A joint operation by the American secret services and the Italian authorities has revealed a complex arms trafficking between China and Libya, culminating in the seizure of two illegal shipments in Gioia Tauro. The discovery highlighted the connections between Khalifa Haftar, Libyan leader, and illicit trade with China. In the port of Tobruk, […]
read moreby Antonio Adriano Giancane Russia, through the private military company known as the “Wagner Group”, has secured a significant presence in various African countries, including the Central African Republic, Sudan, Libya and Mali. The Group, apparently operating outside the official control of the Russian government, provided services [...]
read moreby Emanuela Ricci Yesterday in Tripoli the Mimit minister Adolfo Urso and the joint representative Ahmed Ali Abouhisa signed a cooperation agreement between Italy and Libya. Among the main areas of national interest are raw materials, critical raw materials and rare earths. From this perspective, the Italian government in the next decree [...]
read moreSightings of Russian military flights landing at the airport on the Tunisian island of Djerba, on the border with Libya, have intensified by Emanuela Ricci On April 15, a large Russian military ship docked at the Libyan port of Tobruk. Large trucks with weapons and ammunition and many soldiers were unloaded, probably belonging to the [...]
read moreItaly, France and the European Union should dialogue to set up a common strategy to be implemented in Libya, as there are vital interests at stake in the energy field thanks to an important ten-year presence of Eni and Total in the field of hydrocarbon research by Massimiliano D'Elia Tehran is looking to expand its commercial networks in […]
read moreArmy Corps General Francesco Paolo Figliuolo, Operational Commander of the Joint Forces Summit (COVI), today concluded a two-day visit to Libya, where he presided over the turnover ceremony in command of the Italian bilateral assistance and support mission, the so-called MIASIT. The ceremony marked the formal handover between [...]
read moreThe support provided by the Italian Defense to the Libyan people continues, affected by the "Daniel" storm which hit mainly Derna, a city in Cyrenaica, and other neighboring and internal areas. The help of our military began on Thursday 14 September. In fact, on 14 September the Navy ship San Marco left from the port of Brindisi for Derna [...]
read moreby Antonio Adriano Giancane The Prime Minister of the Tripoli government, Abdelamid Dbeibah, has suspended, as a precaution, the Foreign Minister Najla Al Mangoush and has reported her to start administrative investigations against her. The suspension following the "secret meeting" in Rome with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen. The meeting, according to rumors from [...]
read moreEni formalized today to the Libyan counterpart NOC the revocation of the Force Majeure status on exploration areas A and B (onshore), and C (offshore), of which Eni is operator with a 42,5% stake, with BP at 42.5% and Libyan Investment Authority at 15%. Force Majeure, declared in 2014, is revoked following [...]
read moreEni signed today a memorandum of understanding with the aim of studying and identifying opportunities with Libya to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and develop sustainable energy in the country, in line with Eni's strategy and with the Libyan government's objectives in acceleration of decarbonisation and energy transition paths. The […]
read moreThe "One Hundred Years of the Air Force in Comics" series designed to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of its foundation is enriched with a new volume "Firestorm". Author, screenwriter and illustrator an Air Force pilot, "Joe Draft", who tells through the powerful language of comics one of the most recent air operations conducted by the Armed Forces in Libya [...]
read more(by Francesco Matera) Almost a thousand people rescued and landed in Lampedusa, another 300 in the Ionian Sea. A wave that makes the number of arrivals in our country soar again, exceeding the levels of 2022 and 2021 in the same period. A new trend that greatly worries the Italian government which has tried to […]
read more(by Talal Oheda's Op-Ed) Libya seems to be making a lot of progress towards stability, but if we analyze the situation on the ground, beyond the political slogans, we realize that the situation has never been so grim. It is clear to all that the current institutional actors are actively obstructing the electoral process, after [...]
read moreClashes between the “Shields” and “Sabriyya” militias resulted in the closure of Mitiga International Airport Al Arabiya (العربية) TV station documented violent clashes between armed militias Thursday evening in the Tadjoura region, east of the capital Libyan Tripoli, which resulted in the closure of the main operational airport of the city and the transfer of [...]
read moreYesterday, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was in Libya to re-establish relations with the troubled North African country. Following the excellent relations with Washington and the collaboration with France in various sectors, not least the sharing of the supply of a missile defense system to Ukraine (Samp-T), the Italian government has decided to take [...]
read moreThe CEO of Eni, Claudio Descalzi, and the CEO of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), Farhat Bengdara, today signed an agreement to start the development of "A&E Structures", a strategic project aimed at increasing the production of gas to supply the Libyan domestic market, as well as guaranteeing the export of volumes to Europe. The deal was […]
read moreItaly is at Ukraine's side by sending Israeli weapons, ammunition, drones and intelligence resources. (by Francesco Matera) Rome has decided to send a unit of the Samp-T surface-to-air system to Kiev equipped with about twenty missiles (the others will be supplied by the French), together with pieces of heavy artillery, movement tanks and groups generators. Second […]
read moreNext February, the United States has called a summit in Washington to discuss the Libya dossier in the presence of representatives of Italy, France, England and Germany. American attention to the North African country is maximum at the moment. Last week, the number one of the CIA William Burns went to Libya to warn the [...]
read moreLibya is far from peaceful. It is a powder keg ready to explode which will cause Italy a great deal of trouble, aware of the fact that over 600 refugees from all over Africa and the Middle East are massed in those lands. On the website of the Ministry of the Interior, data on migratory flows affecting our […]
read moreLibya is today a crossroads of international interests since the United States has shown total disinterest in African affairs. France, Turkey, Russia, Egypt and Italy in the coming months will try to regain or consolidate their positions, with a dangerous resurgence of the civil war between the various Libyan factions on the horizon. (from […]
read moreThe weapon of migrants is used against Italy and Europe from the coasts of Libya under the control of the militias of General Haftar, who is supported by at least two thousand mercenaries of the Wagner Group linked to Russia. To write it is "La Repubblica", which cites sources of the Italian security services explaining: "Libya is a cannon aimed at [...]
read moreMohamed Hamuda, spokesman for the Libyan Government of National Unity led by Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dabaiba, participated in an initiative by Senator Marinella Pacifico (Coraggio Italia), foreign member and secretary of the Schengen, Europol and Immigration Parliamentary Committee. During the press conference "New roads for the stability of the Mediterranean, a perspective from Libya" the senator [...]
read moreSala Caduti di Nassirya, at the Senate of the Republic - Tuesday 26 July 2022 - 10:00 am "The branches quarrel while the roots intertwine", says a wise African proverb. The same thing happens with the Mediterranean countries, as they have common origins, with reciprocal influences, even if they differ to the point of confronting each other instead of [...]
read more“We have prepared a good plan to combat illegal immigration in coordination with the Stability Support Agency. We have prepared a force of over 200 military personnel who have been trained and taken foreign courses. We bought 10 navy boats to follow up on the fight against immigration and fuel smuggling. [...]
read more(by Vanessa Tomassini) As the Minister of the Interior Luciana Lamorgese summed up on Wednesday 30 March at the hearing at the Schengen Parliamentary Committee, in Libya today we have two governments, one recognized and one semi-recognized. The first is that of Abdel Hamid Dabaiba, head of the Government of National Unity, and the second that of Fathi Bashagha, designated by the Parliament [...]
read more"Full support to President Draghi and the entire government for the advanced measures in defense of Ukrainian sovereignty, presented to the Senate". Thus Senator Marinella Pacifico of CI on the crisis in Ukraine and on the energy emergency that Italy will have to face. The invasion of Ukraine by Russia, Pacific specified, is to be stigmatized and our solidarity [...]
read more(by Andrea Pinto) Saif al Islam, Gaddafi's son, initially ousted from the electoral competition, was then readmitted to the list of candidates in the elections scheduled for tomorrow and postponed, according to the words of the UN special envoy, Stephanie Williams, at the end next January. The Electoral Commission had excluded him but subsequently the judiciary, with final judgment, [...]
read moreThe arrival in Venice of 60 Libyan teachers, who will begin the training activities in presence at the Ca 'Foscari University in conjunction with the opening of the week of the Italian language in the world, marks a step forward in the training activities foreseen by the Agreement signed in Tripoli in December 2020 as part of the strengthening of bilateral relations and in the light [...]
read more(by Massimiliano D'Elia) NATO changes its skin, from a purely defensive alliance, under the dictates of art. 5, to a more modern, cooperative and reactive version that directs its attention towards crises, on a global level, capable of destabilizing the peace and security of the allied countries. The Secretary General of NATO, Jean Stoltenberg, in the press conference [...]
read moreICE announces the reopening of the desk in Tripoli, the association: “at work to repeat the initiative in Tripoli and Benghazi, now we need to give substance to the words”. The mayors: "Italian and Tunisian companies, Libya is your home". (by Vanessa Tomassini) The 1st Economic Forum for Libya of the Italian-Libyan development association ended yesterday in Tunis [...]
read moreIslam, Islam, jihadism and many others are the terms that identify a global ideological-religious movement that in some extremist derivations has sworn death to the Western world inhabited by so-called infidels. A careful examination of Islam was made by General Pasquale Preziosa on the Eurispes website, an analysis that of the former Chief of Staff of the Air Force and [...]
read moreI The Italian Libyan Business Development Association (Ilbda) organizes the first 'Economic Forum for Libya' at the Laico Spa and Conference Center Hotel in Tunis. The event will bring together institutions, municipalities, organizations, companies and entrepreneurs from Italy, Libya and Tunisia in search of strategic commercial, financial and technological alliances. In addition to […]
read more(by Andrea Pinto) I'm in charge of Benghazi. Haftar the other day did not allow a presidential plane carrying Prime Minister Abdelhamid to land at Benghazi airport. The parliament, on the other hand, did not vote the budget law on the new prime minister, a clear signal that highlights the political weakness of the Libyan prime minister. It seems [...]
read moreFirst trip abroad, the Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi today in Libya. It is not a choice dictated by chance but by the need to make it known that Italy is present. A way to restore order and re-establish the hierarchies in the North African country, which has always been in tune, albeit in alternating phases, with Italy. The occasion appears favorable [...]
read more“I will visit Libya on April 6 or 7, in the first week of the month. It is clear that Italy defends its international interests and cooperation in Libya and in the Mediterranean. If there were opposing interests, Italy must have no doubts about defending its international interests, nor must it have reverential fears towards [...]
read moreIf today a new phase opens in Tripoli with the transitional executive headed by Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, perhaps soon the Italian Oil & Gas companies will also be able to return to Libya to support the fields of ENI and other important oil companies in partnership with NOC (National Oil Corporation) - Michele Marsiglia President of [...]
read moreThe head of the Presidential Council of the Libyan Government of National Unity al-Sarraj and the President of NOC Sanalla meet the CEO of Eni Claudio Descalzi The head of the Presidential Council of the Libyan Government of National Unity, Fayez al-Sarraj, met today in Tripoli, Eni's Chief Executive Officer, Claudio Descalzi, to discuss the constant support [...]
read more(by Andrea Pinto) The US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo yesterday was in Italy for a meeting with Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and his foreign colleague, Luigi Di Maio. Thus Pompeo on the sidelines of the meetings: "The United States appeals to the Italian government to carefully consider national security [...]
read more(by Andrea Pinto) The tension in Libya rises more and more. Common demonstrators together with members of the militias the day before yesterday went to the home of Fayez al Serraj, the head of the Government of National Accord, to demonstrate their dissent even going so far as to threaten him with death. The news came in a few hours that the boss [...]
read moreThe European Union "must act appropriately to its responsibilities, first of all to restore peace and security in Libya". This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, in an interview with the Austrian daily “Die Presse”, taken up by the Italian news agency Nova. Specifies the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Di [...]
read moreFour men were arrested by Turkish authorities in Istanbul, believed to be members of a spy cell run by an agent who collected information on extremist groups in favor of French intelligence. The arrests were reported on Tuesday by a newspaper linked to the Turkish government. However, the news of the arrests was not confirmed by [...]
read moreThe United States said the Russian military flew over Libya, with a dozen unidentifiable planes, in an attempt to provide air support to Russian mercenaries fighting in Tripoli. What happened shows an important escalation of the Russian military intervention in the Libyan civil war. The war has been raging in Libya since 2011, [...]
read moreThe United Arab Emirates with a secret airlift supplies weapons to General Khalifa Haftar. The news leaked from a United Nations report. The war began in Libya in 2011, when a popular uprising supported by the West and its allies led to the death of the country's dictator, Muammar Gaddafi. Much of the east [...]
read moreGeneral Khalifa Haftar proclaimed himself head of Libya, in a televised statement in which he said he "accepted the mandate of the Libyan people to take care of the country". The general declared the Skhirat agreement null and void, which in 2015 established the creation of a government of national agreement based in Tripoli, led by Fayez al-Serraj. About ten days [...]
read more(by Vanessa Tomassini) The prolonged conflict, the lack of hierarchy, the continuous entry of new forces into their ranks and the difficulty in replacing the losses on the field, are all factors that, although minimized or denied by those directly involved, are intensifying the tensions among the forces affiliated with the Government of National Accord (GNA). The afternoon […]
read more(by Vanessa Tomassini - correspondent from Tunis) The interim UN special envoy, Stephanie Williams, has warned about the possible use of new lethal weapons in Libya. On April 22, 2020, several reports circulating on social media indicated that the Eastern armed forces would use chemical weapons against forces affiliated with the Government of National Accord [...]
read more(by Vanessa Tomassini - correspondent from Tunis) Ramadan Abedi, father of the Manchester Arena suicide bomber, Salman Abedi, arrested in Libya following the terrorist attack that killed 22 people during the Ariana Grande concert, is receiving medical assistance in Istanbul, Turkey. Abedi father was arrested in Libya together with his youngest son, [...]
read more(by Vanessa Tomassini correspondent from Tunis) Coronaviruses (CoVs) are a large family of respiratory viruses that can cause mild to moderate illnesses, from the common cold to respiratory syndromes such as MERS (Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome) and SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) . They are so called because of the crown-shaped tips on their [...]
read moreMerchant ships prevent migrants from reaching Europe. Patrick Kingsley's investigation published in the New York Tiimes is very interesting. The Panther, a merchant ship flying the German flag, does not deal with rescues at sea, but one day a few months ago the Libyan Coast Guard ordered him to divert the route, save 68 migrants [...]
read more(by Vanessa Tomassini, correspondent from Tunis) The Coronavirus emergency, COVID-19, is experienced differently in the various cities of Libya. In the east of the country, despite strong trade and frequent connections with Egypt, which has already registered over 166 cases and several deaths, the problem is underestimated by most of the population. In the western region, on the contrary, [...]
read moreOn 9 March, French President Emmanuel Macron received Libyan general Khalifa Haftar, commander of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) at the Elysée, for a meeting held secret, which had not even been included in the agenda. The newspaper "Le Monde" reports it. Sources close to the dossier let it be known that the visit of the Libyan general is part of the [...]
read more(by Vanessa Tomassini - correspondent from Tunis) On Sunday the correction of a decision of the Ministry of Local Governance of the Government of National Accord (GNA) concerning non-Libyan women was broadcast on social networks among the communities of southern Libya married to citizens of Libyan nationality. We reached the Minister of Local [...]
read more(by Vanessa Tomassini, PRP Channel correspondent in Tunis) On Saturday we met the Mauritanian researcher El-Hussein el-Hallawi and the former spokesman of the Supreme Council of Tribes, Mohamed Umar Ahmed Musa, with whom we tried to analyze the possible scenarios in Libya, in light of the current crisis. Most experts and observers agree that, at [...]
read more(by Vanessa Tomassini) Hammamet, 5 March 2020 - In the splendid setting of the Laic Hotel in Hammamet, Tunisia, over one hundred young people from all Libyan cities of the east, west and south of the North African country gathered under the umbrella of the 'Libyan Youth Conference for Peace and Construction' initiative. The Conference was a moment of meeting to talk [...]
read moreThe United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) released a statement highlighting the results of the first phase of the talks of the joint military committee composed of 5 senior officers from the Government of National Accord (GNA) and 5 from the Libyan National Army (LNA ). The talks took place in Geneva, in the presence of the UN special envoy [...]
read moreThe district anti-mafia and anti-terrorism management of Genoa arranged for the arrest and search of the ship "Bana", currently stopped at the Messina terminal in Genoa. The Digos and the harbor master's office are carrying out a joint search, "they confiscated the ship's black box, maps, PCs, ship's books and all [...]
read moreThe Libyan Joint Military Commission met in Geneva, moderator: the special envoy Ghassam Salamé directly. Five representatives from the Government of National Accord (GNA) and five from the Libyan National Army (LNA). The comment of the President of the High Council of State Khaled al-Meshri was positive: "the choice of the Presidential Council to participate in the proceedings is not a failure [...]
read more"We once again call on all EU members, and in particular Italy, to abandon an approach that ignores the rights of Turkish Cypriots". The Turkish Foreign Ministry writes this in a press release, referring to an Italian "unfortunate statement". In a telephone conversation between Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio and his Turkish counterpart [...]
read moreApparently Recep Tayyip Erdogan has not kept the promises made at the Berlin Conference. A Turkish frigate Tcg Gaziantep was seen off Libya yesterday. Ankara said it is used to rescue migrants at sea, while for the men of General Khalifa Haftar they claim that the ship transported [...]
read more(by Massimiliano D'Elia) A few days ago there was the extraordinary meeting of the COPS - Political Security Committee - on Libya. The representative of the European External Action Service (Seae) represented to the various ambassadors who attended the plan for a remodeling of the EunavforMEd - Sophia mission for the surveillance of the UN resolution on the embargo of [...]
read moreAmong the many reports of the Secretary General of the United Nations to the Security Council, that of 21 January highlights an "alert" for the constant threat of ISIS which continues in southern Libya: "there is a concrete possibility that the security situation in the south of Libya could deteriorate further, allowing the organization and other extremist groups [...]
read moreTHE RESULT OF THE BERLIN CONFERENCE The delegations of Fayez al Serraj and that of General Haftar refused to meet during all phases of the Berlin Conference. Tripoli Prime Minister Fayez al Serraj also told the Dpa agency that "If the aggression of General Khalifa Haftar resumes, we will continue to defend ourselves vigorously until [...]
read moreUNSMIL in a note: “deep concern over current efforts to stop or compromise oil production in Libya. This move would have devastating consequences first and foremost for the Libyan people who depend on the free flow of oil for their well-being. It will also have terrible knock-on effects for the already deteriorated economic and financial situation [...]
read moreStatement by the President of FederPetroli Italy - Michele Marsiglia on the sidelines of the suspension of production of oil plants in Libya “For the precaution of correct information, we waited for the news from Libya to be well founded and truthful. At the moment we confirm that some wells and connection terminals, mainly in the east and central Libya, have been placed in [...]
read moreThe British newspaper "The Guardian" quoted the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights as confirming that about 2000 rebels would be transferred to Libya from the Syrian city of Idlib to reinforce Fayez al-Serraj's troops. The New York Times, on the other hand, reported the news that the forces belonging to the Tripoli Protection Force have [...]
read moreAccording to reports from La Stampa, the truce will be signed today in Moscow between Fayez al Sarraj, president of the Government of national agreement, General Khalifa Haftar, the president of the Tobruk parliament Agila Saleh, and the head of the Tripoli State Council, Khalid al -Mishri. It sounds strange that this important passage in the "dossier" [...]
read moreThis is a real scoop of La Stampa. The general who controls Cyrenaica, Khalifa Haftar was in Rome on January 8 to meet with US Deputy National Security Advisor Victoria Coates (in charge of Libya and North Africa), and Richard Norland, American ambassador for Libya. The news emerged by crossing the information [...]
read more(by Massimiliano D'Elia) After tonight's attack on the American bases in Iraq, where our soldiers are also present, we heard on the phone the division admiral of the reserve, Nicola De Felice, an expert in military and international politics who among his numerous positions in top defense bodies there was also the Command [...]
read moreAl Serraj the day before the visit of the EU delegation (scheduled for January 7), headed by High Representative Borrel, warned: "Do not come to Libya, for security reasons, it is dangerous here". As Semprini points out in La Stampa, in reality, Fayez al Sarraj does not want any interference, he wants to continue with the agreement signed with Turkey by [...]
read moreEurope: "now or never". The message launched in the book of General Pasquale Preziosa and Dario Velo
Massimiliano Cannata on Eurispes.it did a wonderful review on the book; "The defense of Europe", by Pasquale Preziosa and Dario Velo. Today more than ever we need Europe, we need to believe in and pursue concrete actions to find a true and credible European identity, an identity which, in the light of the latest events in the Middle East - [...]
read more(by Massimiliano D'Elia) While Turkey has approved for a year the sending of its troops to Tripoli on January 7, the European mission will go to Tripoli and Benghazi, to try to make the two parties, Haftar and al Serraj, dialogue. to strike a lasting political agreement. Our foreign representatives have not [...]
read moreAjniha Airlines, owned by former leader of the Libyan Islamic fighter group Abdelhakim Belhaj, has transferred Turkish-backed Syrian fighters from their country to Tripoli, French radio RFI reported today. In addition to Ajniha Airlines, Afriqiyah Airlines has transferred Syrian fighters to help the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) […]
read moreThe libia.it site reported that the Libyan Islamist component, represented by the Libyan National Assembly of Revolutionaries on February 17, has called for a demonstration in the capital on January 7 against the arrival of the European delegation and in support of the protocols of Agreement between Erdogan and Serraj. The group affirmed its clear refusal to visit [...]
read moreThe Libyan Address website revealed that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he was ready for a new step in Libya and the Eastern Mediterranean. Erdogan addressed the remarks to the Turkish soldiers through a telephone call with the Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu, who was visiting the soldiers in the Turkish city of [...]
read moreLe Monde interviewed the UN special envoy for Libya Ghassan Salamé. Very interesting is the examination of the latest events in Libya by the senior diplomat who for years has been trying to metabolize a political solution, always opposed by the parties involved. Now, argues Salamè, the credibility of the UN is at risk, should the military solution prevail [...]
read moreToday the Arab League met in an extraordinary council to discuss the Libya emergency. At the end, the Arab League condemned the military escalation in Libya and said it would ask the United Nations and other key countries to work to prevent any foreign interference in the affairs of the North African nation. The league, in [...]
read moreThe situation in Libya these days is undergoing an unprecedented escalation where Turkey is already sending war material and militiamen (from Syria) to Tripoli to support the troops of the head of the provisional government, recognized by the UN, Fayez al Serraj. Erdogan is waiting for the parliamentary seal that should have next January 2, [...]
read moreDefensepoint.com demonstrated via the free FlightRadar 24 app (monitors all airline flights with transponders on) that Turkey is using civilian flights to transport war material and personnel to Libya. Recent reports show, in fact, an unusual air traffic from Constantinople to Libya, flying over the Greek airspace and inside the Athens FIR. [...]
read moreThe National Oil Corporation (NOC) has reported that operations in the port of Zawiya could be halted and the refinery evacuated following the recent attacks on the facilities. This could also lead to the interruption of production at the Sharara field, which exports its crude oil and its derivatives through Zawiya. Saturday 28 December 2019, the [...]
read more(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The Turkish Parliament will meet in extraordinary session on Thursday 2 January at 14, when in Italy it will be 12, to anticipate the vote on President Erdogan's AKP motion authorizing the sending of troops to Libya in support of the government of national accord of Fayez al-Sarraj against the offensive of the militias of [...]
read moreAli Ahmed on the Libia.it website reported that the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA), represented by Fayez al-Serraj, has warned local and international journalists of legal action if they dare to publish videos of the Syrian rebels who arrived in Tripoli with the support of Turkey. The Presidential Council stated that the films [...]
read moreItaly lost Libya in 2011 when Gaddafi was overthrown by force at the hands of Sarkozy's France. France has never digested our relevance, our privileged lane in Libya. The final push for Italy is the signing, on November 27, of the Turkish-Libyan treaty on the jurisdictional areas of the Mediterranean of [...]
read more(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Libyan interior minister Fathi Bashagha said his government will send Turkey an official request for military support to fight mercenaries alongside Khalifa Haftar. Erdogan replied that on the 7th the Turkish parliament (certainly of the majority) will approve the sending of troops to support Tripoli. On the 8th [...]
read moreTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked, during a visit to Tunisia to allow Tunis, Algeria and Qatar to be part of the Berlin conference on the Libya dossier to be held on January 14-15, 2020. Erdogan added, in a joint press conference with Tunisian President Kais Saied, to be sure that Tunis [...]
read moreAl Serraj's armed forces arrested pilot Amer Al-Jagam after his plane was shot down in southern Al-Zawiya. As reported by The Libia Observer, the pilot reported that the mercenaries of the Russian group Wagner operate in coordination with the operations room of Tarhouna in ground operations (snipers) [...]
read moreLibya is now a battlefield with proven foreign interference, Italy still seeks the political-diplomatic path. Luigi Di Maio is working to have the sending of an EU mission approved. He would have heard his German counterpart Mass and high-ranking EU representative Borrell by telephone. Both interlocutors agreed with the proposal of the head of [...]
read moreImmediately after the visit of the Italian Foreign Minister, Luigi Di Maio Fayez al Sarraj, he sent the request for military support to Ankara to contain the offensive launched for the capture of Tripoli by General Khalifa Haftar. The move by al Sarraj, writes La Stampa, does not represent a tear against [...]
read moreThe news is reported by all Libyan newspapers, from the Libyan Observer to the Libyan Address. Surprisingly, Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj flew to Turkey to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the early afternoon. The main issue addressed was the agreement to send Turkish troops to help the Tripoli government. Only [...]
read moreThe Libyan National Army of Khalifa Haftar, writes the Agi, advances towards the Libyan capital Tripoli and is close to hitting the government of national agreement, protected by the Misrata militias and recognized by the UN. The armed forces of the strong man of Cyrenaica, which in the last hours of intense battles have lost at least six fighters - according to Tripoli between [...]
read moreThe Egyptian press reported that General Khalifa Haftar announced “zero hour for the start of the decisive offensive on Tripoli. The Cyrenaica general even gave his men his final instructions: "do not touch private homes and properties". There are, however, four European countries, Italy, France, Germany and Great Britain that still hope to be able to find [...]
read morePresident Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he could intervene in support of the Libyan government of national unity of Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj. The basis of the possible Turkish intervention, writes Il Giornale, is the Tripoli-Ankara agreement signed on November 27, a memorandum of understanding that ranges from military collaboration to gas drilling in the Mediterranean. The Turkish Parliament [...]
read moreApparently Italy, but also Europe, are less and less influential in Libya. For months, General Kalifa Haftar's troops have had support on the ground from Russian contractors of the private company Wagner Group (former Russian military), very close to the Kremlin. It is no coincidence that Haftar's militias have become more [...]
read moreThe Lybian Address site, in a pretext manner and with the clear intention of discrediting our country, reported that the Defense Committee of the Libyan House of Representatives denounced Italian support for "terrorist and extremist gangs in Libya". The affirmation arose following the logistical support on the ground and the activity [...]
read moreAccording to the 2017 agreement between Italy and Libya, vans, ambulances, boats, satellite phones and other equipment would still be missing from the appeal of Tripoli's equipment. As the Corriere della Sera writes, the Italian expenditure, to honor the agreement, would have had to amount to about 800 million euros. The agreement never went ahead as agreed so much so that now [...]
read moreLast night at Palazzo Chigi in the apartment of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, dinner with Emmanuel Macron. The two countries, after the turbulent months of the yellow-green government, come together again to try to solve common problems. At least this is the intention of the government led by Giuseppe Conte, to try to deal with the Libya dossier in a structural way [...]
read moreAt least 90 people have been killed since the beginning of the month in the course of clashes between rival tribes in southern Libya and a bombing of Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA). This was announced by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) specifying that on 4 August 45 people died [...]
read more"With a full return of the activities of NGOs in the Mediterranean there will be an exodus of migrants to Italy" The spokesman for the Libyan Coast Guard, Admiral Ayoub #Qassem, told AGI. "The Italian government must not allow the people rescued by these ships to be able to disembark because otherwise the culture of emigration to [...] will spread again.
read moreKhalifa Haftar has sensitized the European Union to "put an end to the racist policy of the Minister of the Interior, Matteo Salvini": this is what we read in a statement released during the night from the LNA Air Operations Room. The news is reported by the Italian news agency Nova. Haftar's militias deny any responsibility for the air raid that in the night [...]
read moreAccording to the Libyan media - "Libya Akhbar" and "218 Tv" - General Khalifa Haftar could go to Paris on Wednesday 15 May to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron. The news was reported by the Italian news agency "Nova". We will talk about the situation on the ground around the capital Tripoli where since 4 April [...]
read more"The current situation in Libya" involves a worsening of the rift between Cyrenaica and Tripolitania ", while inertia is" shifting more and more "in favor of General Khalifa Haftar, commander of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA)." Umberto Profazio, analyst at the NATO Defense College Foundation and the International Institute for Strategic [...] told the Italian news agency Nova.
read moreAt Palazzo Chigi to meet the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte. The head of the Government of National Accord (Gna), Fayez al Sarraj. According to "La Repubblica", he will press for Sarraj to accept the truce that the United Nations has asked for at the beginning of the month of Ramadan. In the last few hours, however, the commander of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army [...]
read moreLibya has become a battleground between foreign countries, two of which are key axes of the Middle East against each other. For this reason Libya has become an interest for Western powers and especially for Israel. To understand this, it is necessary to look at who supports who in Libya. Haftar and his LNA [...]
read morePrime Minister Giuseppe Conte on the reopening of the consulate in Benghazi, scheduled for yesterday 28 April, said: "The Libyan foreign ministry has asked to postpone the opening of the consulate due to the ongoing conflict". Sources of farnesina say that there are several anti-Italian demonstrations and there is a certain resentment towards our country. It [...]
read moreIran rejects news related to the seizure of the cargo ship Shahr and Kord in the port of Misurata by the authorities of the Government of National Accord (GNA) of Tripoli. In a statement released to the "Irna" news agency, Mohammed Saeedi, general manager of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line (Irisl), confirmed that it is in progress [...]
read moreThe Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is concerned about the “risk that in the perspective of fighting the Islamic radicals, their transmigration to Tunisia and then also to Italy could be encouraged. A risk that we must all avert, I am trying to sensitize everyone ”. The problem is Libya where the Islamic State, taking advantage of the country's instability [...]
read moreDonald Trump, without consulting with the State Department, supported General Haftar, creating embarrassment also for Italy which found itself almost alone in supporting the Libyan contender Al Serraj, the only one legitimized by the international community. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte from China had to review the Italian position: "Our position is not at [...]
read moreDonald Trump, during a phone call with Libyan general Khalifa Haftar last week, supported the offensive in the country's capital to overthrow the government of Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj. This was reported by "Bloomberg" as reported by some US officials familiar with the dossier. Also a previous appeal by the National Security Advisor of [...]
read moreToday in Rome, Foreign Minister Moavero Milanesi will meet the UN special envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame. The appointment after those had in recent days with the Emirati and Qatari colleague. Despite Trump's phone call to Haftar, Italy intends to pursue inclusive policy with all the players in the field. A policy that will be underlined [...]
read morePresident Donald Trump had a telephone conversation with Marshal Khalifa Haftar to discuss ongoing counter-terrorism efforts and the "need to achieve peace and stability". The White House says so. "The president recognized Haftar's significant role in combating terrorism, and the two discussed a [...]
read moreThe forces of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) are fighting to repel the offensive of the troops loyal to General Khalifa Haftar, who have approached the gates of Tripoli after night air raids. At least 227 people have died since the forces of the Libyan National Army (LNA) launched the offensive, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), while [...]
read moreGreat Britain intervenes in the Libyan crisis and makes its voice heard at the UN. The proposed proposal appeals to both sides to "refrain from bellicose rhetoric" and avoid "any new action". But in reality it is a point in favor of Prime Minister Payez al-Sarraj because he invites you to refer to the special envoy [...]
read moreFrance helps Haftar in his attempt to take Tripoli, and does so with its own specialists deployed on Libyan soil. This is what emerges from the militias on the ground. According to reports from "Libya Observer", a militiaman fighting for General Haftar confessed that he had boarded a flight departing from Benina, the airport [...]
read moreElisabetta Trenta, Minister of Defense, speaking as a guest on the show "Circo Massimo" spoke about the situation in Libya and the line that Italy should take in this regard. According to what the minister declared on these occasions, diplomacy must be brought to the highest levels without taking advantage of these opportunities to engage in politics which on the contrary must work [...]
read moreThe United States sends the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group to the Mediterranean. The “Carrier strike group” will be operational in the area of the US Sixth Fleet based in Naples, where the United States Naval Forces Europe Command is also located. The aircraft carrier entered European waters "to train, patrol and show strength [...]
read moreKhalifa Haftar fighters carried out new air strikes south of Tripoli, particularly in the Ain Zara area, not far from the Basheer al Sadawi migrant center. This was reported by the Libyan television broadcaster "Libya Ahrar", whose headquarters are located in Doha, Qatar. The bombing, according to this source, would not have caused [...]
read moreLibya, Macron blocks the EU resolution, the wrath of Salvini. A Falcon brought Haftar's son to Paris
Diplomacy among the "secret" Falcons. The Republic reports that a Falcon jet transported Haftar's envoys to Paris: they wanted to obtain France's consent to the attack on Tripoli. According to Libyan sources, the son of General Haftar led them. On Monday, an Italian Falcon carried Haftar to the Italian premier Giuseppe Conte. Frictions between France [...]
read moreThe Minister of the Interior, Matteo Salvini, interviewed by Rtl 102.5, about the Libyan crisis and the secret negotiation, which the newspaper "La Repubblica" talks about, between Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and a delegation of General Haftar, said: " If Conte meets all the parties involved, I can't tell you yes or no, but if [...]
read moreFrance and Italy are "the outsiders who have the most to lose" from the ongoing fighting in Libya, and for this reason they should put aside their differences and jointly press for a peaceful solution to the conflict in the North African country. This was stated by "Bloomberg", in an editorial signed by the management, which underlines how Donald's United States [...]
read moreFrench President Emmanuel Macaron had a telephone conversation with President of the Presidential Council, Fayez Al-Sarraj, to deny his country's ties to the current war in southern Tripoli, after several reports point to France precisely behind the Khalifa Haftar's war on Tripoli. Macron therefore called for an immediate stop to the fighting. [...]
read moreAccording to the United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), during a "flash update" on the situation in Libya, at least 3.400 people have been displaced by the ongoing armed clashes near Tripoli, where the security situation " remains unstable ". According to the report, around 3.400 people have left their homes in Tariq [...]
read morePrime Minister Giuseppe Conte from Vinitaly spoke of Libya: “We have been following the Libya dossier for some time and we are also following it in the last stages. It is an evolution that worries us and I must confess that it does not leave us completely surprised because obviously, following the evolution, we had grasped this possible evolution. We are certainly trying to [...]
read moreInterior Minister Matteo Salvini had a telephone conversation with Libyan Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Maitig. This was announced by the Interior Ministry, according to which the two discussed the latest developments in Libya. The Libyan situation was also addressed during the G7 in Paris: Salvini asked the other ministers to work for [...]
read moreLibya's national conference will be held in July in the city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This was announced by the president of the African Union commission, Moussa Faki, on the sidelines of the 30th Arab League summit underway in Tunis. Faki participated in a meeting of the Quartet on Libya together with the Secretary General of the Nations [...]
read moreThe Italian ambassador to Libya, Giuseppe Buccino Grimaldi, has asked for a security plan that guarantees the safety of the company that will carry out the work of "The Alternative Road" (Sahili) which extends from Imsaad to Marij in eastern Libya. The statements came in a meeting between the Minister of Transport Milad Ma'atoug and the Italian ambassador in [...]
read moreThe Guardian has published a photograph of the politico-military situation in Libya which clearly shows the strengthening of General Khalifa Haftar after the conquest, last month, of a large part of the southern region of Fezzan. This was reported by the Italian news agency Nova. Patrick Wintour, diplomatic affairs analyst, recalls how, with recent victories [...]
read moreAbout 300 contractors linked to Russian military intelligence (GRU) have allegedly supported General Haftar in his recent actions in southern Libya. The news appeared in The Telegraph. Russian support would have come through the private company, known as the Wagner Group, which would have supplied the Libyan army with artillery, tanks, drones and ammunition. [...]
read moreLibyan General Al Tawil, Chief of Staff of the Army of the Libyan National Agreement Government, said: "The operation conducted in Fezzan is for the whole army: the armed forces are united and the divisions are only among the politicians ". A statement that the head of (Gna) al Sarraj did not like, so much so that the officer was [...]
read moreIn a twitter the UN representative Salamé wrote that in the Abu Dhabi meeting between Haftar and Sarraj an agreement on the elections would be reached. The goal is to "preserve the unity of the country and put an end to the transitional phase". Apparently there would be a stabilization project that provides for the reconfiguration of the Presidential Council and the [...]
read moreToday the Abu Dhabi summit between the premier of the Libyan National Agreement government, Fayez al Sarraj, the Libyan general Khalifa Haftar, commander of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA), and the president of the Libyan oil company National Oil Corporation (Noc) , Mustafa Sanallah. This was reported by the Italian news agency Nova. According to the television broadcaster "al Arabiya", with [...]
read moreGeneral Khalifa Mattar refused to meet with the head of the Libyan presidential council, Fayez al Sarraj. This was underlined by a source quoted by the news portal "Libyan Address". According to the source, the refusal is due to the fact that "Sarraj is a weak figure, he does not control the situation in Tripoli and he will not be able [...]
read moreThe Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, will soon have an update with the commander of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA), General Khalifa Haftar, on the latest events in Libya. Conte told reporters from Sharm el Sheikh, after meeting with the premier of the government of national agreement, Fayez al Sarraj. The news is reported by the agency [...]
read moreA source quoted by the broadcaster "Libya Ahrar" said that the men of the "Karma" (Dignity) operation took control of Murzuq after a siege of about 20 days. The contribution of the militias of General Kalifa Haftar was important. The latest clashes had affected the artery connecting Murzuq to Ghadwa, the source concluded. On February 22, the press office [...]
read moreThe under-the-table actions of the French government in Libya do not end. Transalpine diplomacy is reportedly working to organize a summit between the head of the Libyan National Accord Government (GNA), Fayez al Sarraj, and the commander of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar. French concerns arose from the recent escalation of clashes south of [...]
read moreA high-ranking intelligence adviser to late Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi, Abdullah al-Senussi, reportedly told French investigators that the Libyan government "donated" $ 8 million to former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for the election campaign 2007 An accusation harshly denied by Sarkozy himself: "During a 20-minute television interview, Sarkozy described [...]
read moreThe High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, met the Prime Minister of the Government of Libyan National Accord, Fayez al Sarraj, and the UN Special Envoy for Libya, Ghassan Salamé, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, ongoing until February 17. It made it [...]
read more(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The lifeline for all crises across the border is the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella. More and more often the leaders of other countries turn to the Quirinale to resolve and dissolve "embarrassing" situations. This time the French president Macron did not delay a moment and addressed the Italian president [...]
read moreMedia close to General Kalifa Haftar reported a surprise visit by the deputy director of the Italian External Information and Security Agency (Aise), Giovanni Caravelli, which took place in Tripoli, in these particularly hot days. According to sources from the Libyan secret services, Caravelli arrived in the capital of Libya with a delegation defined as "high-level" of Italian intelligence on board [...]
read moreThe ban on flying over the Fezzan by the forces of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) of Cyrenaica persists despite yesterday's crisis. This was reported by the Italian news agency Nova. After the air raid on the airstrip of the al Fil oil field, in southern Libya, by a fighter [...]
read moreThe United Nations and Tripoli's Government of National Accord today launched the 2019 Humanitarian Response Plan in Libya. The initiative to raise $ 202 million aims to provide health care, protection, water and shelter to 552.000 vulnerable people living in Libya in dire conditions. The plan was launched in [...]
read moreLibyan air fighters loyal to General Khalifa Haftar yesterday conducted a series of air strikes on the village of Marzuq, south of Sebha, where there are believed to be gatherings of Chadian rebels. This was revealed by the spokesman of the local civil society associations, Suleiman Sida, to the Libyan newspaper “al Ayam”. According […]
read moreThe United Nations Support Mission in Libya (Unmsil) is "impartial" and the criticisms coming from Cyrenaica mean that the path has been taken is the right one: the UN special representative in Libya, Ghassan Salamé, said in an interview to the pan-Arab newspaper published in London “Asharq al Awsat”. The Lebanese diplomat said [...]
read moreThe Independent wrote in an editorial on Thursday that Khalifa Haftar and his military have committed war crimes in the eastern city of Derna. The UK-based newspaper reported what human rights lawyers in London had reported and urged the International Criminal Court to [...]
read moreGeneral Khalifa Haftar's self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) military operation south of Sebha in southern Libya "is intended to protect the country and the people" and is not intended to target any specific tribe or social component in the region . This is what we read in a statement issued yesterday by the LNA and relaunched this morning by [...]
read moreWhere is the treasure of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi? Il Sole24Ore tries to retrace the "obstacle" road of the immense river of money that many estimate to amount to about 60 billion US dollars. A few months after the start of the Libyan spring when Gaddafi controlled Tripolitania and fought the transitional government that had established itself in Cyrenaica, [...]
read moreThe Minister of Defense Elisabetta Trenta wished, on the twitter profile, a good job to the new Italian ambassador in Tripoli, Giuseppe Buccino Grimaldi. The minister greeted the Italian diplomat who officially started the mission in Libya today following the approval of the government concerned. The Farnesina then reported the [...]
read moreThe MiG-35 fighters of the Libyan aviation loyal to General Khalifa Haftar, a strongman from Cyrenaica, conducted a series of air raids today in an area south of Sebha, in Fezzan, following the firefights that took place these morning that have caused the deaths of four soldiers of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA). It reports [...]
read moreThe protest movement of the inhabitants of southern Libya called “Fezzan's Anger” was born just over three months ago and continues its activity to ask for security, work and development. This was reported by the Italian news agency Nova. Also following the launch in mid-January of a military offensive by forces loyal to General Khalifa Haftar, [...]
read moreInterior Minister Fathi Pashagha asked the Italian government to cooperate with Libya and provide direct support in the fields of training and rehabilitation of the ministry's security cadres. The Lybian Observer reports it. The minister's intervention took place during a meeting in Tripoli with an Italian delegation of high [...]
read moreNo more than 50 migrants are still missing off the Libyan coast. The spokesman for the Libyan Navy, Ayoub Qassem, told "Agenzia Nova", who denied the news relating to the drowning of 170 people in the Mediterranean. Previously, in fact, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) had expressed "deep sorrow" for [...]
read moreA merchant ship sent by the Libyan Coast Guard reached the damaged boat which had been 60 kilometers from Misurata for hours, and the hundred shipwrecked people who risked dying at sea set course for Misurata. This was announced by Palazzo Chigi in a note. "Help us, soon I will not be able to speak anymore because I am freezing". It was this [...]
read moreIllusion, this is the feeling that hovers among European countries after yet another tragedy that took place in the Mediterranean, 117 drowned in front of Tripoli. They had left with an already deflated dinghy. The 3 survivors said that it is better to die than to remain in the "lager" collection centers in Libya. They would suffer [...]
read moreOn yesterday's rubber dinghy in front of Tripoli there were 120 people, according to the spokesman of the IOM, Flavio Di Giacomo. “The three survivors who arrived in Lampedusa told us there were 120 - he explains -. After 11 hours of navigation, they took on water and began to sink. Many in the water began to drown others [...]
read moreLibyan civilians "continue to live in fear of a violent conflict" and the situation is particularly worrying in Tripoli, where the United Nations truce reached in September was again violated, even if the recent violations "have been contained". The UN special envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salamé, said today in [...]
read moreClashes have resumed in Tripoli after weeks of silence in a moment in which the premier of the Government of Libyan national agreement, Fayez al Sarraj, appears increasingly weak while, albeit slowly, his rival, General Khalifa Haftar, strengthens his positions in Cyrenaica seeks to expand its influence in the south by occupying [...]
read moreThe UN special envoy for Libya, Ghassan Salamé, arrived this morning at Tamanhint airport (about 600 kilometers south of Tripoli), in the Fezzan region, on what is his first visit to the south of Libya since the beginning of his post in June 2017. This was reported by the Italian press agency [...]
read moreMembers of the presidential council of the UN-backed government of national accord of Libya, Vice Premier Ahmed Maiteeq, and Vice-Presidents Fathi al Majbari and Abdel Salam Kajman, have issued a statement announcing the possible collapse of the executive led by the prime minister Fayez al Sarraj. This was reported by the Italian press agency [...]
read moreThe UN special envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salamé, according to the Italian news agency Nova, declared that the parliamentary elections "could take place as early as next spring". Quoted by the pan-Arab newspaper based in London "Asharq al Awsat". "Two or three weeks" of meetings between representatives between the various rival factions [...]
read moreThe head of the Presidential Council, Fayez Al-Sirraj, went to Malta today to discuss the issues relating to security and illegal immigration affecting the countries bordering the Mediterranean. Maltese newspapers reported the meeting between Al-Sirraj and the Prime Minister of Malta, Joseph Muscat. The Lybian Observer reports it. Before meeting [...]
read moreThe Libya Observer newspaper reports that electoral procedures to call municipal elections in Libya will begin as early as next March. This was stated by the head of the central commission for the elections of municipal councils in Libya, Salim Bin Tahiya. Bin Tahiya said 69 municipalities have been registered so far, adding that the elections [...]
read moreThe Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI), the oldest group of experts in Italy specializing in international affairs, has published a series of articles on "What awaits us in 2019?" WHERE which the Institute offers ten forecasts for the year 2019. The Lybian Address Journal reports it. An article, written by ISPI members Federica Saini Fasanotti [...]
read moreThe Libya Observer reports that a group of Benghazi militiamen stormed the city's Jala hospital on Tuesday. The same day the foreign ministry was attacked. The attack occurred with gunshots inside the intensive care unit (ICU), the hospital reported. The armed group entered [...]
read more(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The symbol of Libya's opening towards the outside has been attacked. The headquarters of the foreign ministry has suffered an attack which, as the hours pass, takes on an increasingly symbolic meaning. Libya, still divided and in conflict after the dismissal and killing of Gaddafi, seeks the path of stabilization through [...]
read moreAt least two terrorists hit the Libyan foreign ministry headquarters in Tripoli, opening fire before blowing themselves up once inside the building. A ministry employee said three people were killed and six injured. The ministry of health confirmed the death toll of one death and nine [...]
read moreGiuseppe Conte, returning from his visit to Libya, wrote on Facebook, “I am now back in Rome, at the end of a busy day. After the approval of the budget law in the Senate late at night and a Council of Ministers that lasted until three in the morning, at dawn today I left for Libya ”. The prime minister has [...]
read moreItalian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte met with President Al Serraj in Tripoli, followed by the President of the High Council of State, Khaled Al Meshri. Then the Italian premier met with General Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi. A mission through which to carry forward, with the work of diplomacy and intelligence, the plan proposed with the Conference [...]
read more(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Yesterday the Council of Ministers decided to designate the new Italian ambassador to Tripoli, Giuseppe Maria Buccino Grimaldi while Giuseppe Perrone will take on the role of new ambassador to Theran. The Ambassador was recalled to Rome last summer following controversies with General Haftar over the statements on the Libyan elections [...]
read more(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The Italian government, as regards the “Libya dossier”, is reaping the fruits of the Washington agreements of last July 30 between Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and American President Donald Trump. In the press conference organized at the end of the meeting, US President Donald Trump spoke of "strategic dialogue" with Italy, based on cooperation ranging from energy [...]
read more(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The weakness of the French government, grappling with the "noisy" revolt of the yellow vests, is favoring some very interesting processes in Libya for the future sought stabilization. Italy in this delicate phase is moving in a really witty way trying to be more active with the interlocutors who have real influence in [...]
read moreThe aired hypothesis of entrusting the Tripoli embassy to Giuseppe Buccino, former Italian representative in Libya before the first closure of the embassy, prompted the Libyan authorities to forcefully demand the return of Ambassador Giuseppe Perrone. Giuseppe Buccino would not be welcome due to his proximity to Islamist circles in Tripoli, and in particular with the brotherhood [...]
read moreThe Lybian Observer reports that Khalifa Haftar's spokesman has accused Belgium of sending weapons to "terrorist groups" in western Libya via Misrata airport. Ahmed Al-Mismari said in his latest press conference last week that Belgium used dividends from Libyan frozen assets to send weapons […]
read moreUN special envoy for Libya Ghassam Salame wants to organize a reconciliation assembly in a neutral location on Libyan territory in order to prepare for the next political elections, scheduled for spring 2019. The choice of location is crucial to avoid conflicts and refusals to participate by all the actors in [...]
read moreAccording to sources close to General Haftar, reports The Libyan Observer, French officials have assured the Libyan general their support to take and control Tripoli. The Arab newspaper wrote that Haftar met French officials, including the Foreign Minister, on the sidelines of the Palermo conference of November 12-13, discussing his [...]
read moreThe Libyan coast guard has a rubber dinghy in custody with about 100 immigrants on board, almost all of Sudanese nationality. The alarm, which started yesterday afternoon from the dinghy, had been intercepted by the ships of the NGO Mediterranea and Proactiva Open Arms. The Mediterranean NGO wrote on Twitter that "120 people" were in danger of drowning, explaining that they had "informed [...]
read moreDozens of illegal migrants continue to refuse to disembark from the "Neven" ship, anchored in the port of Misurata eight days ago, reiterating their intention to go to Italy. Several local and international organizations have made efforts to persuade migrants to get off the ship, but without any success in this regard, Red Crescent reported [...]
read moreLybian Observer reported that self-styled Libyan army spokesman Ahmed Al-Mismari said Khalifa Haftar will remain in his post as "commander general of the Libyan army" until the election. Al-Mismari indicated that the only recognizable supreme commander of the Libyan army will be the elected president. He added that the general command of the self-styled army is looking for [...]
read moreThe Italian embassy today delivered medical equipment to the Qatrun and Janzour hospitals as part of the program called Solidarity Bridge. The Italian embassy said this is a new step to support "the Libyan cities most affected by illegal immigration and human trafficking, including the crucial southern region".
read moreLocal media reports that the XNUMXth Brigade has taken control of Tripoli International Airport. They have already erected checkpoints and blocked some roads, declaring the area a "military zone". The Libyan Address Journal reported that security sources from the Qasr Ben Ghashir Security Directorate and eyewitnesses of the region's inhabitants reported […]
read moreAmnesty International criticized, in a statement on Monday, the "deplorable" and "ruthless" policies of the European Union regarding the response to the migration crisis in the Mediterranean. "Due to the ruthless policies of the EU states to prevent the arrival of thousands of men, women and children on the coasts of Europe, they are trapped in Libya, exposed to [...]
read moreGeneral Kalifa Haftar eventually went to Palermo but deserted the plenary meeting. He had meetings with the European ministers present and then left around 11.00, leaving a couple of delegations for technical meetings. However, the strong man from Cyrenaica said: "We are always in a state of war and the country [...]
read moreThe Tripoli-based National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced in a statement Friday that its president, Mustafa Sanalla, has engaged with Libyan politicians ahead of the Palermo conference. According to NOC, Sanalla spoke with the special representative and head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya [...]
read moreThe Lybian Address Journal, a newspaper close to General Haftar, reports that the spokesman for the Libyan coast guard based in Tripoli, Ayoub Qassem, told the media on Friday that Italy has supplied old patrol boats not suitable for rescue. He also accused international non-governmental organizations of trying to reap huge profits through illegal flights [...]
read moreThe Italian embassy in Libya revealed that on Thursday 44 “special needs” migrants left Libya for Italy, through a new humanitarian legal corridor. "The migrants left Libya in cooperation with the Italian Ministry of the Interior, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Refugee Agency UNHCR in Libya", [...]
read moreAfter Palermo, we are already thinking about a new summit dedicated to security to be held in Rome. The agenda of the work in Sicily included comparisons between the delegations led by Fayez al Sarraj, Khalifa Hartar, Águila Saleh and Khalid Al-Mishri, on the so-called "security track", or the management of security in Tripoli and Libya. The program of [...]
read moreThe head of Italian external intelligence Alberto Manenti ran to Moscow to resolve a very sensitive issue. At stake was the participation of the strong man of Cyrenaica, the gen. Kalifa Haftar at the Palermo Summit. Haftar did not want to sit at the same table with the new Minister of the Interior of the government of national accord Bishaga, representative [...]
read moreThe President of the High Council of State (HCS) Khaled Al-Mishri discussed with the Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte about the final preparations for the Palermo Conference on Libya on 12 and 13 November. The two sides also discussed a number of issues of common interest, including increased efforts in the fight against [...]
read moreFrance does not give up on the Italian success and is still trying to sabotage the meeting in Palermo on November 12 and 13 on the Libya dossier. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has invited leading exponents of Misrata to Paris for 8 November, the city that thanks to its militias is a power [...]
read moreThe spokesman for Fayez Al-Sirraj - Head of the Libyan Presidential Council - Mohammed El Sallak told a press conference on Wednesday that Al-Sarraj will reiterate at the Palermo Conference the need to go to elections in Libya and approve a constitutional basis. El Sallak said that Al-Sirraj will also emphasize the need to end the [...]
read moreIn Rome for a surprise visit to the strong man from Cyrenaica. General Kalifa Haftar is in Italy to meet Giuseppe Conte and the Foreign Minister, Enzo Moavero Milanesi. The meeting is preparatory for the summit organized by Italy on Libya to be held in Palermo on 12 and 13 November. A visit, writes the [...]
read more(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The prime minister, Giuseppe Conte meets Payez al Sarraj, after the UN representative Ghassan Salame, and in the coming days Khalid al-Mishri, president of the High Council of State, followed by Aguila Saleh Issa, president of the parliament of Tobruk. The Palermo summit on 12 and 13 November is upon us and not [...]
read moreItaly is trying to get all African support, in view of the Palermo conference on Libya scheduled for 12 and 13 November. Thirty-four African countries and 13 international organizations, including the European Union, are invited to participate in the Rome Conference, organized by the Italian Foreign Ministry, next Thursday. The Minister of [...]
read moreThe Libyan Navy said it received the Italian ship Fezzan at the Abu Sitta naval base in Tripoli with 14 Libyan members on board. Libyan navy spokesman Ayoub Qassim told Libya Observer that the ship was provided by the Italian coast guard to the Libyan counterpart as part of the cooperation [...]
read moreOn the website al Wasat Ali al Saidi, a Libyan deputy close to General Kalifa Haftar, he said that the meeting in Palermo on 12 and 13 November will solve nothing, because not solving anything is one of the Italian objectives, which as is well known is in continued divergence with France on the "Libya dossier". For this reason, […]
read moreItalian Deputy Foreign Minister Emanuela Claudia Del Re arrived in Tripoli on Monday with a high-level government delegation. Upon his arrival, he held talks with Libyan Foreign Minister Mohammed Sayala on the relations of both countries. He also extended an official invitation to Sayala to attend the Conference of [...]
read moreEnzo Moavero Milanesi, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, spoke yesterday with his French colleague Jean-Yves Le Drian who had arrived in Rome to participate in the canonization ceremony of Pope Paul VI. During the talks, the two ministers talked about the Conference scheduled for Libya scheduled in Palermo for 12 and [...]
read moreNo one was injured among the 14 sailors, Italian and Tunisian, of the two Sicilian fishing boats seized by the Libyan Coast Guard and subjected to a police arrest for investigations. A Libyan patrol boat approached them, firing several shots, last Tuesday 29 miles off the coast of Derna on charges of fishing in Libyan and non-international waters [...]
read moreItalian Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi was in Moscow with his colleague Sergey Lavrov to discuss bilateral relations, Ukraine and Syria. The Italian interest, however, is currently turned, above all to the Libyan question. Moavero, in this regard, announced that at the conference of 12 and 13 November in Palermo [...]
read moreForeign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi told Parliament that the Libya summit will be held in Palermo on 12 and 13 November. It is a question of organizing a hot table whose members, hopefully, will be Russia, the USA, Europe, the Arab League, Egypt, as well as tribal leaders and local militias. The word […]
read moreLibya Observer reported clashes on Tripoli Tariq Al-Matar (Airport Road) between Liwaa Al-Summod forces led by former Libyan Dawn leader Salah Badi and Central Security Department forces in Abu Salim led by Abdelghani Al- Kikli. The clashes resulted in more displaced families among the hot zone. Accredited sources have said [...]
read moreFrance does not give up on the Libya dossier despite the UN decision to leave its mission for another year and bring the North African country to the elections by March 2019. Béatrice le Fraper du Hellen, ambassador of France to Libya, was appointed ambassador to Malta and began her new post with [...]
read moreSeveral members of the High Council of State (HCS) have called on the HCS, the House of Representatives (HoR) and the Presidential Council (PC) to step down from the political process and let the Libyans take power from here on out. "They should all announce a date for the election of an entity that represents all Libyans." Members have [...]
read morePowerful unscrupulous militias, linked to human traffickers, would seem to be in disarray and they would be the directors of the chaos that reigns in Tripoli. Valentino Di Giacomo reports it in Il Messaggero who explains, for over a year the agreements between Italy and the Libyan government have allowed a drastic reduction in the departures of migrants from [...]
read moreThe United Nations Security Council has extended the mission to Libya for another year and has not approved the date of December 10 for the elections. Instead, the Council approved a draft resolution presented by the United Kingdom to hold the presidential elections as soon as possible on the condition that [...]
read moreGeneral Haftar sends a signal to Italy that has a threatening flavor. Libya closes the southern borders erased after the fall of Gaddafi, today a passage of migrants to the Mediterranean, only if Italy and Europe invest their money in training the Tebu, transforming them into border guards, ready to defeat the Tuareg, the enemy tribes. A [...]
read moreForeign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi and Marshal Khalifa Haftar met in Benghazi in a long and cordial conversation that re-launched the close relationship with Italy in a climate of consolidated trust. There was ample convergence between the two for intense cooperation and a common commitment to a Libya [...]
read moreLibyan Observer wrote that gunmen attacked the headquarters of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) in Tripoli, repeating the scenario of last May's attack on the National Electoral Commission. Reports say that about 6 gunmen broke into the building in the Dahra district, using small arms and grenades. Two of the attackers would be [...]
read moreDo you know that the Italian government is closing the ports? A Somali refugee, now in Libya, “will mean that we will die at sea. Better to hope, to leave, than to be trapped in Libya ”Sudanese, Eritreans, Somalis, Nigerians, Chadians cannot go back and it is impossible to stay in Libya. The only possibility is to leave with the traffickers towards the Italian coast. [...]
read moreUNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency, said in a statement that it was dismayed at reports of traffickers posing as UNHCR agents. UNHCR has called on the Libyan authorities to take action against all criminals trying to take advantage of desperate refugees and migrants. "Reliable reports from our sources and [...]
read moreEmadeddin Muntasser, an analyst and founding member of the Libyan American Public Affairs Council and Mohamed Fouad, a political analyst and TV journalist, wrote a very interesting editorial in "Libyan Observer", about Plan "B" that the UN would be carrying out in Libya to try to bring the contenders to a negotiating table to arrive, gradually, [...]
read moreLibya Observer reports that General Khalifa Haftar said that "the Tripoli crisis should not go any longer and liberating the Libyan capital is inevitable". Speaking to the tribal leaders of Benghazi, he stated that he would "liberate" Tripoli through a well-structured plan to end what he called the rule of [...]
read moreCorriere della Sera envoy to Libya, Lorenzo Cremonesi, interviewed military and political leaders to understand what is really happening on the ground near Tripoli. “The truth is that we are tired of fighting each other. Only a small minority of our guerrillas opted to go and defend the government of al Sarraj [...]
read moreRoberto Bongiomi on Il Sole 24 ore made an interesting editorial on Libya's oil extraction capacities. Capabilities that you exploit "peacefully" would make the African country among the first in the world for quantity and quality of crude oil. At the end of August, a promising recovery in oil production was announced, which had risen to over one million barrels [...]
read moreThe spokesperson for the Tripoli-based International Telecommunications Company said Facebook went down due to a malfunction of the international provider. Similarly, a Libya Telecom and Technology (LTT) official told reporters that Facebook has not been blocked but has encountered a technical error, and that they are contacting the [...]
read moreThe presidential council led by al-Sarraj has instructed the Misrata Anti-Terrorism Force, led by General Mohammed Al Zein, to enter the capital to forcefully impose a new ceasefire. During the night, a first convoy of 300 vehicles, pick-ups and armored vehicles, entered the capital, followed by others [...]
read moreDefense Minister Elisabetta Trenta, speaking on the delicate Libyan question and taking up the statements of President Fico, reiterated that for what has been happening in recent days in Libya "France has its responsibilities!", "It is undeniable that today the country is in this situation because someone, in 2011, put the [...]
read moreAccording to reports from the UN Mission in Libya (Unsmil), the death toll of the clashes in Libya in the last 47 days is at least 129 dead and 8 injured. Unsmil, in the note issued today, also invited "the various parties affected by the conflict to an extended meeting for Tuesday at noon in a place that [...]
read moreFor days we have been dealing with the question of Libya by putting forward the hypothesis that once again Paris, in an aggressive manner, wants to put Rome in the corner and frustrate the next meeting between Libyan leaders in Italy in Sciacca in November. Another French objective is to kill the Italian Ambassador to Libya, Giuseppe Perrone, guilty of having given his [...]
read morePresidential Council head Fayez Al-Sarray said in a televised statement that he was taken aback by the clashes in southern Tripoli, saying the fighting resulted in innocent deaths among military and civilian units. "Civilians must remain outside the circle of violence which will unfortunately end with further destruction [...]
read moreThe New Arab, citing military sources Ajdabiya, reported that former Petroleum Facilities (IFG) Guard chief Ibrahim Jodran and Moamar Gaddafi's tribal loyalists as well as Chadian rebels have formed a new alliance to carry out a military operation. which aims to control not only the growing [...]
read more(by Massimiliano D'Elia) As reported by The Libyan Observer, member of the Higher Council of State (HCS) Abdelrahman Al-Shater said last May that the French initiative to resolve the political impasse in Libya is in the interest of France and its goal is to control Libya through its agents already present in the country. [...]
read moreThe riots and armed struggles between the various factions in Libya have increased in recent days as everyone wants to have their own prominent position for the next political elections that France would like already in December 2018. Given that the Italian ambassador to Libya has disputed because there would be no conditions. Conditions […]
read moreLibya Observer reported that the World Health Organization (WHO) organized last Monday the distribution of a shipment of medicines and medical supplies provided by the French government to a number of hospitals and health facilities in the southern region in collaboration with the System of Fezzan medical supply. A procurement system officer [...]
read moreThe New York Times reports Russia's reply to Khalifa Hartar's spokesman, Ahmed Mismari, who had asked for Russian help to free Libya from the influence of Turkey, Qatar, and especially Italy. La Stampa also heard from Lev Dengov, head of the contact group for intralibic dialogue. "I don't think it is correct to aim [...]
read moreThe Fezzan agreement signed in Rome last year by Minister Minniti no longer exists, the French once again managed to nullify a "small" Italian success in the area. An editorial by “La Stampa” analyzes in detail the updated situation in the field. The novelty would be the infiltration of the Libyan Tebu tribes by elements [...]
read moreThe European Commission wants to investigate and has asked the Italian government for clarification. The Italian tug Asso Ventotto rescued just over 100 people and then turned 360 ° towards Tripoli. "Revolution", everyone shouted at the scandal, "it is forbidden by the rules, Libya is not a safe haven", so left, NGOs and UNHCRs. Immediate […]
read moreFaced with French activism in Libya, Italy does not stand by, quite the contrary. The Italian government is trying to reopen a partnership with the former Jamairyia, to go beyond the migration dossier. It is no coincidence that the Italian authorities have often been to Libya in the last two months. Minister of the Interior Matteo Salvini, then that of Foreign Affairs [...]
read moreGiuseppe Conte tries to consolidate bilateral relations with the United States after the signs of appreciation received by Trump at the beginning of last June during the meeting of the NATO countries. After signing the Guest Book in the Roosevelt Room, the two leaders move to the oval room to start the private talks, where they are met [...]
read moreThe NGO Open Arms heads straight towards Spain, guilty, according to them, the Italian Minister of the Interior Matteo Salvini. Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini replied on his twitter profile, "maybe they have something to hide". The NGO controversy has been going on for days. He accused Italy of being an "accomplice" of the Libyan coast guard, calling it "assassins enlisted by Italy". [...]
read moreGiuseppe Conte, Prime Minister, announces a new conference on Libya to be held in Italy next autumn. An important event that aims to follow up on that of Paris by involving all the actors who are in Libya. Conte explained that the Italian government feels "the need to involve [...]
read moreInterior Minister Salvini flew to Libya to meet the political leaders of the North African country to try to open a door that allows, in the short medium term, to start a process for the opening of hotspots, reception centers and migrant identification in south of Libya. This is Italy's proposal that will be presented to the Council [...]
read moreAfter yesterday's informal Brussels summit, where Giuseppe Conte presented the Italian proposal on immigration, the "European Multilevel Strategy for migration" which aims to move the reception centers to Libya and North Africa, today is the turn of the Minister of the Interior, Matteo Salvini who in flight to Libya will have a [...]
read moreThe day of the informal summit in Brussels, with at least 16 member countries present, the Visegrad group absent, is preparing to become a mini summit, an insignificant meeting both for the non-decisions that will be taken and for the weakness of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who on migrants will try to reacquire the role of leader of [...]
read moreShip flying the Dutch flag loads migrants. Salvini, "take a ride a little wide, Italian ports Nisba"
The ship of the NGO Lifeline flying the Dutch flag with a foreign crew, in contravention of the requests of the Italian and Libyan coastguards, embarked, in Libyan waters, 242 illegal immigrants. The Lifeline is now considered a ghost ship because it has turned off the "transponder", the satellite instrument that indicates the reference data of the boats for days. The minister […]
read moreThe Aquarius affair has turned on a spotlight on the migrant issue which for years has affected, in reality, only Italy. The line taken by the Italian government has had, for now, the desired effects. The countries of the European Union have, on several occasions with press releases, reaffirmed their firm will to deal with the "Mediterranean" issue with [...]
read moreA coup against Prime Minister Fayez Al Sarraj is what is thought to be taking place in Tripoli, despite official denials. The situation deteriorated after the French announcement of a conference on Libya to be held in the next few days in Paris. Between official denials and indiscretions, it is understood that three militias so far under the control of [...]
read moreArmed groups in Libya are killing and torturing thousands of civilians illegally detained in prisons, some of which are under the control of the government of Tripoli, an ally of Italy in managing migration flows in the Central Mediterranean. The complaint comes from the report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, entitled "Abuse Behind [...]
read moreMisrata and Zintan, the two cities that fought for the hegemony of Tripoli, have signed a reconciliation agreement that is in some ways considered historic. The meetings between the parties began on Wednesday 28 March, when the leaders of Misrata traveled to Zintan, located 170 km south-east of Tripoli. During the meeting, the [...]
read moreGeneral Khalifa Haftar rejected a power-sharing offer made by Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Al Sarraj. The news was made known by an authoritative pan-Arab daily. Anonymous sources of the Libyan national army led by Haftar, through the website of the newspaper Asharq Al-Awst, made it known that the proposal - the result of mediation [...]
read morePaolo Gentiloni, Prime Minister, speaking at the Farnesina during the international conference in support of the Lebanese security forces said: "Supporting Lebanon in this process of institutional consolidation is fundamental, but we must be aware that our contribution must be based on a regional approach that takes into account the multiple existing challenges and [...]
read moreInternational charity vessels and Libya's coast guard collected several hundred migrants on Saturday as smugglers tried to take advantage of the calm seas to launch large numbers of boats to Italy. The Libyan coastguard ships intercepted three migrant ships, the first a rubber dinghy that had been filled with [...]
read moreHaftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) sent reinforcements to Sebha, in southern Libya, after yesterday's clashes between militias loyal to the Tebu and those of the Bani Suleiman. In particular, the sending of reinforcements is linked to the local authorities' denunciation of the presence of foreign militias, probably Chadian and Sudanese rebels, in the [...]
read moreThe Libyan High Council of State on Tuesday called on the Arab League (AL) to stand firmly against those who stand in the way of the implementation of a UN-sponsored political deal. Abdulrahman Swehli, the head of the council, accused "some parts of the House of Representatives" of obstructing the political agreement, calling on the AL to adopt a "clear and firm position", [...]
read moreA recent Washington Instutute for near East Policy report reported that in the past seven years, a large influx of foreign fighters has joined the ranks of ISIS jihadists in Libya. Libya is experiencing the fourth largest mobilization of foreign fighters in the history of jihadism, finding itself immediately behind Syria, Afghanistan and [...]
read moreThe President of the Arab Parliament Mishal Al-Selmi condemned, with the utmost firmness, the terrorist attack that yesterday hit a mosque in the Libyan city of Benghazi which led to the death and wounding of many faithful. The head of the Arab Parliament said, in a statement, that the cowardly act by terrorists, or [...]
read moreOn Friday, the Libyan Foreign Ministry government of Libya asked the Italian government to clarify its recent decision to increase its troops in Libya. "The foreign ministry delivered a verbal note to the Italian embassy in Tripoli on the decision to increase the Italian troops in Libya", said the official of [...]
read moreKhalifa Haftar was very critical of Turkey: "a war crime committed and sponsored by Turkey" the sending of the cargo ship loaded with explosive material, seized in recent days by the Greek authorities while it was headed for the city of Misrata. It has been defined as a "sailing bomb", the "Andromeda", flying the Tanzanian flag, carried 29 containers with detonators [...]
read moreThe European Union is working with Libyan coast guards to reduce the number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea. But many of those intercepted end up in detention centers in Libya, where some migrants say they are used as slaves, as BBC Stephanie Hegarty discovered when she spoke to some Nigerians who […]
read moreAn eastern Libyan army official said landmines planted by extremists in the eastern city of Benghazi killed 197 soldiers and civilians during 2017, the eastern Libyan news agency reported. 27 military engineering experts were killed and another seven were injured in 2017 while trying to dismantle [...]
read more(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Many think that Isis was defeated in its state form after the battles, neighborhood by neighborhood in two key countries of the region. In Iraq and Syria, the campaign to overthrow the so-called caliphate project that Isis established in June 2014 has largely achieved its goal. After three [...]
read moreA commando of armed men blew up the Libyan oil pipeline leading to the Al Sider terminal (Sidra), in Cyrenaica. Sources of the Libyan National Army (LNA) told the "Lybia Times" that those responsible for the attack were the "Islamic militants of the so-called Benghazi Defense Brigades". According to what was announced by the LNA's Marada battalion, which [...]
read moreBenjamin Griveaux, spokesman for the French government, who spoke on the Sunday radio and television program “Grand Rendez-vous” of Europe 1, officially clarified the announcement made by President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the African Union summit held on November 29th. Regarding a task force to rescue African migrants stranded in Libya, the spokesman said: "The [...]
read moreAfter the meeting he had yesterday with the president of the Libyan national council, Fayex al Serraj, the president of the United States, declared that America continues to "support" the Libyan government of national concord and "the efforts facilitated by the UN to achieve political reconciliation in Libya ”. According to the note released by the House [...]
read moreNova reports that a joint task force between the EU, the African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN) will be created to save and protect the lives of migrants and refugees along the migration routes, particularly in Libya. This is what was decided today in a meeting between the Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), Antonio Guterres, on [...]
read moreMacron at 360 ° does international politics also on behalf of the European Union. He also received the head of state of the Republic of Guinea Alpha Condè in Paris as President of the African Union. Alpha Condè pointed the finger at the European Union, for the issue of migrants detained in Libya, accusing it of being responsible for the smuggling of [...]
read moreAccording to Nova, Tripoli led by Prime Minister Fayez al Sarraj born from the 2015 agreements will continue to be the only Libyan executive recognized until the next elections in 2018: in the meantime, the international community will not tolerate any military-type solution threatened by General Khalifa Haftar, a man fort from Cyrenaica and commander of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA). [...]
read moreAlgerian Foreign Minister Abdelkader Messahel reported that North Africa is under threat from foreign fighters fleeing the defeat of the Islamic State (Isis) in Iraq and Syria. Messahel spoke at a press conference in Cairo after meeting with his Egyptian and Tunisian colleagues Sameh Shukry and Kheimaies Jhinaoui. "The [...]
read moreAccording to Nova, Libyan general Khalifa Haftar met with Egyptian military leaders yesterday during an unannounced visit to Cairo. A Libyan diplomatic source in Egypt confirmed this to “Agenzia Nova”. The visit coincides with the meeting of the officers of Tripoli and Benghazi to arrive at the unification of the Libyan army. [...]
read moreDutch Ambassador to Libya Eric Strating paid a visit today to the Prime Minister of the Libyan National Accord Government, Fayez al Sarraj. The Dutch diplomat, during the meeting held with a view to a strong and evident desire for cooperation between the two countries, made official the reopening of a diplomatic office in the Netherlands in [...]
read moreLibya, visit to Tripoli by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid bin Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein. Zedi today met with the Minister of the Interior of the government of national agreement, Aref Khoja, after being received yesterday by Prime Minister Fayez al Sarraj. The High Commissioner discussed the situation in prisons with Khoja [...]
read moreThe UN Security Council appeals to the Libyans, divided between opposing governments to work together to get to the elections. The fifteen members of the Council gave their full support to the plan presented by the special envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame ', for the legislative and presidential elections in July next year. It is imperative that all [...]
read moreItaly allocates 2 million euros for waste collection in Tripoli The Italian Embassy in Tripoli wrote in a "tweet" that Italy has allocated two million euros to improve the waste disposal system in Tripoli through new equipment and staff training. The Italian Cooperation therefore also aims to contribute to improving the conditions of [...]
read moreThe commercial port of Benghazi reopened today after three years of inactivity due to fighting in the city between Islamic armed groups and military forces led by General Khalifa Haftar. Currently there are two governments that are contending for Libya: the government of national agreement, supported by the UN and led [...]
read moreLibya, fifth meeting of the Joint Processing Committee of Tripoli and Tobruk Representatives According to Nova, today, the fifth meeting of the Joint Processing Committee of the House of Representatives and the Libyan High Council of State has begun in Tunis. So it was written on the Twitter profile of the United Nations support mission for Libya (Unsmil). The fifth […]
read moreAccording to what was announced by the Farnesina, the Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano, after the first two meetings held in Tripoli in the morning with the President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Fayez Al Serraj, and the Deputy Prime Minister, Ahmed Maitig, had an interview with the president of the High Council of State of Libya, Abdulrahmann Swehli, and [...]
read moreRussia is preparing a meeting in Moscow between Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj and the commander of the Libyan Armed Forces Khalifa Haftar. This was reported by the daily Izvestia, citing "a high-level source close to Russian diplomatic circles". The information, adds the newspaper, was confirmed by Serraj himself, who has already given his ok [...]
read moreKhalifa Haftar has been moving to Rome since yesterday afternoon, moving in great secrecy. A little more than 20 days after his meeting in Benghazi with the Minister of the Interior Marco Minniti, the strong man of Cyrenaica returns the visit and confirms the opening of a communication channel with Italy. His Roman agenda is full of commitments, [...]
read moreAt least six militiamen dead and 48 injured in the toll of 4 days of clashes between rival gangs of human traffickers in Sabrata, the crossroads, 40 km west of Tripoli, of this inhuman trade, and forces linked in some way to the government of national unity of Tripoli, by Prime Minister Fayez al Sarraj. [...]
read moreFederica Mogherini, the EU high representative for foreign and security policy, speaking with journalists before the meeting on Libya with the foreign ministers of European countries in New York, referring to the importance that Libya has assumed for the EU , stated that "Libya is a top priority of the European Union, the emergency today is [...]
read moreEfforts to resolve the crisis in Libya have failed due to "too many mediators": this is what Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano said today in an interview published by the Times, in which he asks other nations to abandon independent negotiations and leave the country. office in the hands of the United Nations. Alfano stated that the interventions [...]
read moreAccording to what we read in "La Repubblica", General Khalifa Haftar, the strong man of Eastern Libya, will be in Rome on September 26 after accepting an invitation made by the Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti on his trip to Libya to at the end of August, underlining the discontent of the government of national unity recognized by the international community with [...]
read moreAngelino Alfano, Foreign Minister, at the end of yesterday's meeting held in London with his counterparts from the United Kingdom, USA, France, the Emirates and Egypt, reiterated that too many mediations in Libya do not produce any results, on the contrary, it is necessary that the action of the UN special envoy is legitimized by all countries. The minister stressed that [...]
read moreThe newspaper "Le Monde" punishes France's policy on Libya, in an editorial that accuses President Emmanuel Macron of ignoring the role of Europe and in particular the needs that Italy has in the North African country. The editorial, unsigned and therefore attributable to the management of the "Monde", welcomes the diplomatic "coup" scored [...]
read moreThe disruptions to oil production in Libya have caused direct and indirect losses of $ 160 billion over the past three years. This was reported by the Libyan Central Bank, explaining that the recent blockade of the three largest oil fields in the south and west of the country has resulted in a decrease in output equal to 350 thousand [...]
read moreIn mid-August, General Khalifa Haftar, military commander of the Lybian National Army (LNA), traveled to Moscow. The visit did not arouse much interest, it seemed like one of the classic foreign visits to the Russian capital. The visit began at the airport with the meeting of the Libyan Ambassador to Russia. Meeting, according to many, "unusual", seen [...]
read moreDeveloping a development and security partnership between the European Union and Africa is necessary to create prospects for the future of the countries of the continent, without this approach it will not be possible to tackle “illegal practices”. This is what the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, underlined during the joint press conference which took place today at the end of the mini summit [...]
read moreBritish Foreign Minister Boris Johnson met eastern Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar today in Benghazi, according to a military spokesman. The meeting was on the "development of the political situation", explained Khalifa al Abidi, without giving details. Before going to Benghazi, Johnson was yesterday in Tripoli, then in Misrata, where he met [...]
read moreHarsh fighting is underway in northern Iraq just hours after the launch of the ground military offensive to free the Tal Afar district, west of Mosul, from the yoke of the Islamic State. Through the "Amaq" news agency, the self-styled "caliphate" claims to have destroyed a Humvee and a Cougar Mrap of the Popular Mobilization Units (Pmu, [...]
read moreSources close to the militias of the Libyan general Khalifa Haftar engaged in the siege of the eastern city of Derna declared that they had agreed to open the road to Matrouba, allowing the entry of aid and the exit of civilians under certain conditions. According to reports from the information website “Libya Obeserver”, this will allow the entry of gas cylinders, food and medicines into the besieged city. Has been […]
read moreThe governments of France, the United Kingdom and the United States "welcome the August 17 announcement by the Libyan National Army (LNA) to suspend the major, Mahmoud al Werfalli", commander of the elite forces on which a International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant for unlawful killings. Through a joint note, the three countries ask the LNA [...]
read moreThe Italian ambassador to Tripoli, Giuseppe Perrone, during an interview with the television broadcaster “Al Ahrar” said that “a general dialogue operation that includes all the Libyan parties and not just two people is necessary. Italy works with all Libyans to achieve a single goal, which is to get the country out of its crisis [...]
read moreThere is a severe drop in crude oil production at the al Sharara oil plant due to the recent safety concerns in the area. According to the Libyan news site "al Wasat", what is considered to be the largest oil plant in Libya, located in the south of the country and [...]
read moreNo one has left or thought of leaving the Mediterranean. And if Libya stabilizes and gets to go back to normal even with its own Search and rescue area, this is a positive sign for everyone, starting with those who love migrants ”. This was stated in an interview with Messaggero Mario Morcone, head [...]
read moreEmmanuel Macron spoke on the phone with the UN special envoy for Libya Ghassan Salamé and underlined "the importance of maintaining the dynamic created" among the Libyan parties at the Castle of La Celle-Saint-Cloud. During a telephone conversation, Macron made "a point of the situation" and underlined, according to a note from the Elysée, "the importance of maintaining the dynamics created in the [...]
read moreDespite the many problems it is causing us, the migratory flow that has been affecting us for years is making a decisive contribution to confronting us with some realities that cannot be evaded by Italy and that we obviously needed to focus on. Our relationship with what surrounds us, in fact, has often been mediated, in the last [...]
read moreIn an interview with La Stampa, Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano stated that the situation in Libya is changing, "On the other side of the Mediterranean the wind is changing: we must quickly adjust the sails and use it to stop human trafficking ". The minister explained that the Libyan government of Fayez al-Serraj [...]
read moreGeneral Khalifa Haftar's self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) yesterday conducted new air strikes on Derna, in the east of the country, destroying an ammunition depot belonging to the Islamists of the Shura Council of Mujahideen. The local news agency "Lana" reports, according to which at least three fighters lost their lives in the attack. The depot was located in the area of the western entrance to the city, surrounded by [...]
read moreFirst of all, I want to reiterate that Libyans and Italians are friends. We have overcome the legacy of fascist aggression. And, precisely because our relationships are excellent, I want to fight anyone who tries to ruin them. We come to Italy on vacation, our wounded are treated, we have ancient economic relations. But I must also say that we Libyans care about [...]
read moreThe Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) said that all the pipelines connecting Al Zawiya to Tripoli, including those that draw from the southern Sharara oil field, have been reopened after a few hours of closure. Pipeline number 16, which connected the field in southern Libya, is operational after "a group of demonstrators" had closed it, explained Noc, [...]
read moreSupporters of Gaddafi's former Libyan regime have all met again in France. On 13 July, the Sahel Center for Expertise & Consultancy was received in the French Senate as part of normal international contacts. The center, run by Mohamed Abba Ould Sidi Jellany from Mauritania, brought together many personalities who had already belonged to the court [...]
read moreThe head of the Farnesina Angelino Alfano received the new UN special envoy for Libya, Ghassan Salamé, in Rome. A meeting lasted about an hour. During the joint press conference, the Foreign Minister launched this appeal: "The UN must take a very strong leadership on this" dossier ", because so far there are [...]
read moreThe text of the “live” interview with the President of PRP Channel Pasquale Preziosa is reported during an in-depth broadcast on Libya by Al Jazeera Arabic. ______ Is there some kind of competition between Italy and France in Libya? Why did you decide to send your ships there? There is no competition between France and Italy [...]
read moreWe report the interview made to our President by the Director of Defense Oline, Andrea Cucco, on Libya and the pressing French meddlers. ________________________ General Pasquale Preziosa, former Chief of Staff of the Air Force until 2016 and today president of PRP Channel - prpchannel.com - makes a detailed analysis of the issue of the Libyan crisis and politics [...]
read moreGeneral Khalifa Haftar, rival of Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al Sarraj, allegedly ordered his air forces to bomb the Italian military ships that will cross over into Libyan territories at Sarraj's request. The news was reported by Al Arabiya TV. The broadcaster announced the decision of the general, a man of the Tobruk government, on his Twitter profile with a [...]
read moreGentiloni asked Parliament to approve the line of military intervention in Liabia. Are we running after the French once again? “The problem is not to run after the French as Italy has never been interventionist, on the contrary it has always taken time, sometimes too long, before deciding. Libya and the Mediterranean [...]
read moreDefense Minister Roberta Pinotti and Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Angelino Alfano reported today to the joint Foreign Affairs and Defense Commissions, pending the parliamentary passage of the legislative provision, envisaged for the military mission in Libya, or to the remodeling and refinement of the already existing mission "Safe Sea". [...]
read moreThe head of the Presidential Council of the Libyan government of national unity Fayez al-Sarraj met today the CEO of Eni, Claudio Descalzi. The meeting, which took place in a climate of mutual esteem and trust, was an opportunity to take stock of Libya's economic and political development, also in the light of recent developments [...]
read moreThe key meetings held in Paris between Sarraj and Haftar between 23 and 25 July were held at Celle Saint - Cloud, away from the Elysée, away from the spotlight. The French government has worked cunningly and masterfully conducted the diplomatic phase. To facilitate the talks, the Minister of Foreign Affairs [...]
read moreYesterday, in the square of the Martyrs in Tobruk, the inhabitants of the eastern city of Libya protested against the breakdown of the water desalination plant and its failure to repair it, which caused a sharp reduction in the supply of water resources. The demonstrators launched an ultimatum to the deputies of the parliament based in the city giving them [...]
read moreA rocket landed last night in the Benghazi area where the Al Malaha club is located, injuring a woman. Even if the liberation of the city has been proclaimed, small groups of Islamic militiamen are still in Benghazi from which they try to escape and are engaged in firefights with the forces of General Khalifa Haftar. Yesterday the [...]
read moreThe member of the Presidency Council of the Libyan national agreement government, Abdel Salam Kajman, exponent of the Muslim Brotherhood, met yesterday in Tripoli the tribal leaders of the Tebu and Awlad Suleiman. After the firefights recorded the day before last night in Sebha, the representatives of the two tribes discussed the agreements signed between the two clans in Rome on 28 [...]
read moreYesterday in the final document of the G 20, with regard to the immigration emergency, the "sovereign right of states to manage and control their borders and establish policies in the interest of national security" and where possible implement " global efforts and coordinated actions ". Phrases thrown down more to fill a document, rather than [...]
read moreThe conditions in Libya still do not give peace of mind, they are not those that allow the Farnesina to recommend going to Libya from the point of view of commercial travel and tourism. However, we wanted to move forward, creating a first opportunity to meet with the desire to reach out to Libya on another engine: [...]
read moreThe migratory crisis cannot be stopped only in the waters of the Mediterranean, which is why we have involved the African transit countries ”. The Foreign Minister, Angelino Alfano, illustrates the line of management of migratory flows at a summit at the Farnesina with unprecedented training. The EU High Representative for Foreign Policy, Federica Mogherini, meets in Rome [...]
read moreThe spokesman for the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA), Colonel Ahmed al Mismari, announced that his men have managed to secure about a thousand kilometers of the border with Egypt. During a press conference held yesterday in Cairo, al Mismari explained that "the national army is liberating the Libyan territory from terrorist groups [...]
read moreThe self-proclaimed Libyan National Army, headed by General Khalifa Haftar, announced that it had vanquished a "very large" Islamic State cell in Agedabia, in eastern Libya. The cell was based on the outskirts of the city and a large amount of explosives and bomb-making materials were seized. In [...]
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