Tag Archives: Tobruk

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Monday welcomed the arrival of House of Representatives (HOR) to the city of Tobruk, in preparation for the upcoming session of the House to vote on the referendum law. On its official page, the UNSMIL said it was following “closely” with …

The president of the High Council of State (HCS), Khaled Al-Mashri announced that he sent a letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives (HOR), Aqila Saleh informing him of his intention to visit Tobruk with a delegation of 30 members of the Council. On Wednesday, Al-Mashri said in …

The Speaker of the House of Representatives (HOR), Aqila Saleh suspended the Council’s session on Tuesday because of verbal arguments that took place between some members over the relocation of the Council’s headquarters to the city of Benghazi. The meeting, attended by 14 members, dealt with agenda concerning the transfer …

Buraq Airlines announced that it has stopped flights to Tobruk because of the large cracks in the airport’s runway, which may damage the safety of the aircraft and passengers. On Monday, the airline said all flights to Tobruk airport would be transferred to Benghazi airport until further notice.   In …

The general manager of Tobruk Airport, Hassan Halil resigned on Monday from his duties. Halil attributed the reason for his resignation, in a statement obtained by ArraedLG, to the overlap of authorities and the inability of the State to support the strategy developed to upgrade the work and provide the …

Speaker of the House of Representatives (HOR), Aqila Saleh invited the president of the High Council of State (HCS), Khalid Al-Mashri for another meeting in the city of Tobruk after their meeting on Monday, in Morocco. Saleh said in a press conference in Rabat with the Moroccan Minister of Foreign …

A member of the House of Representatives for the city of Zintan, Omar Ghaith Qermail, told Arraed LG that HOR members for Zintan invited the president of the HOR to hold a quorum session. Ghaith added that the call was caused by the HOR’s inability to hold a full session …

Ayman Saif Al-Nasr, a House of Representatives member, told Arraed LG that a United Nations plane carrying 29 HOR members from #Tripoli was prevented from landing at the #Tobruk airport. A-Nasr stated that the airport refused landing on the basis of security reasons. However, the Director of the Tobruk airport, …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) The UN’s special envoy to Libya, Martin Kobler, met with Emhemed Shoeib the Deputy Chairman for the Tobruk-based parliament, known as the House of Representative (HoR), on Tuesday. The purpose of the meeting between the UN representative to Libya and the Libyan parliament’s speaker was …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov A meeting between General Khalifa Haftar and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov took place on Tuesday in Moscow. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss Russia’s support for Haftar’s alleged war against terrorism in Libya. In May 2014, Haftar launched Operation Dignity, …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) General Khalifa Haftar arrived in Moscow on Sunday to attend a scheduled meeting with Russian senior officials, such as Defense Minister Segei Shaigu, Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov, and the Russian National Security Council, according to news reports. The purpose of the meetings will be …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) A urgent meeting between Tunisian and Algerian officials has been called to address the situation in Libya, said Tunisian Foreign Minister, Khemaies Jhinaoui. In a Television interview, Jhinaoui said that Tunisia recognizes and works with the Libyan UN-backed unity government, however, “the political agreement has …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) The Libyan government based in Tripoli has selected a finance minister and a deputy finance minister with the intention that they would be able to give the Government access to Libya’s central bank. A statement released by the Libyan government’s Presidential Council announced that Osama …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Iran said it would withhold its support of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) until the House of Representatives (HoR), Libya’s parliament based in Tobruk, votes to recognize the GNA. In an interview with Iranian Fars News Agency on Tuesday, Ambassador Hussein Akbari, Iran’s …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) AbdulMagid Breish, Chairman of the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) in Tripoli, expressed his disapproval of Chairman of the LIA “steering committee,” lead by Ali Mahmoud Hassan Mohamed, who has attempted to speak on behalf of the LIA in Italy on Monday. “It is deeply disappointing …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Libya’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Dr. Aref Ali Nayed, who has served in the mission since the revolution, has stepped down. In a letter to Ageela Saleh, Nayed expressed that it was an honour to serve since he was appointed by the National …