There is a general feeling among most Libyans that Abdel Hamid al-Dabaiba, head of the national unity government, is expanding in strength, and implementing his own program, not that agreed upon at the political dialogue forum or presented to Parliament to gain its confidence last March, and he has the tools to achieve his goals….
Category: LIBYA
Libya Moves Towards National Reconciliation: Release of Political Prisoners, Surrender of the Bodies of Muammar, Mutassim Qaddafi
While the release of a number of senior figures of the former regime, including Ahmed Ramadan, director of the office of the late Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, Mansour Daw, former commander of the People’s Guard, was announced yesterday, informed sources confirmed that an agreement was reached between the notables of Misrata and the Qadhadhfa and…
Libya: Violent Clashes Erupt in Tripoli Between Warring Militia
At dawn on Friday, violent clashes erupted in the Al-Takbali camp in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, between the 444th Battalion Brigade of the Western Region Staff Command and the Stability Support Organization militia of the Presidential Council, in the latest round of the struggle for influence. Informed sources told Al-Arab that “warlord Abdul-Ghani (Ghaniwa) al-Kikli,…
Libyan Political Parties and Movements Condemn Efforts to Extend the December Presidential Election Schedule
Following allegations that surfaced yesterday in the media that the US was proposing a new schedule for Presidential elections that would extend it to Autumn 2022, a consortium of Libyan political parties and movements issued a joint communiqué this morning warning against “ongoing attempts to obstruct and disrupt the holding of the upcoming simultaneous direct…
Libya: 1951 Colonial Plan for Three Governing Divisions Moves Closer to Reality
Behind the declared aspirations for the establishment of the federal system is the agenda of parties, lobbies, warlords and individuals who see that their influence in their regional surroundings far exceeds their influence at the national level. December 24th will mark the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the United Kingdom of Libya. The situation…
The Specter of War Looms Over Libya
The Turkish regime still controls the political life in Tripoli, relying on the hordes of forces and mercenaries that it deploys in bases and camps. Analysts fear that the latest issuance of two arrest warrants against the commander of the Libyan army, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar and Saif al-Islam Qaddafi, is an attempt by the…
Muammar Qaddafi’s Son, Saif al-Islam, Emerges with a Possible Return to Politics
Yoselina Guevara López In his first appearance since June 2014, Saif al-Islam al-Qaddafi, 49, son of assassinated Libyan Leader, Muammar Qaddafi, said he wants to restore the unity Libya has lost after a decade of chaos. His remarks came in an interview with the New York Times conducted in a village in Zintan, western Libya….
Libya: The Green Belt Tribes Announce Their Support for Saif Al-Islam Qaddafi in the December Elections
The Social Council of the Green Belt Tribes in Libya issued a statement welcoming the first media appearance of Saif al-Islam Qaddafi since the events of February 11, 2011. The statement said: “We, on behalf of the great Libyan people, congratulate Dr. Saif Al-Islam Qaddafi on his first media appearance since 2011, in a press…
Libya: Militias Aggravate the Security Situation to Force Postponement of Elections
Armed clashes on Thursday evening returned the Libyan capital to a state of war, amid reports of a plan involving militias affiliated with political Islam aimed at exacerbating the security situation before the elections scheduled for the twenty-fourth of December. The clashes spread a state of panic among the local population, while the government was…
Lawyer of Dr. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi Urges Libyans to Register to Vote in December Elections
The lawyer of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, Khaled Mohamed al-Zaidi, issued a statement last night via voice recording urging all Libyans to register for the December elections because it was the most pragmatic solution towards alleviating their suffering and restore sovereignty to the country, by exercising the right to cast votes “in the ballot boxes in…
Turkey Breaches Arms Embargo with Air Defence System and Military Factory in Bani Walid
A news report published by Sky News Arabia revealed that Turkish arms-manufacturing companies have carried out processing works at the “51” military manufacturing factory in the city of Bani Walid. This follows after reports yesterday that the Turkish forces had breached the UN arms embargo by installing an air defence and jamming system inside this…
Colombia’s Assassins: Global Terrorism from Libya to Haiti
What does the assassination in Haiti reveal about Colombia? This Friday, in a joint press conference of the heads of the Military Forces, the Army and the Police of Haiti, some advances of the ongoing investigation on the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse were announced. The plan of the crime was made in 32 days,…
