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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo described Hafter’s forces as “militias” and called on them to withdraw from Tripoli. In an interview with Fox News on Wednesday, Pompeo said that resolving the crisis in Libya would not be through arms force, and that it would only happen through a political …

President of the Presidential Council Fayez Al-Sarraj, on Sunday, said that the negative external interventions, regional and international, have exacerbated the situation in Libya and encouraged some parties not to adhere to the democratic path and move away from peaceful political solution. During his speech at the Arab summit held …

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, during his meeting with President of the Presidential Council Fayez Al-Sarraj in Tunis, said that his country supports the convening of the national conference with the participation of all the political forces in the country. In a statement published on its official website on …

A delegation from Tuwareq tribes, on Saturday, confirmed its support for the efforts of President of the Presidential Council Fayez Al-Sarraj to achieve harmony and stability in the south and the country in general. The meeting, which was held at the headquarters of the Presidential Council in Tripoli, entailed talks …

The UN envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame, on Wednesday, said that there is a group in eastern Libya seeking to disrupt the elections. In a television interview on Al-Jazeera channel, Salame stared that he would return to the Security Council to report on anyone trying to stop and obstruct Libyans …

Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, Ghassan Salame, said that the participants in the National Forum will be informed by the mission respectively, denying the validity of lists circulated by the media. In a tweet on his official account in Twitter,  Salame stated that there are now …

The World Health Organization (WHO), on Sunday, announced that 10 trucks carrying “emergency medical” supplies were being sent to 10 public hospitals in Libya. On the official page of the organization, the WHO said that the cities of Tobruk, Derna, Benghazi, Sirte, Green Mountain, Al-Bayda, Sabha, Merzak, Ghatt and Obari …

Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha instructed the district security directorates to stop granting permits to organize demonstrations and sit-ins temporarily. According to a statement on the Ministry’s official page, Basha Bashagha issued the decision due to the security conditions and the threats made by the “sick” souls by exploiting the demonstrations …

The deputy UN envoy in Libya, “Stephanie Williams,” on Thursday, pledged to contact with the concerned parties to lift the European embargo imposed on Libyan civil aircraft. During her meeting with Transportation Minister Milad Matouq, Williams stressed that the mission will work with the Ministry of Communications to raise the …

President of the Presidential Council (PC) Fayez Al-Sarraj expressed his hope that the National Conference, which is scheduled to be held mid-next month, would be a road map for elections to end the transitional stages and lay the foundation for the construction of a modern civil democratic state. During a …