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| UN Envoy Says Libya Democratic Transition Can Benefit from National Dialogue |
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A senior United Nations diplomat envoy told the UN Security Council he believed that managing Libya’s democratic transition is bound to be difficult given the legacy of more than four decades of brutal rule under the regime of Muammar Gaddafi whose rule ended in 2011.
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| Libya's Oil Production Bounces Back to 1.3 Million B/D |
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Libya's oil output has bounced back to 1.3 million barrels a day, the country's deputy oil ministry has said.
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| Libya: Attackers on Benghazi Military Facilities Arrested |
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Attackers of the military facilities in Benghazi have been identified and a number of them arrested. They killed 6 soldiers and injured 5 more.
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| Libya: New Details Emerge in Special Force Attack in Benghazi |
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New details emerged Friday about Friday’s attack on Libyan Special Force in the city of Benghazi indicate that some of the attackers were professional snipers and killed two captive soldiers in cold blood by slaughtering them.
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| Libya: Defence Ministry Says Will Fight Back Attackers of Military, Police Facilities |
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The Libyan ministry of defence issued a statement on Sunday saying it would strongly fight back those who attack military and police facilities. There is no choice but to use excessive force to face up to those who do not abide by law and do not listen to the voice of reason.
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| Claims that Berlusconi Had Asked Italy's Secret Service to Kill Gaddafi |
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If Libya's former dictator Muammar Gaddafi could boast of a friend during his dictatorship, that man used to be Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. But now it transpires, that the Italian billionaire was no friend at all. In fact, the Italian daily, Il Fatto Quotidiano claims that the Italian premier was finding his close ties with the Libyan leader to be increasingly embarrassing, therefore he wanted him out.
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| New US Ambassador to Libya Deborah Jones Sworn In |
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In Washington, Deborah K. Jones has just been sworn in as the next Ambassador to Libya at a ceremony in the presence of US Secretary of State, John F. Kerry, the Ambassador of Libya, Ali Aujali and the Ambassador of the Sultanate of Oman, Hunaina al-Mughairi.
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| Militias in Libya Given Ultimatum to Lay Down Arms or Join Army |
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Libya’s militias have been told by the new army chief of staff, Colonel Salem Qineydi, to lay down their arms or join the army by the end of this year.
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| Bomb Found Planted Under Italian embassy Car in Libya |
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A home-made bomb has been reported to have been planted under an Italian embassy car in Libya's capital Tripoli, with officials quoted saying that diplomats had parked the car and gone shopping in the central Zawiyat Dahmani area when the driver noticed the device.
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| Libya Army Chief Resigns Following Weekend Clashes in Benghazi |
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Libya's army Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Youssef al-Mangoush is reported to have resigned citing the unusually high death toll of 31 from the eastern city of Benghazi clashes last weekend when an elite military unit took control of a base of pro-government militias.
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| Dubai School of Government Welcomes 100 Libyan Participants in Leaders Programme |
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The Dubai School of Government (DSG), a research and teaching institution focusing on public policy in the Arab world, Tuesday hosted an orientation session for the second batch of its Leaders Programme comprising 100 delegates from Libya’s ministries of Labour, Health, and Education as well as the Electricity and Water Authority, and the Environment General Authority.
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| 27 Dead, 117 Wounded in Protest Against Rebel Base in Benghazi |
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A protest against a former rebel base in Libya's eastern city, Benghazi has led to 27 dead and 117 wounded before the protesters overran the compound that was later secured by a brigade belonging to the national army.
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| Libya Appeals ICC Decision on Trial of War Criminal Seif |
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Libyan Justice Minister says it would be imperative that Libya put on trial those individuals who had committed murder, incited murder, committed rape, illegally arrested people and tortured them. ICC should reverse decision on prosecution of Seif Gaddafi.
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| Libyan Government Moves Headquarters of Four Major Public Institutions from Tripoli to Benghazi |
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The government of Prime Minister Ali Zidan issued Wednesday a decree whereby the headquarters of four major institutions will be moved out of the capital Tripoli to the second major city of Benghazi in eastern Libya,observers think it is a positive move.
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| Libya: Elections of Municipality Councils to Take Place Soon |
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Libya to witness its first municipality elections for the first time for over four decades and the Ministry of Local Governing is preparing the administrative requirements to accomplish this latest milestone on the road to democracy in Libya.
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