Last week, Saif al-Islam, son of Libya’s late leader Muammar Gaddafi, has made his first public 'appearance' since his release from prison in June 2017. A video (below) dated on 20 July showed a crowd of Gaddafi supporters in Ghat – the southwestern city predominated by Libya’s Touaregh ethnic minority - listening to an audio recording containing a speech by Saif al-Islam. In it he is heard pleading with Touaregh notables to provide him with fighters. {youtube}tcJZ0jK8KFA{/youtube} Last...
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Last week, Saif al-Islam, son of Libya’s late leader Muammar Gaddafi, has made his first public 'appearance' since his release from prison in June 2017. A video (below) dated on 20 July showed a crowd of Gaddafi supporters in Ghat – the...
Sun, 29 July
Islamic State affiliates in eastern Libya are still capable of mounting successful attacks against military and police facilities. This was proven in the early hours of Tuesday as militants of the terror group attacked the town of al-Aghheilah (120...
Wed, 25 July
Unprecedented numbers of registered voters reflect Libyans’ longing to replace the country’s current ineffective institutions with a legitimate functioning government, Ghassan Salame, head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, has told...
Wed, 18 July
Ibrahim Jathran spent the months leading up to last week’s attack on Libya’s oil ports in Bani Walid, a well-informed source has told The Libya Times . The only official record of Jathran’s previous whereabouts was a letter from Libya’s Attorney...
Sun, 24 June
Forces of the so-called ‘Benghazi Defence Brigades’ (BDB) backed by tribal fighters led by Ibrahim Jathran and Chadian mercenaries this morning attacked Libya’s Oil Crescent Region along three axes. It was understood that BDB forces are now in...
Thu, 14 June
Matteo Salvini, Italy’s new interior minister has told reporters on Tuesday that he will visit Libya by the end of the month to discuss a regional approach for tackling the problem of illegal migration. He repeated the same remarks today during his...
Wed, 13 June
A controversial Libyan cleric has demanded his supporters to wage war against France and the United Arab Emirates in retaliation for their alleged support for the current military campaign against Darnah’s Mujahedeen Shura Council. Al-Sadiq...
Mon, 11 June
