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Salvation Government announces Operations room to free Sirte

May 08, 2016

In a similar step to that of the UN-backed Presidential Council, the Salvation Government has announced that it formed a Joint Operations Room tasked to free Sirte from ISIS.In a statement Sunday morning, the Salvation Government…

Al-Serraj meets Al-Sisi in Cairo

May 07, 2016

The Head of the Presidential Council of the UN-backed Government of National Accord, Fayez Al-Serraj, met earlier on Saturday the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi in a formal visit to Cairo.Al-Serraj was accompanied by his…

4 killed in Benghazi demonstration Friday, Al-Hassadi denounces

May 07, 2016

On Friday, a demonstration in Al-Keesh Square in Benghazi was shelled with bombs and killed four people and injured others.The member of the State Supreme Council, Mansour Al-Hassadi denounced the terrifying and killing of innocent…

Central Region Joint Operations Room announces all-out war on ISIS in Sirte

May 07, 2016

The spokesman of the Joint Operations Room (JOR) of the Central Region, Muhammad Al-Ghersy, said in a presser earlier on Saturday that upon the orders of the Commander in Chief of the Libyan Army, the JOR has begun preparing for…

Two killed by an ISIS landmine in Al-Siddada checkpoint, Al-Sweihli visits the Joint Operations Room…

May 07, 2016

The Central Shield Forces and Misurata revolutionaries' brigades have continued to clash with ISIS militants near Sirte in Al-Siddada checkpoint and Abu Grein district.Sources from Misurata hospital reported two dead bodies of the…

Heavy claches continue in Zallah and Abu Grein between Misurata brigades and ISIS

May 06, 2016

The Misurata Central Shield Force and other revolutionary brigades are still clashing with ISIS militants near Sirte in Abu Grein and around Zallah district, where ISIS carried a suicide attack killing more than 7 and injuring dozens of…

Italian Defense Minister: We will provide GNA with what demands it needs

May 05, 2016

The Italian Defense Minister, Roberta Pinotti, confirmed that her country will never think twice when it comes to granting the UN-backed GNA its demands.In a press interview with the American Washington Post newspaper Thursday,…

Kobler meets Bogdanov in Moscow, they stress need for speeding up GNA’s support for a…

May 05, 2016

Russia has announced that it calls on the political forces in Libya to organize their work of the national bodies of power, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday after a meeting of the Russian president's special envoy for the…

Presidential Council and Holland’s FM discuss recovering Libya’s frozen assets

May 05, 2016

Member of Presidential Council, Muhammed Al-Emmari said there was a discussion Thursday with the Foreign Secretary of the Netherlands, Bert Koenders, the possibility of recovering the Libyan frozen assets outside Libya.Al-Emmari, in…

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu resigns over rift with Erdogan

May 05, 2016

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has announced his decision to leave the chairmanship of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) at an extraordinary convention on May 22, underlining that the real reason behind his departure was…

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