The UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) says it will recapture city of Sirte, a gateway to Libya’s main oil terminals. Libya’s internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) on Saturday moved fighters closer to [ More … ]
Libya has had rival administrations since 2014 when the recognized government fled Tripoli after a militia alliance advanced. A group of Libyan militias entered the capital Tripoli this week and said they were creating a [ More … ]
Musa al-Koni, the deputy leader of Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA), announced his resignation yesterday Al-Koni said the U.N.-backed administration had failed to tackle urgent problems arising from years of conflict and political disarray. [ More … ]
– On Saturday, government forces said they have rescued 13 foreign hostages in Sirte – Libyan government forces have freed two Turkish nationals held by Daesh militants in the northern city of Sirte, according to [ More … ]
Libyan pro-government forces have freed five foreign nationals held by Islamic State in Sirte after heavy fighting in their battle to capture the final district of the city, a local official said on Thursday, according [ More … ]
Bunyan Marsous (BM) said this evening that as many as 55 terrorists had been killed today in Sirte, for the lost of eight of their own men and 57 wounded, A Dutch photojournalist was also [ More … ]
Libyan forces said they foiled three attempted car bombings in renewed heavy fighting against Islamic State holdouts in the group’s former stronghold of Sirte on Thursday, according to Reuters. Forces led by brigades from the [ More … ]
Many Libyans were shocked by the latest statement of Abdel Razek Al-Nazoury, the chief of General Khalifa Haftar’s army, when he revealed in an interview with an Egyptian newspaper, that “Haftar granted the Egyptian army easements [ More … ]
Tobruk’s house of representative (HoR) has refused to give its approval to the U.N.-backed government known as the Government of National Accord (GNA), which is considered as a major blow to its efforts to maintain [ More … ]
– Last week, government forces reported major gains against Daesh in Sirte Seven government troops were killed and scores injured on Sunday in battles with Daesh militants in Libya’s northern Sirte city, reported Anadolu Agency. [ More … ]
At the same time the head of the Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez al-Serraj claimed that no foreign troops are needed on the ground, a report was released saying that US special forces assist [ More … ]
U.S. warplanes have begun to strike the Islamic State’s stronghold city of Sirte for the first time, in response to the request of the Government of General Accord (GNA), known as the UN-backed unity government. [ More … ]
The Government of General Accord (GNA) -known as the UN-backed government-announced the starting of US airstrikes against the Islamic State in Sirte. Fayez al-Serraj, who heads the Western-backed unity government, said in a video statement that [ More … ]
The Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries has called for total mobilization against what it called as the French blatant aggression in Libya. At the same time, several demonstrations spread all over Libya in protest against the [ More … ]
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has traveled to the United States of America to participate in the ministerial meeting of the international anti-Islamic State group coalition hosted by the United States, a statement by the Egyptian foreign [ More … ]
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