Libyan Civil War

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday opened a strategic naval base on the Mediterranean to "secure shipping companies," the presidency said. "It is the latest Egyptian military base on the Mediterranean and will focus on securing the northern and western front of the country," the Egyptian presidency said in a statement. The ceremony was attended by the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, and by the President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed…

Although preparations for Libya's elections at the end of the year have failed for the time being after members of a dialogue forum could not find common ground during the talks, the Libyan premiere on Saturday called for parliamentary and presidential elections at their scheduled time. "We urge all parties and the UN mission to fulfill their obligations to allow the public interest to prevail and to agree on a mechanism to ensure the timely conduct of elections," Abdul Hamid Dbeibah wrote on Twitter.…

On Tuesday, UN Special Envoy for Libya Jan Kubis and international partners called on Libyan actors to "quickly establish the constitutional basis for elections" planned to be held in December as part of the war-torn country's path towards a political solution. The UN called on all Libyan actors, in particular members of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) convened in Switzerland, to make progress in their commitments to facilitate the conduct of the national elections by developing a consensus…

The explosives provided by forces loyal to Putist general Khalifa Haftar and foreign fighters following the attack on Tripoli continue to pose a deadly threat to civilians living in the region. Sadeeq Ferjani's death from a captive trap left by warriors at his home in southern Tripoli is a reminder of the deadly efforts in Libya when international powers meet in Berlin to discuss the crisis. Sadeeq, 39 years old and planning to get married, went with three neighbors to check the damage after a fight…

The Berlin conference on Libya gave hope for stability in the war-torn country when countries pledged to withdraw all foreign fighters and mercenaries on Wednesday. Libyan Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush expressed hope that progress would finally be made with a key commitment from the first conference in January 2020 - to withdraw foreign fighters. "We are making progress on mercenaries, so you will hopefully know in the coming days that mercenaries from both sides will withdraw and I think it will…

When the world powers met in Berlin on Wednesday to seek lasting peace in Libya by ensuring that the conflict-torn North African country stays steady on the road to general elections on December 24, Turkey is represented by Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu under the motto "Libya belongs to the Libyans." Representatives of Libya's caretaker government joined US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the foreign ministers of France, Turkey and Egypt in UN-sponsored talks. While Russian Foreign Minister…

Russian mercenaries have captured everything in Libya, from streets and houses to dolls, following the attack on the capital Tripoli, launched by Putist general Khalifa Haftar, the British daily The Independent reported on Monday. "Russian mercenaries fled the Libyan capital last summer, leaving behind booby-trapped houses and farms," ​​the newspaper quoted Libyan demining experts as saying. "They (Russian mercenaries) attached explosives to toilet seats, doors and teddy bears, designed to detonate when touched."…

Two policemen were killed in a car bomb near a checkpoint in the southern Libyan city of Sebha late Sunday, a security source said. "A car bomb exploded as it passed a roadblock set up by security forces," said a city police officer. Sebha is located about 750 kilometers south of the capital Tripoli. "Two security officers were killed, five others were injured and serious property damage was caused," the source said. Local media showed pictures of damaged safety control vehicles surrounded by debris. Daesh…

Greece on Thursday expressed its dissatisfaction with the UN over Berlin's decision not to invite Athens to a conference on Libya this month in the German capital. "In (a) telephone conversation, I discussed (developments) in Libya with UN Secretary-General Jan Kubis. . Expressed dissatisfaction with Germany's decision not to invite Greece to the Berlin Conference. Cooperation with UN refugees in Libya is also in focus, "wrote Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Twitter. Germany and the UN plan…

Libya's caretaker government should not delay the planned elections in December, as the war-torn country seeks to return to peace and security, Libya's former interior minister Fathi Basgagha said on Wednesday. In an interview with Agence France-Presse (AFP), Bashagha, who left the government in March but is still an influential figure, said he was only "still thinking" about a possible presidential election. He said that ten years after the overthrow of Moammar Gadhafi and with UN-sponsored peace…