Turkey offers to help rebuild Libyan military
May 22 Nigel Ash

Turkey offers to help rebuild Libyan military

By Ahmed Elumami.Turkish army instructors may be helping rebuild Libya's militaryTripoli, 22 May 2013:Libya is considering using Turkish military expe...

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May 7 Michel Cousins

Congress agrees to appoint a new Chief of Staff

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli, 7 May 2013:The General National Congress voted this morning to look at appointing a new Chief of Staff in a month’s time. Ac...

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May 6 Michel Cousins

GNC to debate Mangoush

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli, 6 May 2013:Libya's General National Congress (GNC) is going to discuss tomorrow, Tuesday, in its regular sitting, the positi...

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Defence Ministry orders troops to rejoin units
Jan 6 tomlittle

Defence Ministry orders troops to rejoin units

By Tom Little.Tripoli, 6 January:The Ministry of Defence today issued a statement ordering military personnel of all ranks to rejoin their units immed...

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Jan 5 Sami Zaptia

Mangoush looks to build “an army to protect the constitution, the nation and its citizens”

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 5 January:Introducing the Chief of Staff Yousef Mangoush at Thursday’s press conference, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan opened by s...

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Dec 28 tomlittle

Recruits graduate into new unit to protect oil assets

Tripoli, 28 December:Recruits from the new Oil Asset Protection Unit celebrated their graduation at the training centre in Misrata yesterday, Libyan n...

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Exclusive: Congressmen move to dismiss Mangoush as army chief of staff
Dec 11 George Grant

Exclusive: Congressmen move to dismiss Mangoush as army chief of staff

By George Grant.Tripoli, 11 December:A group of Congressmen are working to dismiss Major General Yousef Mangoush as army chief of staff, the Libya Her...

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Agreement signed to bring armed forces in line with international humanitarian law
Jun 26 George Grant

Agreement signed to bring armed forces in line with international humanitarian law

Tripoli, 26 June:A memorandum of understanding was signed today between the Libyan armed forces and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC...

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