Libye : News

[Magharebia]Tripoli -Last week-end's bloody attack on anti-militia protesters in Benghazi stirred a large debate about the role of the military in a country that has been suffering from security turmoil since the fall of the Kadhafi regime. (AllAfrica)

[AI London]The Libyan authorities must drop charges against two politicians who published a cartoon on women's rights deemed to be offensive to Islam, Amnesty International said today. (AllAfrica)

[SAPA]Johannesburg -An agreement has been reached on the repatriation of Libyan funds and assets from South Africa, the Treasury said on Thursday. (AllAfrica)

[HRW]Tripoli -Libyan authorities should promptly and thoroughly investigate the violent clashes in Benghazi on June 8, 2013, that left 32 people dead. The authorities should also hold those who violated the law accountable, the group said. (AllAfrica)

[Tunis Afrique Presse]Benghazi -Seven soldiers have been killed in clashes between Libyan Special Forces and armed protesters in the eastern city of Benghazi, officials say. (AllAfrica)

[SA Govt]The Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan has agreed with the Libyan Government that the repatriation from South Africa of Libyan funds and assets will be handled in terms of United Nations (UN) protocols. This was agreed at a meeting on Tuesday last week (4 June 2013) between Minister Gordhan and a Libyan government delegation led by Mr Usama al Abid, the Minister in the Office of the Libyan Prime Minister. (AllAfrica)

[Magharebia]Tripoli -An Italian embassy staff car exploded Tuesday (June 11th) in Tripoli, minutes after alert observers warned that the vehicle had been rigged with a bomb. (AllAfrica)

[Tunis Afrique Presse]Bardo -Tunisian-Libyan co-operation relations and ways to strengthen them were discussed as President of the National Constituent Assembly (NCA) Mustapha Ben Jaafar met, Wednesday in Bardo, with Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan. (AllAfrica)

[U.S. Embassy Tripoli]'The Governments of France, the United Kingdom and the United States strongly condemn the violence in Benghazi on Saturday 8 June. On behalf of their Governments, the French and British Ambassadors and the US Chargé d'Affaires in Tripoli wish to extend their deepest condolences to the families of the victims of this tragic event. (AllAfrica)

[State Department]Remarks by Secretary of State John Kerry at Swearing-in Ceremony for U.S. Ambassador to Libya Deborah Jones (AllAfrica)

[Tunis Afrique Presse]Tunis -Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan highlighted the strategic dimension of Tunisian-Libyan co-operation, calling for the need to boost it through materialisation of joint agreements, particularly in the economic, trade and security sectors and in matters of developing land, air and sea links between the two countries. (AllAfrica)

[IPS]Tripoli -All eyes have turned to Libya since Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou's statement claiming that recent attacks in north Niger were perpetrated by Malian terrorists based in south Libya. (AllAfrica)

[Tunis Afrique Presse]Tunis -Libya's Prime Minister Ali Zeidan arrived on Wednesday morning on a one-day-working visit, leading a large ministerial delegation. (AllAfrica)

[Tunis Afrique Presse]Tunis -Libya will provide Tunisia 450,000 barrels of crude oil per month from August to the end of 2013 under an agreement that crowned on Tuesday in Tripoli the Tunisia-Libya Joint Commission on Oil and Gas Co-operation. (AllAfrica)

[Magharebia]Tripoli -Libyan Army Chief of Staff Youssef al-Mangoush resigned on Sunday (June 9th), a day after violent militia clashes in Benghazi left 31 people dead and a hundred wounded. (AllAfrica)

[Deutsche Welle]The chief of staff of Libya's army has resigned after an outbreak of unrest in the second city, Benghazi, which claimed 31 lives. The fighting began after protesters converged on a base used by armed militia. (AllAfrica)

[RSF]Reporters Without Borders is extremely concerned about the deteriorating security situation in Libya and the behaviour of certain militias towards media personnel. Journalists have repeatedly been attacked, threatened or kidnapped by militias in recent months. (AllAfrica)

[Tunis Afrique Presse]Tunis -Tunisian and Libyan businessmen called for revising legislation organising bilateral exchanges and encouraging bilateral partnerships in the private sector, the purpose being to achieve economic complementarity in all business areas. (AllAfrica)

[Magharebia]Tunis -The wave of al-Qaeda fighters ousted from Mali was already a danger for Libya. Now that silent cells affiliated with Hezbollah are trying to gain a foothold in the country, an already desperate security situation is even worse. (AllAfrica)

[Tunis Afrique Presse]Tunis -Libya's Prime Minister Ali Zeidan is paying a working visit to Tunisia on Wednesday, June 12 at the invitation of Interim Prime Minister Ali Larayedh. (AllAfrica)

[UN News]The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL)today expressed "deep concern" regarding the outbreak of violence in Benghazi that claimed the lives of many people and left many others injured. (AllAfrica)

[Magharebia]Ever since the liberation of northern Mali by French and African forces, some observers have been asking the same question: where did al-Qaeda fighters go? (AllAfrica)

[Tunis Afrique Presse]Benghazi -Libya's army will take control of a militia's bases in the eastern city of Benghazi after clashes in which 31 people were killed, an army spokesman said on Sunday. (AllAfrica)

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, center, flanked by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, left, and Pentagon Comptroller Robert Hale, prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 12, 2013, before Senate Budget Committee hearing on President Obama's fiscal 2014 budget requests for defense spending.

The latest attack fueled concerns of a further deteriorating security situation in this already volatile city, Libya's second largest.

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says four members of Army special forces in Tripoli were never told to stand down after the attack last year on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.

TRIPOLI, Libya - Gunmen staged overnight attacks on at least six security buildings and outposts throughout Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, killing five soldiers, military officials said Saturday.

A member of the Libyan army is seen at the Mellitah Oil and Gas complex, located 100 km west of Tripoli March 4, 2013.

TRIPOLI, Libya-A Libyan army colonel was killed in an ambush on his brigade in the country's south on Friday, the unit's spokesman said, in the latest incident of violence in the North African country.

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The charges against Ali Tekbali and Fathi Sager are ludicrous and must be dropped immediately.