Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »
Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »
Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism
:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »
Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »
Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »
Category Archives: Libya
Libya pro-govt forces preparing ‘decisive’ Sirte assault
Libya’s unity government forces said Tuesday they were preparing for a final assault on the ISIS group’s stronghold of Sirte, after repelling multiple counter-attacks from the surrounded militants. “Despite apparent calm along the fronts, our intelligence network is in full
Libya intercepts 117 Europe-bound migrants
Libya’s coast guard on Tuesday intercepted 117 migrants on a boat bound for Europe, including six pregnant women, before taking them back ashore, an official said. The group had set out from a beach near Garabulli, a town about 60
Libyan forces lose 10 men in clashes with ISIS near Sirte
Libyan brigades aligned with a new UN-backed government in Tripoli lost 10 men and had another 40 wounded in fighting close to the Islamic State stronghold of Sirte on Wednesday, a hospital spokesman said. The brigades, mostly composed of fighters
Britain: No immediate threat from ISIS in Libya
Britain’s Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Friday he saw no immediate threat to Europe from ISIS bases in Libya and did not expect the new Libyan government to ask for foreign troops anytime soon. Libya has been in chaos
United Nations blacklists Indian tanker carrying Libyan oil
An Indian-flagged oil tanker on Wednesday was added to a United Nations sanctions blacklist for illegally carrying crude from Libya. The Distya Ameya vessel was headed for Malta after leaving on Monday from eastern Libya, where rival authorities were behind
UN condemns killing of 12 Egyptians, 3 others in Libya
The United Nations’ Libya envoy on Wednesday condemned the killing of 12 Egyptians and three Libyan nationals in a string of incidents in the central town of Bani Walid. “I strongly deplore these terrible killings and call on those with
Libya’s Brega port Under Attack
ISIS militants clashed with a Libyan force guarding oil ports near Brega terminal on Saturday, killing one guard and wounding four including Ibrahim Jathran, leader of the Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG), security and medical sources said. ISIS has a base
Libya govt meeting soon to back power-sharing plan: speaker
Libya’s internationally recognized parliament will meet “in the coming weeks” to give its backing to a UN-backed unity government aimed at ending chaos in the country, its speaker said Sunday. An agreement for a power-sharing unity government was inked in
Key countries back unity government in stabilizing Libya
Britain, France and Russia on Thursday backed the new UN-brokered unity government in Libya and called for international support for its efforts to reunite and stabilize the deeply divided country. Russia’s UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said creating a central authority
Key Libya cities throw support behind unity govt
Ten Libyan cities which were under control of the non-recognized government of Tripoli have broken away and pledged their support to the UN-backed government, one of the municipalities announced online Thursday. The news is a major blow to the unrecognized
France says be ready for Libya intervention
French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on Friday urged the international community to prepare to help Libya’s unity government if asked, providing military support if necessary. The country’s UN-backed unity government is trying to assert its authority in Tripoli, but the
Libya unity govt starts work from Tripoli based
Libya’s U.N.-backed unity government held meetings at a heavily guarded naval base in Tripoli on Thursday and a senior military official said it was working to secure state institutions in the capital. The government’s leaders arrived at the naval base
Libya requests UN sanctions exemption for sovereign wealth fund
Libya is asking the UN Security Council to approve a sanctions exemption for its blacklisted sovereign wealth fund to halt billion-dollar losses caused by ineffective management of frozen assets, according to a letter released on Wednesday. The letter from Libya’s
Libya’s UN-backed government sails into Tripoli
The head of a UN-brokered Libyan unity government arrived in the capital by sea Wednesday to set up a temporary seat of power in a naval base despite threats from competing factions, which prevented him from arriving by air. Western
Blasts and heavy gunfire heard in Libyan capital
Several loud explosions followed by heavy gunfire were heard over Tripoli in the early hours of Wednesday, a Reuters reporter said. The cause of the firing was not immediately clear, but the Libyan capital has been on edge amid speculation
Key powers mulling possibility of federal division of Syria
Three militants were killed Thursday in security operations in Tunisia’s border area of Ben Guerdane, where militants launched a full-blown attack this week, the authorities said. The latest deaths raised to 49 the tally of militants killed since Monday’s assault
Freed Italian hostages flown home from Libya
Two Italian hostages freed in Libya after two fellow captives were allegedly killed by ISIS militants were flown back to Italy on Sunday, officials said. The four were employees of Italian construction company Bonatti and were seized last July near
Libya’s future threatened by ‘terrifying’ ISIS: UN chief
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned that the future of Libya, and the stability of the whole Sahel region, is at stake as it faces the “terrifying threat” of ISIS. But he warned international powers not to “stoke the
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