Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh and a delegation of ministers will make their first visit to Turkey on Monday since taking office last month, the Turkish presidency said on Sunday.
Libya's new unity government was sworn in on March 15 from (...)
Italy's prime minister on a visit Tuesday to the Libyan capital of Tripoli - his first trip abroad since taking office - lauded the North African country's efforts to curb the flow of migrants to Europe.
Following in the footsteps of other European (...)
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reopened Greece's embassy in Libya on Tuesday, urging a reset of relations soured by the Tripoli government's 2019 maritime boundary agreement with Greece's Mediterranean rival Turkey.
Libya's unity government took (...)
The Libyan Presidency Council announced, on Monday 5 April, the creation of a national reconciliation commission. A key step in the roadmap adopted by the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) in mid-November last year, it seeks to pave the way to (...)
The European Union on Sunday called for the departure of all foreign forces and mercenaries from Libya, describing it as a ''precondition'' for a return to stability in the war-torn country.
At a news conference in the Libyan capital, c described (...)
Libya's new presidency council visited Turkey on Friday for talks with President Tayyip Erdogan, marking the council's first official visit to Turkey since taking office.
Libya's new unity government was sworn in on March 15 from two warring (...)
A United Nations envoy late on Wednesday hailed the endorsement of a national government in Libya after years of "paralysis and internal divisions," and urged the Security Council to provide fresh support by deploying UN ceasefire monitors.
"The (...)
This week, Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeiba and his government took the constitutional oath before Parliament.
According to a statement by the Prime Minister's media office, Dbeiba held a meeting with directors of departments and offices in (...)
In March 2019, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was attending a conference on the occasion of the Istanbul mayoral elections. The Turkish capital is one of the strongholds of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), and it is where (...)
Libya's national unity government composed of 35 ministers led by Prime Minister Abdel-Hamid Dbeibah officially took up the reins on Tuesday from the previous Government of National Accord (GNA) led by Fayez Al-Sarraj.
The move came one day after (...)
Lebanon's currency plummeted to a new record low on Saturday, continuing its crash amid a worsening economic crisis that has triggered near-daily protests throughout the tiny Mediterranean country.
Among the Saturday afternoon protests was a small (...)
As Al-Ahram Weekly went to press this week, it was still uncertain whether the National Unity Government proposed by Libyan Prime Minister-designate Abdul- Hamid Dbeiba would win a vote of confidence in Libya's House of Representatives (HoR), which (...)
A 4 March video that went viral on social media showed a fight among a group of Lebanese citizens inside Spinneys supermarket. It was hard to determine the cause of the scuffle, which security personnel interfered to end, but the administration of (...)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman said on Monday that Ankara is ready to open a ‘new chapter' with the Gulf and discuss the eastern Mediterranean crisis and the developments in Libya with Egypt.
Speaking to Bloomberg, Ibrahim Kalin (...)
Scores of Libyan parliament members from both sides of the divided country arrived in the frontline city of Sirte on Sunday for a session this week to debate a proposed unity government.
The parliament has been split - as have most state (...)
تداول رواد مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي خلال الساعات الماضية مقطع فيديو يظهر شحنة مدرعات تركية تصل إلى ليبيا عبر ميناء مصراته الليبي في مشهد رأى معلقون أنه يكشف عن إصرار الرئيس التركي رجب طيب أردوغان على هدم مساعي السلام الجارية في ليبيا وسعيه (...)
Libya's designated prime minister Abdelhamid Dbeibeh has proposed a large unity cabinet with 35 members, his office said on Friday, ahead of a planned parliament meeting on Monday to debate ratifying his government.
The Cabinet list has been subject (...)
Scattered protests broke out across the country Tuesday after the Lebanese pound hit a record low against the dollar on the black market, a sign of deepening multiple crises and no prospects for a new Cabinet in sight.
The crash in the local (...)
Libya's designated prime minister, chosen via a UN-facilitated process last month, will on Thursday propose a unified government to the country's divided parliament as part of a peace plan.
The new government is intended to replace Libya's two rival (...)
The official statement issued by the Egyptian presidency following Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah's visit to Cairo last week offered a glimpse into a shared agenda for the Libyan interim phase launched when the Libyan Political Dialogue (...)
Libya has embarked on a new interim phase, its fifth since the Libyan crisis broke out. As an influential stakeholder in this question, Cairo hopes this one will be the last and that the country will be able to transition to sustainable stability (...)
Libyans on Wednesday marked the 10th anniversary of their 2011 uprising that led to the overthrow and eventual killing of longtime ruler Moammar Gadhafi.
The day comes as Libyans have their eyes on a recently appointed government tasked with leading (...)
Newly designated Libyan Prime Minister Abdel-Hamid Dbeiba promised to submit a proposed cabinet team to the Libyan House of Representatives (HoR) for approval as soon as possible this week, so that the new government could get to work on its heavy (...)
It may only be a matter of weeks before Egypt sends an ambassador to re-open the Egyptian Embassy in Libya. According to informed sources, the new ambassador is likely to arrive in the Libyan capital by spring.
Already this week Egypt sent a (...)
The first Philia (Friendship) Forum was held in Athens in Greece in early February in the wake of an initiative by the Greek government and with the participation of Egypt, Greece, Cyprus, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and France. (...)
