Libyan Civil War

The newly formed Libyan government plans to deploy funds to reconstruct the country's war-torn cities and regions, said Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah on Wednesday. Dbeibah's comments came during a government meeting in the capital Tripoli. "The government will set up funds to rebuild cities damaged by the war such as Benghazi, Tripoli and Sirte," he said without giving further details. There are no official estimates of the cost of the reconstruction projects needed in Libya. But Mohammad Raied, head of Libya's…

Libya's newly shaped 5 + 5 Joint Army Fee held a gathering on Tuesday within the coastal metropolis of Sirte to focus on safety points. The top of Libya's presidential council, Mohammad Younes Menfi, and the UN particular envoy to Libya, Jan Kubis, took half within the dialogue. Representatives from the fighters mentioned the opening of the coastal highway alongside the north of the nation and the alien of overseas mercenaries, the presidential council stated in a press release after the assembly.…

Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh suspended a go to to northeastern Benghazi scheduled for Monday after militias loyal to Putist common Khalifa Haftar blocked Benghazi's Benina airport. Dbeibeh was about to depart from Mitiga Airport within the capital Tripoli late on Sunday to go to Benghazi, in line with Libyan authorities sources. He canceled the go to and returned from the airport after studying of the transfer by Haftar's militias, the sources added. Dbeibeh was anticipated to carry a…

Stopping oil production at a Libyan eastern terminal and more imminent closures of oil facilities in the war-torn country following a budget conflict raised eyebrows at the UN. On Monday, Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) said it had suspended crude oil production and exports from the port of Marsa al-Hariga, citing Libya's central bank's refusal to disburse money set aside for the oil sector for several months. "Continuous oil production and the maintenance of the NOC's independence and…

Conflicts broke out between two armed groups loyal to Putist general Khalifa Haftar in eastern Benghazi's Laithi area, according to sources on Wednesday. The conflict broke out after an armed group attacked a house belonging to a member of an investigation group called Salem el-Badri, sources on the ground told the Daily Sabah. They pointed out that the clashes took place late on Tuesday, which led to the locals spending hours in panic and anxiety. The growing conflicts between militia groups at a…

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…

The Libyan government on Saturday welcomed a recent decision by the UN Security Council to deploy international teams to monitor the implementation of a ceasefire agreement signed in October last year in the conflict-torn country. The Interim Government of National Unity (GNU) called on the Council to help get mercenaries out of the oil-rich country, as it approaches the December elections after a decade of fighting and upheaval. The UN Security Council unanimously approved Secretary-General Antonio Guterre's recent…

On Friday, the UN Security Council unanimously approved the deployment of 60 weapons permit monitors to Libya. The resolution, which easily cleared the international body, also called on the Libyan government for a national agreement to prepare for "free, fair and inclusive" national elections in December. "Free, fair and credible elections enable the Libyan people to elect a representative and unified government and strengthen Libya's independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and national…

Russia's Wagner group is increasingly pushing tribes in southern Libya to support Putist general Khalifa Haftar as the latter declines with Libya embarking on a new political path towards normalization and ending the country's decadelong war. Sources on the ground told the Daily Sabah that the Wagner group is trying to help Haftar through pressing tribes that want to support the newly elected government of national unity (GNU). Sources stressed that Wagner used the argument to fight Daesh when he…

The UN Security Council is voting on a draft resolution calling on all foreign forces and mercenaries to leave Libya and authorizing a small UN team to monitor last October's ceasefire order ordering their departure. The results of the e-mail vote on the proposed resolution - due to COVID-19 - are expected to be announced on Friday. The UK draft resolution would approve Secretary - General Antonio Guterre's proposal on the composition and operational aspects of ceasefire monitoring set out in a letter…