize military headquarters in southern Tripoli. Clashes come just a week after Libya experienced bloodiest week in two years. Libyan armed factions clashed on the western outskirts of Tripoli late Friday and early Saturday, … Read more
Libya has been on the verge of civil war for months. RADA, one of Tripoli’s most powerful forces, visible in city centre. Both prime ministers have support from armed factions controlling territory in the capital and other western cities. Political shifts suggest possible realignment among power brokers and armed factions, which could lead to renewed … Read more
Talks focus on a constitutional framework for elections after Libya’s various groups fail to agree in Cairo. Talks are the latest UN effort to bridge the country’s enemies. Libya has been wracked by conflict since NATO-backed rebels ousted Muammar Qaddafi in 2011. Two senior Libyan officials began two days of negotiations on election arrangements Tuesday, … Read more
Libya’s east-based parliament and High Council of State concluded their final round of negotiations on constitutional amendments for elections on Sunday night in Cairo. The most contentious issue was the criteria for presidential candidacy, with the Tripoli-based council demanding that military men not be allowed to run. The talks started on June 12 with the … Read more
Violent clashes shook a western region of the Libyan capital overnight and into Sunday morning, an interior ministry source claimed as local media reported the death of a militia commander. Janzour, in the western suburbs of Tripoli, is home to the UN Support Mission in Libya’s headquarters as well as guarded compounds for foreign diplomatic … Read more
The Tunisian navy said Saturday that it had rescued 81 migrants, one of whom was a woman, who had set out from Libya on a barely seaworthy vessel for Europe. The damaged boat was boarded about six kilometres (four miles) off Tunisia’s northeastern coast, according to the navy. According to officers, it carried 38 Egyptians, … Read more
A gas tanker that sank in waters off Tunisia the remaining weekend became empty, the authorities said on Friday, ruling out the hazard of pollution. But authorities announced that they had arrested the deliver’s rescued group after divers located evidence the deliver’s GPS had been deliberately destroyed and its bridge computer systems ripped out. The … Read more
Libya’s National Oil Corporation announced Monday the closure of operations in the most important oil fields after a team of workers inside the key export terminal of Zueitina were blocked from operating. “The National Oil Corporation is obliged to declare a state of pressure Majeure at the oil port of Zueitina, such as all fields … Read more
TRIPOLI: Libyan government pledged Sunday to deliver office to the next elected executive authority as general elections are expected to hold on Dec. 24. “The government has funded the High National Elections Commission in order to help hold free and honest elections,” Ramadan Abu-Janah, the acting prime minister of the Government of National Unity of … Read more
TRIPOLI: Libya’s rival central banks said on Monday they had reached a reunification deal, seven years after they divided as conflict tore the country apart. The original bank, which manages the North African state’s vast oil revenues, had been severed in 2014 when a complex civil war gave rise to rival administrations in the east and … Read more
