All foreign forces and mercenaries must be withdrawn from Libya without any delay: James Cleverly British Minister of State for the Middle East and North Africa
Jun 14 Sami Zaptia

All foreign forces and mercenaries must be withdrawn from Libya without any delay: James Cleverly British Minister of State for the Middle East and North Africa

By Sami Zaptia.London, 14 June 2021:At a joint press conference Thursday with Libya’s Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush, British Minister of State for t...

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Egyptian medical aid arriving in Sebha causes some disquiet
Apr 14 Sami Zaptia

Egyptian medical aid arriving in Sebha causes some disquiet

By Sami Zaptia.London, 14 April 2021:Two shipments of medicines and medical supplies, provided by Egypt, arrived at Sebha Airport yesterday, in coordi...

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Vaccine politics: Libya's first batch of Russian Sputnik V anti-Coronavirus vaccines arrive from UAE
Apr 5 Sami Zaptia

Vaccine politics: Libya's first batch of Russian Sputnik V anti-Coronavirus vaccines arrive from UAE

By Sami Zaptia.London, 5 April 2021:Speaking at a press conference yesterday to celebrate the arrival of the first batch of ant-Coronavirus vaccines t...

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Russia is considering reopening its Tripoli embassy
Mar 19 Sami Zaptia

Russia is considering reopening its Tripoli embassy

By Sami Zaptia.London, 19 March 2021:Russia is considering reopening its embassy in Tripoli. The news was revealed by its Foreign Ministry.It revealed...

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Feb 1 Sami Zaptia

Egypt plans new African link road through Libya

By Sami Zaptia.A Benghazi road with solar lighting implemented by the UNDP (Photo: UNDP Libya).London, 1 February 2021: Further to earlier news that E...

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Op-Ed: Libya: The way forward is riddled
Jan 21 Sami Zaptia

Op-Ed: Libya: The way forward is riddled

By Ambassador Anil Trigunayat.21 January 2021: A wasted decade is the story of Libya and apathy of an interventionist but irresponsible international...

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Italy appoints Pasquale Ferrara Special Envoy for Libya
Jan 15 Sami Zaptia

Italy appoints Pasquale Ferrara Special Envoy for Libya

By Sami Zaptia.London, 15 January 2021: Italian Foreign Minister Luigi di Maio has appointed its former Ambassador to Algiers Pasquale Ferrara to serv...

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Nov 23 Sami Zaptia

U.S House of Representatives adopts Libya Stability Support Act

By Sami Zaptia.London, 23 November 2020: The Foreign Ministry of Libya’s internationally recognized government based in Tripoli confirmed last Thursda...

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Aug 21 Sami Zaptia

Libya’s internationally recognized government declares ceasefire, calls for demilitarized zone, departure of foreign forces, resumption of oil exports and elections in 2021

By Sami Zaptia.Faiez Serraj, Libya's internationally recognized prime minister has announced a ceasefire which Ageela Saleh, head of Libya's parliamen...

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Serraj meets Turkish and Qatari defence ministers to discuss security and defence cooperation
Aug 19 Sami Zaptia

Serraj meets Turkish and Qatari defence ministers to discuss security and defence cooperation

By Sami Zaptia.London, 19 August 2020:Faiez Sarraj, the internationally recognized prime minister of Libya, met on Monday with the Turkish and Qatari...

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