Politics

(Libyan Press) White House spokesman, Josh Earnest, revealed on Wednesday that “if there is a need for the United States to take unilateral action to protect the American people, the president wont’ hesitate to do that.” Earnest declined to comment on the question regarding Obama’s willingness to send ground troops …

(Libyan Press) Member of the Presidential Council at the Government of National Accord, Mohammad Ammari, terminated his suspension of his membership after calls from United Nations envoy, Martin Kobler, to reverse his decision and join the Presidential Council’s meeting on Wednesday. Ammari revealed that his rejoining of the council came …

(Libyan Press) The United Nations envoy to Libya, Martin Kobler, has stressed in a series of tweets on Wednesday that the unity and cohesion of the Presidency Council is an imperative condition to achieve unity in Libya. He added that many of the participants in the Libyan political dialogue have …

(Libyan Press) Egyptian Minister of Aide for Expatriates’ Affairs Hesham Al-Naqib, has confirmed the release of the 35 Egyptians who were detained in Libya. He revealed, in a statement posted on the Egyptian Foreign Ministry website, today, that the Egyptians released were being held in shelters for illegal immigrants on …

(Republished from the New York Times) TOBRUK, Libya — Vowing to track down and kill protesters “house by house,” Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi of Libya tightened his grip on the capital, Tripoli, on Tuesday, but the eastern half of the country was slipping beyond his control. A bloody crackdown drove protesters …

(Republished from the New York Times) CAIRO — A five-day-old uprising in Libya took control of its second-largest city of Benghazi and spread for the first time to the capital of Tripoli late on Sunday as the heir-apparent son of its strongman, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, warned Libyans in a televised …

(Published by CNN World Middle East) (CNN) — Unprecedented demonstrations sweeping the Middle East and North Africa spread Wednesday to Libya, where police clashed with anti-government protesters in the coastal city of Benghazi, an independent source told CNN. About 200 protesters came out to show support for human rights activist …

(BBC World) Hundreds of anti-government protesters have clashed with police and government supporters in Libya’s second city, in the latest display of unrest in the Arab world. Dozens of people are said to have been hurt in the clashes in Benghazi. The overnight unrest followed the arrest of an outspoken …