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Libya PM acknowledges govt's role in Lockerbie suspect's transfer

Libya's Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah indirectly acknowledged on Thursday that his administration had been involved in the transfer of a Lockerbie bombing suspect to the United States last week.

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Lockerbie suspect arrest and transfer to U.S. prompts Libya probes

Libya's Presidential Council head Mohammed al-Menfi and Attorney General Siddiq al-Sour on Wednesday vowed investigations into the transfer of Lockerbie suspect Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi to the United States.

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Analysis-Libya's festering crisis risks slide back to war

As its political stalemate festers, Libya risks sliding back towards civil war with diplomacy at a standstill, politicians thwarting progress towards elections and military leaders including eastern commander Khalifa Haftar threatening violence.

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Dbeibah Reopens Land Border Crossing Between Libya, Sudan

Head of Libya's Government of National Unity (GNU) Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah announced on Monday reopening the land border crossing with Sudan. He pledged to provide infrastructure to improve the economy between the two countries. The announcement came during the opening session of the Libyan-Sudanese Economic Forum, which kicked off its activities…

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Libyans Await Outcome of Turkish Mediation between Dbeibah, Bashagha

Libyans are awaiting the result of a Turkish mediation between the heads of rival government – Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah, of the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU), and Fathi Bashagha, of the east-based government of stability. Bashagha’s office did not disclose the outcome of his talks with officials in Türkiye. Dbeibah’s…

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Dbeibah Says Tripoli ‘Aggression’ over, Vows to Punish Rivals

Head of Libya’s Government of National Unity (GNU) Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah announced on Sunday the “end of the aggression” on the capital, Tripoli, declaring the defeat of his rival, Fathi Bashagha, the head of the government of stability. Dbeibah vowed that all military personnel and civilians will be held to account…

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UAE Condemns Violence in Libya, Urges End to Military Operations

The United Arab Emirates condemned on Sunday the violence in Libya and called on all parties to immediately halt military operations, preserve the safety of civilians, government headquarters, and property, and exercise the utmost restraint to end the current crisis. The UAE urged parties to set aside division, restore calm…

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Libya Braces for Bloody Clashes between Militias Loyal to Dbeibah, Bashagha

The Libyan capital Tripoli is bracing itself for bloody clashes between militias loyal to the interim Government of National Unity (GNU), headed by Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah, and militias loyal to the government of “stability,” headed by Fathi Bashagha. Libya has been enmeshed in a stalemate for months after the eastern-based parliament…

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UN Urges ‘Immediate De-escalation’ in Libya

The United Nations on Tuesday voiced "deep concern" over growing tensions between rival Libyan forces, calling for "immediate" moves to calm the situation. The UN's mission UNSMIL said it was "following with deep concern the ongoing mobilization of forces and threats to resort to force" by groups vying for control…

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U.N. warns over Libya threats

The United Nations Libya mission said on Tuesday it was deeply concerned by what it called an ongoing mobilisation of forces and threats to use force to resolve the country's political crisis.

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Head of Libya’s GNU: Time of Military Coups Is Over

Head of Libya’s Government of National Unity (GNU) Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah declared that the “time of military coups is over.” In remarks on International Youth Day on Friday, he vowed to prevent war from again erupting in the country. “We don’t want wars and those seeking destruction must look at the…

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Libya Militias Agree to End Fighting in Tripoli

Militias in the Libyan capital Tripoli agreed to end the latest round of fighting to avert another war in the country. Clashes had erupted in recent weeks between militias loyal to the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity, headed by Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah, and others loyal to an east-based administration, headed by…

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US Mediates between Libyan Rivals

The United States’ Ambassador to Libya has again sought to mediate between Libyan rivals to end the current tensions that have led to clashes in the North African country. Richard Norland held talks with prime ministers Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah of the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity, and Fathi Bashagha, who was…

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Clashes Erupt on Outskirts of Libya’s Misrata

Armed clashes erupted on Saturday on the outskirts of the Libyan city of Misrata between rival factions near the junction of the main coastal highway leading to Tripoli. Rival forces allied to the two main sides in a political standoff over control of the Libyan government have mobilized in the…

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Libya to Increase Oil Production to 1.2 Million Bpd in Two Weeks

Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) aims to bring back production to 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd) in two weeks, NOC said in a statement early on Saturday. Current oil production is at 860,000 bpd, compared with 560,000 bpd before resuming production, NOC added. Libya's crude production had resumed at…

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More than a dozen civilians killed in militia clashes in Libyan capital Tripoli

Clashes between competing militias in Libya's capital on Friday killed at least 13 people despite calls for calm after violence first broke out the previous night, a spokesman for Tripoli's emergency services said.

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Libyan parliament rejects Tripoli's move to sack state energy firm head

The energy committee of Libya's eastern-based parliament on Thursday rejected a government move to sack the head of National Oil Corporation (NOC), deepening a power struggle for control of the energy firm whose exports fund the entire state.

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Libya's NOC chief ignores government order firing him

The head of Libya's National Oil Corp (NOC), Mustafa Sanalla, ignored a government order sacking him on Wednesday as he returned to Tripoli from Islam's haj pilgrimage, but said he would make a speech later.

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Libya's GNU to Replace Oil Chairman Sanalla

Libya's Government of National Unity (GNU) moved to replace the National Oil Corp (NOC) chairman and board on Tuesday as control over the state energy producer was drawn further into a complex political standoff between rival factions. According to the text of the decision confirmed to Reuters by a GNU…

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Libyan Protest Group Says Rallies Should Go on until Goals Achieved

Libyan protesters say they will keep demonstrating until all the ruling elites quit power after rallies in most main cities on Friday culminated in a crowd storming the parliament building and torching parts of it. Protesters held their biggest rally in Tripoli for years, chanting slogans against Libya's feuding political…

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Libyan protest movement says it will step up its campaign

Libyan protesters will keep demonstrating until all the ruling elites quit power, they said on Saturday, after rallies in most main cities on Friday culminated in a crowd storming the parliament building and torching parts of it.

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UN: Libya Rival Officials Fail to Agree on Election Criteria

After two days of UN-mediated talks in Geneva, two senior Libyan officials from the country's rival camps failed to reach an agreement on a constitutional framework for national elections, the United Nations envoy to Libya said Thursday. According to Stephanie Williams, the UN special adviser on Libya, the influential speaker…

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Tripoli Factions on Edge as Libya Stalemate Festers

A sudden shootout between factions in the Libyan capital this month provided a vivid demonstration of how a political stalemate could trigger fighting between rival groups and end two years of comparative peace. Much of Libya has for years been dominated by armed forces that control territory and vie for…

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Libyan budget vote set to escalate standoff

Libya's parliament is set to vote on Wednesday to approve a budget for the government it appointed in March despite the incumbent administration refusing to step down, a move that may accelerate a return to parallel rule.

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Bashagha to Set Up Govt in Sirte after Tripoli Clashes

Libyan Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha said Wednesday he would seat his government in the central city of Sirte, after clashes forced him to abort his attempt the previous day to bring his Cabinet to the Libyan capital of Tripoli. He announced that he has chosen the city of Sirte, along…

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