Noticias
UN: Ansar Al-Sharia responsible for catalogue of terror attacks
Ansar Al-Sharia in Derna and Benghazi have planned and carried out a series of terrorist attacks and played a pivotal role in extremist networks stretching from Iraq and Syria to Mali, the United Nations has said.
BREAKING NEWS: UN Security Council rules Ansar a terrorist organisation
Libyan ministers travel to Cairo for help rebuilding state institutions
A delegation of Libyan ministers headed by Deputy Prime Minister for Security Affairs Al-Mahdi Hassan Muftah arrived in Cairo yesterday for meetings with Egyptian officials on ways to establish or strengthen state institutions in Libya.
Libyan court rules elected parliament illegal
Libya's highest court has ruled that general elections held in June were unconstitutional and that the country's parliament and government, which resulted from that vote, should be dissolved.
The development further deepened the rift in the politically divided Libya, which has been mired in months-long deadly clashes between armed groups who have been fighting for the control of the oil-rich African nation.
Dignity spokesman urges the tribal elders to turn in their Islamist fighters
The Libyan National Army (LNA) has called on tribes and tribal elders to handover those they know to be extremists or face the consequences if they do not.
House of Representatives selects committee members to monitor the government
The House of Representatives (HoR) has selected members of committees to assist and oversee government performance.
Government forces claim victory at 17 February Camp for second time
Government says removal of divisive Grand Mufti in Libya’s best interest
Misrata’s “voice of the revolution” killed in car crash
France, Italy, Germany, the UK and the US: “There is no military solution to Libyan crisis”
The governments of France, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States have agreed that there can be no military solution to the Libyan crisis and have said that they are “dismayed” that parties have not respected the calls for a ceasefire following the recent meetings in Ghadames and Tripoli.
UN Special Representative Leon stresses urgency in dialogue process
Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General Bernardino Leon, speaking on Al Arabiya TV’s Panorama programme, says there is an urgency to the process of dialogue.
“Ageing grey Mufti: has no shame in issuing political edicts: Prime Minister Thinni
International community does not recognise GNC’s and Abu Sahmain’s “comic Tripoli play”: Thinni
Asked about the international community’s position with regards to the current political situation in Libya, Prime Minister Abdullah Thinni said that the international community does not recognise the GNC’s and Nuri Abu Sahmain’s comic play.
Head of Libyan Council of Elders resigns
Mohammed Al-Mubasher, the chairman of the Libya’s Council of Elders and of the National Reconciliation Committee, has resigned over the continuing bloodshed in the country and the inability of his administration to bring combatants to the negotiating table.
House of Representatives adopts Anti-Terrorism Law
The House of Representatives passed its Anti-Terrorism Law today. According to an HoR official, it was approved by a majority of the 116 members who took part in the vote.
Prime Minister, President of HoR and Chief of Staff fly to UAE
Militias may have committed war crimes: Human Rights Watch
Thinni delays presentation of new cabinet: report
Prime Minister Abdullah Al-Thinni has delayed presenting his new slimmed-down government to the House of Representatives, its spokesman Faraj Hashim has told the Libya Herald. An announcement of the cabinet which is to have between eight and ten ministers was expected in the next 24 hours. According to Hashim, the delay is so that Thinni can “study more candidates”.