Libya

15 Apr 2021; MEMO: The Libyan army has accused Egypt of arming renegade Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar. The army announced yesterday that, "Two Egyptian planes landed at Sabha Airport carrying a shipment of weapons and ammunition hidden under a cargo of medicines." The consignment, it said, was intended for Haftar's militia.

TRIPOLI, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The first Deputy on the House of Representatives (HoR) in Tobruk, Fawzi Al-Nuwairi, has officially taken over the tasks of the HoR headquarters in Tripoli.

The HoR confirmed in a brief statement that this step is a new hope to end divisions, which have lasted now for several years.

11 Apr 2021; MEMO: The head of the Libyan National Unity Government will visit Turkey on Monday for talks, a government spokesperson told Anadolu Agency late Saturday.

Mohammed Hammude said a high-level delegation led by Abdul Hamid Dbeibah will include five deputy prime ministers and 14 ministers, as well as the Prime Minister of the General Staff Gen. Mohammed Al-Haddad along with other officials.

TRIPOLI, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Libya's Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah on Tuesday met with his Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis in the Libyan capital Tripoli to discuss restoring the bilateral relations.

"We hope to restore the distinguished relations between the two countries back to their previous state based on common interests, as we have friendly relations with Greece and there is a historic, political, cultural, economic and also humanitarian dimension to the relationship between the two countries," Dbeibah told a joint press conference following the meeting.

01 Apr 2021; MEMO: The prime minister of Libya's Government of National Unity, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, has confirmed that 80 per cent of the country's institutions have been unified in less than a month. Dbeibeh revealed the latest situation in an interview with Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.

TRIPOLI, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Italian Foreign Minister Luigi di Maio, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, and German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Thursday visited Libya's capital Tripoli and met with its new Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah.

The meeting discussed the return of European countries and flights to Libya, strengthening European diplomatic presence in Tripoli, and addressing illegal immigration, according to a statement issued by the information office of the Libyan Government of National Unity.

24 Mar 2021; MEMO: Gunmen assassinated Wednesday a commander of the Haftar militia in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, local media reported, Anadolu reports.

A spokesman for the special forces of Haftar militia in a tweet confirmed the death of Mahmoud Al-Werfalli​​​​​, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC).

TRIPOLI, March 23 (Xinhua) -- The eastern-based government of Libya on Tuesday officially handed over office to the new Government of National Unity.

A delegation of the Government of National Unity, headed by Deputy Prime Minister Hussein Al-Gatrani and a number of ministers, arrived in the eastern city of Benghazi, and officially received office from the eastern-based government, according to a statement issued by the Government's information office.

TRIPOLI, March 19 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Friday expressed concern over the death and injury of children by a landmine in south of the Libyan capital Tripoli.

"UNICEF is deeply concerned over the death and injury of children due to an explosive remnant of war (ERW) at the Ain Zara area yesterday evening, 18 March," UNICEF said in a statement.

UNICEF revealed that a 14-year-old child was killed by the landmine and three of his siblings aged between 8 and 14 years old were injured and are now in the intensive care unit.

15 Mar 2021; MEMO: Libya's first unity government in years was sworn in on Monday in the eastern city of Tobruk, charged with unifying the country after years of violence and division and overseeing the run-up to national elections, Reuters reported.