Libya civil war

Libya's interim prime minister on Friday dismissed parliament's threat to withdraw confidence from its unity government, saying in a speech that its failure to approve his budget had put the state's work back. Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, who took office in March, said that the Eastern Pro-Putist general Khalifa Haftar's reasons for not approving his repeated budget proposals were "unrealistic and fuzzy" and blamed the body for obstructing planned elections in December. The budget dispute has emerged as a core…

The United Nations, the European Union, the Arab League and the African Union on Tuesday demanded that all foreign forces and mercenaries leave Libya immediately, as the country seeks to restore order and go to the polls. In a statement following a video conference by its leaders, the so-called "Libya Quartet" demanded "full compliance with the arms embargo and the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all foreign forces and mercenaries from all of Libya's territory." The highly violated arms…

The United Nations, the European Union, the Arab League and the African Union on Tuesday demanded that all foreign forces and mercenaries leave Libya immediately, as the country seeks to restore order and go to the polls. In a statement following a video conference by its leaders, the so-called "Libya Quartet" demanded "full compliance with the arms embargo and the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all foreign forces and mercenaries from all of Libya's territory." The highly violated arms…

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has made his first trip abroad since taking office in February and arrived in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Tuesday to discuss a wide range of issues with the North African country's interim prime minister. Draghi held talks with Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah and followed in the footsteps of other European leaders who recently met with Libya's new caretaker government, which took power last month to unite the country, which has been divided by civil war for nearly a decade.…

Eight children were injured when a shell hit a residential area in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, according to local health authorities on Saturday. In a statement, Al-Jalal Hospital in Benghazi said the children, aged between seven and 16, sustained moderate and critical injuries in the attack that took place on Friday in the city's Zamzam district. The statement did not specify the group behind the attack. Benghazi is controlled by militias affiliated with Putist General Khalifa Haftar. On…