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| Libyan Military Says It Used Air Force in South to Expel Gunmen from Air Base |
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The Libyan army’s Chief of Staff said Saturday that he ordered the air force to free Tamenhent air base in the south after it was run over by a militia.
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| CHAN 2014: Libya, Ghana Share Share Points in Thriller |
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Libya and Ghana played out a thrilling 1-1 draw in group C of the Africa Nations Championship at the Free State Stadium in Mangaung on Friday to stay locked on four points each at the top of Group C and with Libya in first position by virtue of more goals scored.
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| CHAN 2014: Ghana and Libya Clash for Group C Top Spot |
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Libya and Ghana who both won their opening matches on Monday from Group C at the African Nations Championship in South Africa, meet Friday at the Free State Stadium in Mangaung in what could prove to be the group clincher as a win for either side will put the victor within touching distance of a quarterfinal berth.
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| Residents in Eastern Libya Block Main Highway in Protest of Abduction of 2 Italians |
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Residents of the town of Martouba blocked the major highway that links the cities of Deran with Tobruk in eastern Libya in protest of the abduction of two Italian engineers working for a telecommunications company.
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| Libya Prepares to Modernise its ICT Sector |
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A Libyan delegation headed by Deputy Minister for Communications and Informatics Mr Mohamad Benrasali has approached the International Telecommunication Union, ITU, seeking to establish world-class ICT facilities in the country.
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| CHAN 2014: Winning Start for Libya and New Coach Clemente |
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Libya could not have had a better start to the CHAN 201 tournament in South Africa Monday as a goal each from Elmutasem Abushnaf and Abdel Salam Omar enabled them to outsmart Ethiopia 2-0 in their African Nations Championship Group C opener in Bloemfontein.
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| Remains of WWII British Soldier Found in Eastern Libya |
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The remains of what seems to be a british soldier who died during WWII was found near the eastern city of Tobruk by a Libyan family. Also found near the remains a hand watch and a German medal.
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| Libya: Son of Defense Minister Released after Months of Abduction |
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The kidnapped son of the Libyan Defense Minister has been released today after months of being out of site.
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| CHAN 2014: Coach Javier Clemente Makes International Debut as Libya Face Congo |
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SPANISH football coach Javier Clemente is to make his debut as the national football coach of Libya in an international competition Monday when the country faces Congo as it takes part in the first match of its group in the final stage of the third edition of the African Nations Championship, CHAN 2014 hosted from January 11 up till February 1, in South Africa.
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| Libya to Start Developing Oil Regions, Cities |
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A long awaited and needed move to develop the regions and cities where oil and gas is produced in Libya is said to start soon and practical steps worth billions of dollars have been taken.
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| International Libya Conference in Istanbul in February |
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A Maltese entrepreneur, John C. Grech, who is chairman of FIMBank Group in Malta, is to chair the Libya Trade & Infrastructure Finance Conference organised by the UK-based event and publishing house Exporta which is due to take place in Istanbul, Turkey on February 6.
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| Libya Oil Minister Says Current Production Over 650,000 BPD, A Big Jump in Months |
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Libyan oil production has reached over 650,000 bpd on Tuesday and NOC chairman expects oil production will reach its normal level of over 1.5 million barrel per day in a few weeks.
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| Opinion: The Saudi Bull in Arab China Shop - by Nicola Nasser |
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Obsessed with the “Iran threat,” which leads to its warmongering in Syria, Saudi Arabia is acting like a bull in a china shop, wreaking regional havoc in an already Arab fragile political environment and creating what George Joffe’ of Cambridge University’s Centre of International Studies, on last December 30, called the “second Arab cold war,” the first being the Saudi-led cold war with the Pan-Arab Egypt of Gamal Abdul Nasser since the 1960s.
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| Opinion: Starving Refugees: How We Disowned Palestinians in Syria – by Ramzy Baroud |
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A worst-case scenario is unfolding in Syria, and Palestinian refugees, particularly in the Yarmouk refugee camp, are paying a heavy price for Syria’s cruellest war. They are starving, although there can be no justification, nor logistical explanation for why they are dying from hunger
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| Zeidan Visits Turkey Amid Uncertainty in Libya |
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Amid increasing signs of uncertainty in the country, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan left for Turkey on Thursday along with a number of ministers leaving behind a public opinion that is increasingly moving against his government.
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| A British Man, a NZ Woman Found Shot Dead on the Beach West of Tripoli |
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A British man and a woman from New Zealand have been found shot to death on Thursday afternoon on a sandy beach in Mellitah, 90 kms west of Tripoli.
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| Libya’s Happy New Year? |
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While part of the world celebrated Christmas Eve, Libya marked its sixty-second birthday; the country gained its independence from British and French military administration and the unification of its three constituent provinces on December 24, 1951. The national holiday should have been a cause for joy, as Libyans post-Gaddafi are now free to express themselves and participate in their own governance. But the anniversary was also fraught with peril.
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| Opinion: 2014: Failure of Palestinian Authority, BDS Success to Continue – by Ramzy Baroud |
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The 2013 was one in which the so-called peace process charade was allowed to continue, leading Palestinians on yet another futile journey of broken promises. Meanwhile, the Israeli colonial project in the West Bank and East Jerusalem carried on unabated. But it was not entirely a year of doom and gloom either, for the global boycott campaign (BDS) has taken off like never before, surpassing the capricious Palestinian leadership and its confined political platforms.
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