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US President Donald Trump, on Wednesday, extended sanctions on Libya for another year because of “the threat of instability in the country.” “We risk more instability if we do not extend sanctions, especially to those who reject dialogue and block the transition to democracy in Libya,” Trump said in a …

The British Foreign Office announced that Britain, in coordination with the United States and France, had secured the approval of the UN Security Council to impose sanctions against Salah Badi under the terms of Security Council resolution 2213 (2015). On its official website, the ministry, on Friday, said that the …

The Security Council decided to extend the mandate of the Group of Experts to 15 February 2020, introducing a new standard of sanctions in Libya. At a meeting on Monday, the Security Council included sexual violence and gender-based violence in the list of sanctions in Libya. The Security Council renewed …

On Wednesday French Foreign Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, said that France had called on the Security Council to meet to discuss “treatment of migrants” in Libya. At a meeting of the French National Assembly, Le Drian threatened to impose sanctions on Libya if its justice system proves to be “impotent”. …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) On Sunday Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj called on the international community to assist Libya in its fight against extremist forces by lifting the UN sanctioned arms embargo and unfreezing its assets. Speaking at the Arab league in Cairo, Sarraj stated that, “it doesn’t make sense …