Tag: Libya
Tebus and Tuaregs Threaten to Walk out of the Constitution Drafting Assembly
The proceedings of the work of the Constitution Drafting Assembly (CDA) have long been overshadowed by the political deadlock between the GNC in Tripoli and the HoR in Tobruk which has lasted for over a year now against the backdrop...
The Stalemate Persists
The boycott by the General National Congress of the initialling ceremony of the draft political dialogue agreement was not surprising. In a letter addressed by the Nouri Bousahmin, Speaker of the GNC, to the UNSMIL chief Bernardino Leon, the GNC...
Cautious Hope for an Agreement
On Sunday 28th June, the delegations of the Tripoli GNC and the Tobruk House of Representatives met for the first time face to face at the UN negotiating table in Morocco. Bernardino Leon hand the two parties to the conflict...
Leon’s Political Agreement Draft meets Cautious Hope in Tripoli and Tobruk
A fourth round of Libyan political dialogue took place in Morocco on 8 June under the auspices of UNSMIL. Bernardino Leon presented the National General Congress (GNC, Tripoli) and House of Representatives (HoR, Tobruk) a fourth draft of UNMSIL’s proposed...
Daech (“Islamic State/ISIS”) Controls Sirte Airport
Last Thursday, Sirte Airport fell under the control of Daech after the withdrawal of the Tripoli government allied forces. Daech took advantage of the security vacuum in Libya, to increase its presence in some cities while the Tripoli and Tobruk...
UN’s Oil-for-Food Scenario Haunts Tripoli and Tobruk
Last week marks the first anniversary of the launch of Khalifa Hafter’s Operation Dignity from Benghazi. Speaking on the occasion Hafter pledged again his determination to uproot “terrorist groups” from Libya. Critics of Hafter point to his failure to deliver...
Former UNSMIL Envoy Delivers his Testimony
Tarek Mitri, former UN envoy to Libya (Oct. 2012-Aug. 2014) published a public testimony in which he gave his analysis of the conflict in Libya. The five-page document published in Siyassat Arabiya (Arab Policies) gave an account of the multifacets...
Leon’s Race against the Clock in Libya
UNSMIL’s Bernardino Leon has been doubling efforts to reach an agreement at the negotiating table of stakeholders in the Libyan conflict. With a week left before his mandate comes to an end late this month Leon has engaged key political...