Mattis on Libya: Return of former @AmbPeterBodde signals strong US stance. He says he doesn't know what solution is to protracted political/security crisis but says right people are working on it.
1 year agoCommander of Tripoli Revolutionaries' Brigade Haitem Tajouri is seen here supervising the new security arrangements in Tripoli, which was actually started on Thursday. The new security arrangements are adopted by the Presidential Council and the UN mission in Libya UNSMIL
UN envoy: Efforts underway to replace armed groups with joint forces in Tripoli
The four bodies are for kidnapped persons by Madkhalist-Salafist Tariq Bin Ziyad brigade, loyal to Saddam Haftar in Benghazi
1 year agoVideo Heavy rains flood the streets of a neighborhood in the region of Taknes eastern Libya. Libya
Libya, Niger, Sudan, and Chad to talk border security Wednesday
No agreement on army unification yet in talks held in Cairo between Libya's two warring governments
Libya's UN-backed government opposes plan for EU migrant assessment centres on its soil. Its wants to stop migrants entering country over southern border.
1 year agoUNSMIL and Constitutional Drafting Assembly delegations, respectively headed by SRSG @GhassanSalame and Jilani Arhuma, met today in Tripoli to discuss the constitutional process, with the CDA positing the necessity of moving forward on the referendum
LNA Spox: Cairo meetings agreed to form the three leadership councils of the Libyan army
LNA Spox: Agreement reached on proposals to address the problem of militias in the western region of Libya
LNA Spox denies discussing a proposal to form a military council
1 year agoLibya- LNA forces in Kufra (Subul al-Salam) issue warning to smugglers operating in the region, while unconfirmed reports say LNA forces crossed 130km into Chad (unspecified area) chasing militias that operate in Libya
1 year agoHumaymim's usage is not limited to Russia's Syria campaign and we are observing the use of Humaymim AFB for other regional ops. RuAF Tu154M arrived to Al Khadim 08:20Z. @googleearth imagery of Al Khadim in Al Marj Libya, depicts a new large parking area and aircraft shelters.
1 year agoRuAF RA85155 from Benghazi to Hmeymim
1 year agoRuAF Tu-154 RA85155 from Khartum to Benghazi
1 year agoArtillery shell falls on Tripoli's Mitiga airport
Shoukry meets UN Special Envoy to Libya, reemphasizes political solution to end crisis
The assassination of one of the leaders of the militias in Tripoli last night, Khairi Hanakoura controversial figure former ally of the Kikly and leader of the the rebels of Tripoli, last night shooting and clashes militia tension in the capital of Libya
1 year agoLibya - Forces of LNA's 128th Infantry Brigade have reportedly arrested an ISIS leader (possible Masoud Belhassen Nawfali) in Nofaliya area
1 year agoHeavy clashes between Khalid Bin Waleed Seraya and Chadian Rebel forces east of the town of Um Al Aranib in the South of Libya. This comes after Chadian rebels kidnapped local citizens from Fezzan. Reports of multiple casualties on both sides.
1 year agoVery interesting photo of an USAF General Atomic MQ-9 "Reaper" (probably from NAS Sigonella, Italy) in flight over southern Libya (near Ghat) today around 1PM.
The head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) discussed Syria, Libya and Afghanistan in Qatar
According to @AlArabiya Egypt has asked the Libyan authorities to hand over terrorist Hisham Ashmawi the Former Egyptian Army Officer urgently to be tried in several cases.
1 year agoLibya- LNA photos showing Hisham Ashmawy in custody. Most wanted militant in Egypt, former military officer who defected and eventually ended up with al-Qaeda in Libya, Ashmawy was reportedly arrested in Derna wearing an explosive vest that he failed to detonate
The Libyan army announces the arrest of wanted Egyptian terrorist Hisham Ashmawi in Darnah
1 year agoLibya- photos from large scale combined arms LNA exercise near al-Abyar featuring T-54/5, 62 and 72 tanks, D-30andM-46 artillery pieces, Mi-8 helicopter and infantrymen
Libya: Man killed by landmine explosion in Downtown Benghazi
Ukrainian freighter lands in Benina airport in Benghazi coming from Holland in an unscheduled flight
Libya to buy wheat from Russia for 700 million dollars
