Noticias
Hafter’s LNA warn GNA that they are only 10 KM away from imminent liberation of Tripoli
Benghazi Revolutionaries’ Shoura Council denies links with IS
Occidente duda sobre el rearme de las milicias Libias
El ISIS controla más de 200 kilómetros de costa mediterránea alrededor del municipio de Sirte
Hafter throws down gauntlet to international community
Khalifa Hafter, appointed by the House of Representatives as commander-in-chief of the armed forces has thrown down a gauntlet to the international community just 48 hours after 21 states supporte
Pope questions Western model of democracy for Libya
The head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has questioned the way the West was trying to export its model of democracy to Libya saying that it had not respected the country’s political ways of
Maetig says GNA to start taking over ministries
Even though it must await the approval of the HoR, the Presidency Council is starting the takeover of ministries.
UNSMIL looking for a short-term Tripoli home
UNSMIL’s return to Tripoli as of today presents a challenge to the organisation. Its original compound in Janzour, to the west of the capital is seen as too far away from Mitiga airport in the east.
UNSMIL has returned to Tripoli says Kobler
UNSMIL has relocated to Libya, its chief Martin Kobler announced at a press conference at the Presidency Council’s current Tripoli location in the Bu Sitta naval base.
HoR to meet tomorrow and vote on GNA, Constitutional amendment and Salah EU sanctions
Tomorrow may finally be decision-time for the House of Representatives. A simple three-item agenda has been issued.
Juma Sayeh’s Tripoli home attacked after he supports plans for rival State Council
The Tripoli home of former General National Congress (GNC) member Juma Sayeh was attacked and largely destroyed today. The house, next to the Swiss embassy in Ben Ashour, was blown up.
British, French and Spanish envoys in Tripoli visit
The British, French and Spanish ambassadors to Libya today travelled from Tunis to Tripoli for talks with members of the Presidency Council.
HoR orders CBL Beida to continue dealing with Thinni government until GNA is approved
The president of the House of Representatives (HoR), Ageela Salah, has instructed the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) to continue dealing with the Interim Government of Prime Minister Abdullah Thinni based in Beida.
Who will take on ISIL in Libya?
Presidency Council orders state salaries for March to be paid
State employees are to receive their salaries for March, the Presidency Council has decreed.
State Council orders CBL to stop financial dealings with expired GNC
As partially reported by Libya Herald yesterday, more details have emerged of the State Council’s instructions to the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) regarding dealings with the GNC.
Kobler hails Italian FM’s Tripoli visit
UNSMIL chief Martin Kobler has said he hopes that ministers from other governments will follow the example of Italy’s foreign affairs chief Paolo Gentiloni and visit Tripoli.
Parallel State Council takes a step closer to reality
A week after several dozen members of the now largely defunct General National Congress (GNC) controversially met in Tripoli, voted in favour of the Libyan Political Agreement, dissolved the GNC and then reinvented themselves as the State Council envisaged by the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA), another group of former GNC members have met in Benghazi with a view to setting up a their own separate State Council.
State Council orders GNC to be isolated: report
The State Council is said to have ordered all Libyan institutions to stop dealing with the General National Congress. The Eye of Libya website, which is close to the Muslim Brotherhood, carried the claim this afternoon.