UN Delegation Visits Libya’s Ghadamis Prior to National Forum, Facing Local Demonstrations Against Authorities’ Indifference

Yesterday, on March 26th, the UN delegation has made a first visit to Ghadamis, in the west of Libya, after it was selected as a host city for the UN-brokered National Forum. According to local sources, in its way to Ghadamis the UN delegation came across peaceful protests held by the people and youth from …

UNSMIL Warns of Disinformation Campaign Against Al-Multaqa Al-Watani As Three Weeks Remain Before Major Event in Libya’s Politics

The United Nation's Support Mission to Libya (UNSMIL) didn't release a list of names of the participants in the National Forum planned for April 14-16 in Ghadames. On Sunday, the UNSMIL said that it hasn't issued any list of participants in the National Forum and have nothing to do with any other information concerning the …

UNSMIL Head Ghassan Salame Is in Benghazi to Meet Khalifa Haftar Prior to National Libyan Conference Starting by End of March

Commander-in-Chief of the Libyan National Army Khalifa Haftar met the UN special envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame who arrived late Wednesday to the army's headquarters in Al-Rajma near Benghazi. The media office of the LNA reported that two parties discussed the recent developments on local and international stages. It worth noting that Ghassan Salame who …

UN Security Council Sanctions Prominent Militia Leader Saleh Badi, Enrages Pro-Turkish Accounts and Pro-Qatari Media

The UN Security Council has blacklisted Saleh Badi, a prominient Libya Dawn leader and commander of Al-Samoud battalion from Misrata, over his repeated attempts to undermine stability in Libya. The UN Security Council in coordination with the U.S., France and Britain secured the agreement to sanction Salah Badi under the terms of UN SC Resolution …

40 Members Of Libyan Parliament Accuse Ghassan Salame of Bias After His Briefing to the UN Security Council

The 40 members of the Libyan Parliament issued a statement condemning the UN envoy to Libya Gassan Salame's speech last Thursday before the UN Security Council. The forty House of Representatives' (HoR) members, who have been signatories to a statement, considered that while addressing to the UN Security Council, Ghassan Salame has ignored their role …

UN Envoy to Libya Visits Al-Jalaa Hospital Following An Armed Attack

UN envoy Ghassan Salame demanded the GNA to take urgent measures to provide security in all hospitals through across Libya. The statement was made during a visit to Al-Jalaa Hospital in Tripoli, where he spoke to the medical staff who had recently been victims of an armed assault. SRSG @GhassanSalame to Jalaa Hospital staff today: …

UN Strongly Condemned Armed Groups Threatening Private and Public Institutions in Libya’s Tripoli

The UNSMIL report says the illegal use of force and intimidation against private and public institutions registered in Tripoli. The UN support mission in Libya said in a statement on Facebook that it has observed over the last several days the illegal use of force and acts of intimidation against institutions, especially Aman Bank Al-Siyahia Branch …

Libya’s Tripoli See Another Spiral Of Violence Amid Refusal Of Militias to Lay Down Their Arms

On Tuesday, armed clashes between rival armed groups have resumed in the area of Airport road south of Tripoli, disrupting a ceasefire agreement reached in early September. As a result of damage to generators and the city's public electricity networks, a vast area from Tripoli up to Ras Ajdir on the border with Tunisia, and …

UN Calls On Libya To Crack Down On Violent Militias

The UN has called on Libya’s internationally recognized government to crack down on armed groups obstructing the work of state institutions in the chaos-wracked country. The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) late on Sunday night expressed its “strong condemnation of the violence, intimidation and obstruction to the work of Libya’s sovereign institutions by militiamen.” …