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On Sunday, the UN envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame, submitted a proposal to amend the articles on executive power in the political agreement for the House of Representatives and the Supreme Council of the State. The Structure of the Executive Branch: Arraed LG obtained a copy of Salame’s …
Read More »EU May Supply Libya With Ships to Assist with Border Patrol
(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Member states of the European Union are considering providing Libya with boats to assist in their refugee management program called Operation Sophia, which began in June 2015. Earlier this week, the EU said they are hoping that Libya will be able to protect its own …
Read More »Libyan Prime Minister’s Historic Visit to Sirte
(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Prime Minister Fayez Al-Sarraj, of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA), along with Libyan ministers visited Sirte on Wednesday to honour the efforts of the many who have sacrificed so much to rid Sirte of ISIS. This was the Prime Minister’s first visit to …
Read More »GNA in final phase of defeating ISIS in Sirte
(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Libyan forces loyal to the Libyan unity Government (GNA) say they have finally reached the end of their battle with ISIS. After three months of intense battle against the extremist group, the Libyan army is planning and preparing for the end of ISIS in Sirte. …
Read More »Libya’s Southern Oil Fields Shut Down
(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) The Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) stopped oil production of two oilfields after the Libyan unity Government (GNA) did not pay for the security of the oilfields, said Mohammad Ahmad Alkhbasha, a brigade commander on Tuesday. Alkhbasha said the PFG in the south closed the Gulf …
Read More »EU and Libyan Coastguard Sign Memorandum to Train Libyan Coastguards and Navy
(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) On Tuesday, the European Union signed a memorandum to train Libyan Coastguards. Abdallah Toumia, Commander of the Libyan Coastguard and Port Security, met with with Enrico Credendino, the EU’s Operation Sophia Commander, to sign the memorandum in Rome at the headquarters for Operation Sophia. “The …
Read More »Over 200 Nigerians Deported from Libya
(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) The Libyan unity government (GNA) along with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the Nigerian embassy in Libya, have deported 220 Nigerians back to their country. A chartered airplane took the deported Nigerians, who were gathered from various locations in Libya, to the Murtala …
Read More »US Deploys Gunships In Libya
(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) U.S. Marine Corps AH-1W Super Cobra Helicopter The US military has dispatched helicopter gunships to assist in targeting ISIS militants hiding out in the centre of Sirte. Over the weekend, Marine AH-1W SuperCobra helicopters set out to strike at ISIS targets, according to a …
Read More »Libyan Investment Authority Board Challenged
(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Abdul-Magid Breish, who claims to be the chairman of the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA), said on Monday that he disapproves the appointment of a panel by the UN-backed Libyan unity government (GNA). Breish said that because he was not officially told to resign, he will …
Read More »Germany Shifts Position on Migrants
(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Over the weekend, refugees on route to Sicily from Libya were rescued by a navy vessel and were taken to Augusta port in Sicily. A total 576 refugees were rescued on the Mediterranean from seven different rescue missions this weekend. The body of a …
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