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UN report says trial of Gaddafi’s son and regime officials “flawed”

Feb 21, 2017

The UN claimed on Tuesday that the trial in Libya of Saif Islam Gaddafi, the son of the killed Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, and other members of his regime failed to meet international fair trial standards.The United Nations…

Libya’s National Oil Corporation signs oil investment and purchase deals with Russian Rosneft

Feb 21, 2017

Russian oil company, Rosneft PJSC, signed investment and crude-purchasing agreements with Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC).Moscow-based Rosneft agreed to invest in exploration and production in Libya, the state-run NOC said…

Al-Serraj wants Russia to persuade Haftar to be part of Libya’s GNA

Feb 20, 2017

The Head of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez Al-Serraj, said he would like to see Russia helping his government to overcome crisis in Libya.Fayez Al-Serraj told Reuters on Sunday that he is…

Sudanese Islamist leader’s second son killed in strikes on IS in Libya, reports

Feb 20, 2017

Sudan Tribune - Second son of the late leader of Jamaat Ansar al Sunnah in Sudan, Abu Zaid Mohamed Hamzah, has been killed during an air raid against the Islamic State (ISIS) in Sirte town, 500 kilometres east of the Libyan capital…

US military obtained critical intelligence from January strikes on IS in Libya

Feb 19, 2017

Senior U.S. military officials say the massive airstrikes that killed more than 80 Islamic State militants in southern Libya last month generated critical computer data, documents and information from prisoner interrogations that the…

Libya’s oil production soars to 750.000 bpd, GNA deputy head says

Jan 14, 2017

The Deputy Head of the Presidential Council of the UN-brokered Government of National Accord (GNA) Ahmed Mitig said Libya's oil production has increased hitting 750.000 barrels per day (bpd) on Friday.Mitig added, in a presser on…

Salvation Government conducts a coup on GNA, takes Defence Ministry HQ

Jan 14, 2017

The National Salvation Government(NSG) of the dismissed General National Congress had retaken three government buildings controlled by the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) in TripoliThe NSG of Khalifa Al-Ghawiel…

Hamas denies Libya’s eastern government accusations of spying on Operation Dignity military

Jan 08, 2017

The spokesman of the Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, Fawzi Barhoum, denied the allegations on Libyan media outlets and social media that said the movement is somehow connected to the Libyan internal conflict."We decline to…

US embassy to Libya calls Al-Bayda-based newly printed banknotes “counterfeit”

May 25, 2016

The United States embassy announced that it had been formally advised by the Libyan Presidential Council (PC) in a letter dated May 23 that Mr. Ali El Hebri, claiming to act as the Governor of the Central Bank of Libya, concluded an…

Libyan Amazigh denouncing isolation from dialogue by the UN

Jan 31, 2016

The Supreme Council of Libyan Amazigh along with the boycotters of the Constitution Drafting Assembly has reiterated that they do not recognise any constitution that does not include all the Libyan society components, Arabs, Amazigh,…