Jan 17, 2020 – 12:20 By Ulf Laessing and Ahmed Elumami BERLIN/TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Germany and the United Nations will push rival Libyan camps and their foreign backers fighting over the capital to agree on Sunday to a truce and monitoring mechanism as first steps towards peace, diplomats and […]
Today’s summit in Berlin seems like a step forward, but it might not be enough to stop the unfolding humanitarian disaster Borzou Daragahi @borzou After all but ignoring the […]
Finding itself at a crossroads, increasingly isolated by its Western allies and no longer the dominant Muslim voice it once was, Turkey is now flexing its pan-Islamist muscles. But the MENA wants other alternatives. By Tamba François Koundouno – Jan 7, 2020 Rabat – At a pan-Islamism and anti-Islamophobia-themed […]
By AFP – Jan 16,2020 -JORDAN TIMES BERLIN — Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar has agreed to abide by a ceasefire and said he was ready to participate in an international conference in Berlin on Sunday, Germany’s foreign minister said. Libya’s UN-recognised government in Tripoli has been under attack since April […]
By AFP – Jan 14,2020 – JORDAN TIMES TRIPOLI — Military strongman Khalifa Haftar’s reluctance to sign up to a Turkish-Russian orchestrated ceasefire accord underlines the complexity of Libya’s conflict […]
Arab News Tuesday . January 14, 2020 JEDDAH: Recep Tayyip Erdogan has struck a deal with the UN-backed Libyan government for Tripoli to pay $2.7bn in compensation for debts owed […]
DAILY SABAH ANKARA Published 07.01.2020 Following Turkey’s decision to throw its weight on regional developments and be a more influential actor in the Mediterranean, countries trying to exclude Ankara […]
Just like Syria before it, losing Tripoli to the Russians and the Turks will get the US nowhere in terms of maintaining a significant stake over energy supplies into Europe […]
By AFP – Dec 19,2019 -JORDAN TIMES TRIPOLI — In the Libyan capital Tripoli, where war casts a long shadow over everyday life, a church offers something of a sanctuary […]
By AFP – Dec 15,2019 – JORDAN TIMES ISTANBUL — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held talks with Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Al Sarraj in Istanbul on Sunday, just days after […]
YAHYA BOSTAN @yahyabostan Published 01.12.2019 Much is happening in the international arena. There are simultaneous, independent developments underway. Some days we talk about Donald Trump’s impeachment. Other times we find […]
Europe has backtracked from its moral duty to provide safety and rescue to people running away from the hell of Libyan prisons, deciding instead to cooperate with smugglers, militias […]
Subject: VP/HR — Ahmadi Muslims kidnapped and tortured in Libya Since November 2012, ten members of Libya’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community (six Pakistani citizens and four Libyan citizens) have been […]
Benghazi was the center of the revolution against former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi. After driving out the Islamists, warlord Khalifa Haftar has set up a culture of surveillance and […]
VALERIA GIANOTTA Published 26.07.2019 01:05 In Italy, the case of Carola Rackete, the captain of the nongovernmental organization (NGO) Sea-Watch 3 ship that forced the naval blockade on the […]
In the eyes of the guards that lord over us, we left our human dignity and respect behind when we attempted to seek safety. Not only are we scared and starving, but the threat of another attack looms over us every day Mario Malie The Independent Voices I am […]
More people are vulnerable to attacks like the one that killed 50 last week, and health ministry officials are getting desperate. Still, even after the UN’s human rights agency begged […]
As deadly airstrikes prompt plans to release detainees, fears rise for those trapped in the country amid claims of serious abuses Sally Hayden Wed 10 Jul 2019 […]
This content was published on July 2, 2019 By Ulf Laessing and Ahmed Elumami TRIPOLI (Reuters) – While Libya’s oil lies at the heart of three months of fighting over […]
By Sami Zaptia. London, 5 June 2019: The five Pakistani nationals arrested in Tripoli in 2013 accused of practicing the outlawed Ahmadi (Ahmadiya) interpretation of Islam are still languishing […]