Western and Eastern Libyan delegation meet to discuss unification of budget – part of 2020 Maetig-Hafter resumption of oil production-export agreement
Jan 12 Sami Zaptia

Western and Eastern Libyan delegation meet to discuss unification of budget – part of 2020 Maetig-Hafter resumption of oil production-export agreement

By Sami Zaptia.London, 12 January 2021: A delegation from western and eastern Libya met today at Sirte Oil Company’s offices in Brega, eastern Libya t...

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Jan 7 Sami Zaptia

Hafter’s spokesperson welcomes dispatch of retired international ceasefire monitors to Libya

By Sami Zaptia.Ahmed Mesmari, Hafter's official spokesperson, welcomed Guterres' proposal to send retired international civilian and military ceasefir...

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Jan 7 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL welcomes prisoner exchange as part of ceasefire agreement

By Sami Zaptia.London, 7 January 2021: UNSMIL yesterday ‘‘warmly welcomed’’ the news yesterday of an exchange of 35 detainees facilitated by the 5+5 J...

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Jan 6 Sami Zaptia

Priority access to cement for south Tripoli’s war damaged

By Sami Zaptia.London, 6 January 2021: The Interior Ministry of the internationally recognized Libyan government in Tripoli announced yesterday that r...

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Jan 5 Sami Zaptia

Anti-Hafter forces will not reopen main coastal road until mercenaries withdrawn and landmines removed

By Sami Zaptia.The October JMC Sirte meeting had issued directions on the reopening of the main west-east coastal road (Photo: UNSMIL).London, 5 Janua...

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Dec 29 Sami Zaptia

A high-level Egyptian delegation visits Tripoli for first time in 6 years – thawing of Tripoli-Cairo relations?

By Sami Zaptia.London, 29 December 2020: A high-level Egyptian delegation headed by Undersecretary of the Egyptian Intelligence Service visited Tripol...

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Dec 23 Sami Zaptia

Ageela Saleh dismisses 35 boycotting and breakaway HoR members: HoR Tripoli calls it illegal and political manoeuvrings

By Sami Zaptia.London, 23 December 2020: Asaad Al-Shartaa, the Official spokesperson for the breakaway Libyan Parliament in Tripoli, the House of Repr...

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Dec 18 Sami Zaptia

Italian fishermen released after Conte and Di Maio visit Hafter in Benghazi

By Sami Zaptia.Italian Prime Minister Conte and his Foreign Minister Di Maio visited Khalifa Hafter in Benghazi prior to the release of the Italian fi...

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Dec 8 Sami Zaptia

Less than 20 HoR members headed by Ageela Saleh hold ‘‘official’’ session in Benghazi

By Sami Zaptia.HoR head Ageela Saleh is looking weak as only 20-odd members turned up in Benghazi for his official session. Over 100 are currently mee...

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Dec 2 Sami Zaptia

Agreement reached by Libya’s main stakeholders to resolve frozen oil revenues issue

By Sami Zaptia.London, 2 December 2020: Agreement was reached at an urgent consultative meeting in Tripoli yesterday by Libya’s main economic stakehol...

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