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The Libyan army rejected the demand of the 5 + 5 Joint Military Committee on Tuesday that agreements signed by the former legitimate government be frozen, including one signed with Turkey. The commander of the Western Military Zone's joint operations room, Major General Osama Juwaili stated on social media that "agreements with Turkey were requested by the legitimate GNA (Government of National Accord) to ward off the offensive on Tripoli, while Russia and other countries have troops in place in Libya.…

The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said on Tuesday night that it "condemned" what it describes as the "abduction" of the chief of staff to a senior politician in the capital Tripoli. The kidnapping is the latest in a series of incidents that have called into question the war - torn country's progress towards planned free and fair national polls in December, including a new collapse of talks on an election format. UNSMIL said in a statement on Twitter that it was "deeply concerned about the…

There are main obstacles to peace in Libya, even when the brand new unity authorities had raised hopes within the war-torn nation, analysts mentioned. Hundreds of international mercenaries are nonetheless in place, political factions stay deeply divided and the promise of elections in December appears to be slipping away. "The honeymoon of Libya's GNU (Authorities of Nationwide Unity) is now too lengthy gone," mentioned analyst Emadeddin Badi. After a dismal, year-long battle for the western capital…

Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dbeibah suspended a planned visit to eastern Benghazi province after Putis General Khalifa Haftar's militia prevented a government-protected plane and protocol staff from landing. Sources on the ground said the incident underscores the continued friction between the competing camps. Sources told the Daily Sabah that by blocking the prime minister's visit to their stronghold, the Haftar militia clearly showed that the warlord did not support Dbeibah, contrary…

Bosnia and Herzegovina is another country that resumed its embassy in war-torn Libya, as a series of countries have recently done when Tripoli took a path towards peace and stability through a UN-led process. Bosnia and Herzegovina opened its embassy on Monday, the Libyan embassy in Sarajevo said in a statement. Visa services have resumed at the Bosnian Herzegovina embassy in Libya, the announcement added. The latest step will contribute to the common interests and cooperation between the two countries, especially in…

France will resume its embassy in the war-torn Libyan capital Tripoli next Monday, President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday, promising to support the new interim government. Macron met with Mohammed Menfi, head of Libya's three-member presidency council, in Paris. Menfi was elected in February as part of a UN-hosted political process. Menfi and Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah are tasked with guiding the Government of National Unity (GNU) until the national elections scheduled for December…

The conduct of free, fair and credible national elections in Libya requires a favorable political and security environment in which all stakeholders commit themselves in advance to respect and follow the results and voters are allowed to exercise their democratic rights in a safe manner without threat or interference. The International Monitoring Committee on Libya stated on Thursday. The group, co-chair of Algeria, Germany, the Arab League and the UN mission in Libya, held a meeting on Thursday to…

Crowds of Libyan parliamentarians from both sides of the divided country arrived in the coastal city of Sirte, as Libya's divided parliament is scheduled to meet for a vote of confidence in the new caretaker government under Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah on Monday. The Riksdag has been divided - like most state institutions - since shortly after it was elected in 2014, when Libya broke between warring factions in the east and west. It is meeting this week to discuss confidence in a government…