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Evie Mazzone sur Twitter : "Only a few towns in western Libya—such as Bani Walid, Sebha and Sirte—remained Gaddafist strongholds. Retreating to Sirte after Tripoli's fall, Gaddafi announced his willingness to negotiate for a handover to a transitional gov. Reports of a 3 days ultimatum by the Presidential Council to Ghwell/GNC government to withdraw or face "war". #Libya #Tripoli. LIBYA – Haftar and the Mufti, causes of all Problems? On December 17, 2015, the UN-brokered “Libya Political Agreement” (LPA) was signed in Skhirat, Morocco.

LIBYA – Haftar and the Mufti, causes of all Problems?

The three key bodies of the agreement are the “House of Representatives” (HoR, the continuation of the internationally recognized parliament, elected on June 25, 2014), the “State Council” (SC, an advisory body, comprising 145 former members of the General National Congress, GNC, Libya’s first interim parliament, which was replaced by the HoR), and the “Presidency Council” (PC), consisting of nine members and carrying out the function of Head of State. Il parlamento di Tobruk sfiducia Serraj: un colpo agli sforzi per l’unità. UN-installed government cracks down on media as anti protests rage in Tripoli and Misrata.

Angry UN-installed government and France protesters marched in Tripoli’s main square on Friday, defying government measures to ban the protests.

UN-installed government cracks down on media as anti protests rage in Tripoli and Misrata

The protesters chanted anti France and Dignity Operation slogans and denounced Fayaz Sirraj government for not taking a stiff reaction about the French intervention, demanding Sirraj government to leave office. “Get out Sirraj……Sirraj is the enemy of God,” the protesters chanted. Early in the morning on Friday, the interior ministry of UN-installed government blocked all roads to the Martyrs’ Square in implementation to the government’s Thursday decision to raise the security alert to its highest level.

The protesters managed to get into the square, but media outlets have been prevented from covering the protests. Will Russian arms soon start flowing to Libya? Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (2nd L) shakes hands with Libya's internationally recognized Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni (C) ahead of their meeting in Moscow, April 15, 2015.

Will Russian arms soon start flowing to Libya?

(photo by REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov) Author: Yury Barmin Posted June 1, 2016. Libia, ecco come Serraj e Haftar litigano anche sulle banconote. Il capo della base aerea di Lebraq, a Beida, ha annunciato martedì che il primo carico delle nuove banconote libiche è arrivato in Cirenaica.

Libia, ecco come Serraj e Haftar litigano anche sulle banconote

Si tratta di 200 milioni dei 4 miliardi di dinari previsti, immessi sul mercato dal primo di giugno. Medio Oriente - Libia, l’Italia in prima fila: «Più armi al governo di Sarraj» U.S. and Others Open to Arming Libyan Government. Libya badly needs assistance, not intervention. US ready to loosen Libya arms embargo: US official. By Afp Published: 03:57 GMT, 13 May 2016 | Updated: 03:57 GMT, 13 May 2016 The US government is ready to loosen a ban on arms exports to Libya, in a bid to help the country's fledgling unity government fight the Islamic State group, officials and diplomats told AFP.

US ready to loosen Libya arms embargo: US official

Under White House-backed plans, the United Nations would carve out exemptions to an embargo introduced by the Security Council in 2011, during Moamer Kadhafi's failed attempt to suppress a popular uprising. "If the Libyan government prepares a detailed and coherent list of things that it wants to use to fight ISIL and responds to all the requirements of the exemption, I think that Council members are going to look very seriously at that request," a senior administration official told AFP.

Op room GNA announce names of #sirt daesh heads @DanieleRaineri @USAEmbassyLibya @UKinLibya @EUDELtoLibya @mcc43_ Maltese PM Joseph Muscat in #Tripoli, the first PM to visit Tripoli for talks with #GNA PM Faiz Al-Serraj #Libya. Il dilemma di un intervento straniero in Libia - Arabpress. Libya's unity government nominated. Image copyright AFP Members of Libya's proposed national unity government have been named under a UN-brokered deal aimed at uniting the country's warring factions.

Libya's unity government nominated

The 32 names will be sent to the internationally recognised parliament in the eastern city of Tobruk for approval. Libya's presidential council names new government amid divisions. Libia, Tobruk nega la fiducia al governo Sarraj ma dice sì a intesa politica. Il parlamento di Tobruk ha negato per ora la fiducia al governo di unità nazionale del premier designato Fayez al Sarraj e gli ha dato alcuni giorni di tempo per presentare un nuovo esecutivo meno numeroso.

Libia, Tobruk nega la fiducia al governo Sarraj ma dice sì a intesa politica

La Camera dei rappresentanti (HoR) riconosciuta dalla comunità internazionale ha comunque avallato l'accordo politico del dicembre alla base della nascita del governo ma congelando una questione fondamentale: chi, tra il generale Khalifa Haftar e Sarraj, dovrà essere il comandante supremo delle Forze armate. 89 out of 104 HoR members seem to have reject #Serraj #GNA #LIBYA government and article 8 of LPA. As usual in Libya destruction is easy..

Libya - Presentation of a national unity government (14.02.16) - France-Diplomatie - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development. Tobruk parliament fails to endorse Skhirat government, international stakeholders ticked off. Tobruk parliament has failed for the second time in a row to carry out a vote of confidence for the new cabinet of the UN-imposed Presidential Council.

Tobruk parliament fails to endorse Skhirat government, international stakeholders ticked off

In a statement Sunday, the parliament set Tuesday as a date for the vote of approval or disapproval of the new cabinet as a whole, but this method was no good for some of the members who reject certain ministers among the ones nominated, and thus dispute took place and brought the session to a close. News sources reaffirmed that one of the PC members threatened to kill some of Tobruk MPs if they approved the new cabinet, which was met with condemnation by the UN envoy to Libya, Martin Kobler. “HoR members must not be intimidated or threatened. All have to decide in free will.” Elisa Campioni - da @LibyaschannelEN... En Libye, le gouvernement d’« union nationale » proclame sa légitimité.

L’étape semble décisive mais sa fragilité juridique risque fort d’approfondir l’impasse libyenne.

En Libye, le gouvernement d’« union nationale » proclame sa légitimité

Alors que monte la pression militaire des Occidentaux sur le géant d’Afrique du Nord, le statut du gouvernement d’union nationale censé autoriser une éventuelle future intervention contre les bases de l’organisation Etat Islamique (EI) paraît avoir été clarifié. Samedi 12 mars, le Conseil présidentiel, l’instance dirigeante (neuf membres) de ce gouvernement de « réconciliation » né sous les auspices des Nations unies, s’est autoproclamé légitime.

A l’issue d’une réunion à Tunis, il a appelé toutes les institutions libyennes à « prendre contact » avec ce nouveau gouvernement afin de « mettre en place les modalités de passation de pouvoir ». En somme, le Conseil présidentiel prend le pouvoir en Libye, même si une telle ambition demeure à ce stade théorique. AL-Ghweil warns UN-imposed government of entering Tripoli. The Prime Minister of the Salvation Government, Khalifa Al-Ghweil, warned on Tuesday the UN-imposed government of entering Tripoli, as it would be an illegal step, outlining that its members could face arrest.

AL-Ghweil warns UN-imposed government of entering Tripoli

In a statement with Reuters, Al-Ghweil said that he cannot transfer the power to a government that is not endorsed by the General National Congress, adding that the UN-imposed government lacks the necessary legitimacy needed to rule Tripoli. “If they want to enter Libya as normal citizens, then they are welcome, but we hope they do not venture to enter as members of government as we would consider it a violation of laws.” He said, adding that if they were patriots, they would know that such a step is not good for the country.

Al-Ghweil reaffirmed his support to the Libyan-Libyan dialogue and said that the GNC and Tobruk Parliament are drawing up an alternative plan for the political transition, which will be announced in two weeks. Misrata splits over UN-imposed government. Misrata city has been plunged into a knife-edged political division by the different standpoints regarding the UN-imposed government. In a statement Thursday, the Municipality of Misrata applauded what it described as "the unlimited international support for the Government of National Accord (GNA)", pronouncing its complete support for the government after it had gained the approval of the majority of Tobruk MPs. It also called on Al-Sirraj and his group to enter Tripoli and start working from the capital.

Libia, Al Serraj: "Governo unità nazionale si insedierà a Tripoli". Fajr Libya: "Gli faremo guerra". Minacce anche da Isis. Il governo di unità nazionale libico, che non ha ancora ricevuto la fiducia dal parlamento di Tobruk, si sposterà a Tripoli “entro pochi giorni“. Libye: quelle légitimité pour le "gouvernement d'union nationale" ? Another Western intervention in Libya looms. The shaky debut last week of a new unity government in Libya brings Western nations, including the United States, much closer to a renewed military mission there, and to a host of obstacles that will test their ability to secure a country gripped by Islamist extremism and civil war.

Tensions ran high on Wednesday after Fayez Serraj, a little-known Libyan technocrat selected as prime minister in a United Nations peace process, arrived by boat in Tripoli from Tunisia. Western officials hailed his installation in the Libyan capital as a sign that the country’s two-year political divide is finally coming to an end — despite the existence of rival governments in Tripoli and the country’s east. The United States and European allies, including Italy, France and Britain, have made the unity government’s establishment a key precondition for launching twin missions to begin an international stabilization effort and help combat a growing Islamic State affiliate there.

Planners at the U.S. INTERVIEW: Martin Kobler, the UN envoy trying to put Libya back together. Kobler says the challenge was to make sure every Libyan is reflected in the new government (AFP) Martin Kobler has had some tough jobs. In his long career as a diplomat, he has served his home country of Germany and the UN in war-torn nations including Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Now, at the age of 63, he is in his sixth month as the UN envoy to Libya, where he is overseeing a process aimed at ending a civil war that began after the 2011 NATO-backed revolution that removed Muammar Gaddafi. Ground troops in Libya not necessary – Obama.

Barack Obama has dismissed suggestions that the international community would deploy troops to Libya to strengthen the new unity government and fight the Islamic State group. “There’s no plan for ground troops in Libya,” the President of the United States said in London during a joint press conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron. “I don’t think that’s necessary. Libyan Political Agreement ENG. Seraj government misses first chance to show balance by failing to acknowledge role of Misrata Air Force units in repelling Isis attacks.

Saleh: Calling for an HoR meeting is under the authority of the Speaker, only. The Speaker of the Tobruk-based House of Representatives, Aqilah Saleh, described the call for a meeting without the attendance of the Speaker himself is illegal, stressing that encouraging members to hold any meeting, emergency or exceptional, is under his own authority as per article (13) from the internal codes list of the HoR. In a statement issued Wednesday, Saleh considered endorsing the UN-proposed government or amending the constitutional declaration unurgent matters, pointing out that he is going to form a committee, in cooperation with the Presidency Association, which will include legal experts to hear their opinions about the current issues. After that, the HoR will act upon what this committee decides if the 6+6 committee would fail to reach a solution before April 30. Treasury Designates Libyan for Political Obstruction and Undermining Peace, Security, or Stability of Libya.

Action Follows New Executive Order Issued Today and Underscores United States Government Support for the New Libyan Government of National Accord WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today sanctioned Khalifa Ghweil (Ghweil) pursuant to a new Executive Order (E.O.) “Blocking Property and Suspending Entry into the United States of Persons Contributing to the Situation in Libya,” which imposes sanctions against individuals or entities that, among other things, threaten the peace, security, or stability of Libya or obstruct or undermine the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA). As a result of today’s action, all property and interests in property of Ghweil that are within the jurisdiction of the United States or in the control of U.S. persons are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with him.

For identifying information on the individual designated today, click here. Cala il grande gelo sulla missione in Libia (ma ci sono le forze speciali) Roma ha spostato gli incursori assieme all’intelligence, Parigi e Londra si sono tirate indietro: “Nemmeno raid aerei” Roma. Separatists marched in #Benghazi Sunday demanding separation and chanting racist slogans against #Tripoli. Libia, a Tripoli prima riunione dei deputati Consiglio di Stato. The Libyan Government in Tripoli Has Changed Its Mind About Stepping Down. The coalition ruling a large part of Libya and currently in control of the country’s capital, Tripoli, will not step down after earlier announcing it would, its leader said Wednesday. @mcc43_/Libia. AbdelRahman Swehli (Misrata GNC member & HoR boycotter) has been elected as President of State Council #Libya. US, NATO preparing new air and ground attacks against Libya. By Thomas Gaist 5 April 2016 The US and NATO are considering another round of military attacks against Libya, US President Barack Obama told media outside the White House on Monday.

While Serraj gains momentum in Tripolitania & South,Heftar's army commanders refuse to serve under GNA until HoR approves the government. CDA member: Benghazi is Libya’s capital or there would be no constitution. Libia, Al Serraj da Tripoli: "Ce la farò a guidare il Paese" "Ce la farò a guidare la Libia". Fayez al Sarraj esce dal fortino ed entra nel Paese che l'Onu gli ha chiesto di riordinare. Il premier libico si mostra ottimista, saluta le guardie e i civili, ed esclama: "A Tripoli c'è il sole". Libya's Mufti: Concord government is welcome in Tripoli if five amendments done to Skhirat agreement. United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) EU imposed sanctions on Aguila Saleh, Tobruk parliament's president, Abou Sahmein ( head of GNC) and al-Ghwell, PM of the Tripoli gov #AFP.

Untitled. #Libya's Grand Mufti says the GNA's prez council must leave #Tripoli immediately or face "Jihad" against them. Says every house has a weapon. Libya's Justice & Construction Party Announces Its Support for National Unity Government. #Libya - HoR member Saleh Fhaima from #Tobruk tells @LibyasChannel that the GNA government still lacks legitimacy & says HoR vote a must. Al-Ghweil: UN-imposed Presidential Council members are infiltrators, they should turn themselves in to authorities. Libya's UN-backed unity government arrives in Tripoli - AJE News.

Al-Sarraj announces the formation of GNA. Libia, nasce il governo di unità nazionale. Paolo Gentiloni: "Sanzioni Ue a coloro che si oppongono" Libia, Kobler: 'Governo formato, parlamento dia fiducia' - Africa.