Libya

A tablet provided by a mercenary for the Russian Wagner group in Libya provides evidence of the mercenaries' involvement in mining and booby trapping of civilian areas and other possible war crimes, BBC News reported on Wednesday. The investigation, mostly conducted through evidence from the tablet's contents, has revealed the extent of operations by the shadowy Russian mercenary group in Libya's civil war, which include links to war crimes and the Russian military. As the BBC reported, they also managed to gain rare…

In a celebration marking the 81st anniversary of the establishment of the Libyan army, with an unmistakable reference to an unsuccessful attack from April 2019 on the capital Tripoli by the Putis general Khalifa Haftar's militia, Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dbeibah said on Tuesday that national armies are to protect their capitals, not storm them. "Capitals are precious pearls, and armies were founded to protect them, not to storm them, terrorize their people and destroy their property,…

Libyan authorities unearthed 10 bodies from a mass grave in the city of Tarhuna, south of the capital Tripoli, reported on Sunday. The mass grave was discovered on Saturday in a large agricultural area called Mashrou 'Alrabet in the city, Lutfi Tawfiq, head of the General Authority for Research and Identification of Missing Persons, told Anadolu Agency (AA). He said the tomb is the second to be discovered in the city in the last ten days. In March, the authority said it had lists of 3,650 missing…

Khalid al-Mishri was re-elected chairman of Libya's top government for a four-year term on Tuesday. Al-Mishri won 73 of the 128 votes in the vote in the capital, Tripoli, Council spokesman Mohamed Nasser told Anadolu Agency (AA). He noted that al-Mishri's victory came "during the second ballot" in which he defeated his rival Salah Mito. Saeed Kula also ran for the position in the first round but received the least number of votes, forcing him out of the second round. Following his re-election,…

Turkey welcomes the resumption of the strategic road Misrata-Sirte, which connects eastern and western Libya, the Foreign Ministry said late on Saturday. "We welcome the official opening of the Misrata-Sirte coastal road on July 30, 2021, which has been closed for a long time," it said in a statement. Turkey also praised the efforts of the Presidential Council, National Unity Government (GNU), led by Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dbeibah, the UN Support Mission in Libya and the 5 + 5 Joint…

Saif al-Islam, the son of the assassinated dictator Muammar Gaddafi, wants to "restore the lost unity" in Libya after a decade of chaos and does not rule out holding the presidency.

The African Union is determined to play its part in resolving the armed conflict that has shaken Libya for ten years. This explains the visit in the last two days to the Congolese Denis Sassou Nguesso, Chairman of the AU High Committee for Libya, by Mohamed El-Menfi, President of the Libyan Presidential Council. with our…

If Libya's national elections scheduled for December are delayed, the war-torn country will return to "square one" and unrest in 2011, the speaker said, with a new rival government likely to set up in the east. The election is seen in the West as a critical step in efforts to create stability in Libya, which has been in chaos since the NATO-backed uprising in 2011 against Muammar Gaddafi. Libya, a major oil and gas producer, was divided in 2014 between an internationally recognized government in the…

At least 57 irregular migrants drowned in a shipwreck in the Mediterranean, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Monday. "A shipwreck off Libya requires at least 57 lives today after a boat capsized near the (port city) of Khums," SOMA spokeswoman Safa Msehli said on Twitter. At least 20 women and two children were among those drowned, Msehli said, quoting the survivors taken ashore by fishermen and the Coast Guard. Libya has become an important starting point for irregular migrants trying to…

In his capacity as Chairman of the African Union (AU) High Level Committee on the Libyan Crisis, Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso will receive this Monday, July 26, in Brazzaville, the Head of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Younis el-Menfi. The AU wants to be more involved in resolving the Libyan conflict, which has had repercussions in other parts of the continent for ten years.…