Israel has burnt every olive branch offered by the Palestinians, starting with the late Yasser Arafat's famous 1974 speech at the UN when he told the occupation state, "I...

Egypt warmly welcomed Turkiye's Foreign Minister for the first time in a decade that saw relations between the two countries soured over, mainly, what Ankara saw as a "coup"...

Libya is one of the driest countries in the Middle East-North Africa region, which is itself home to eleven of the fifteen driest countries in the world. The average...

The aim of the UN mission in Libya has always been to help the country reach the end of the transitional period which has been in progress since the...

The latest meeting of ambassadors of the countries with stakes in Libya, sometimes known as the Libya Contact Group, ended with a call for both presidential and legislative elections...

It is 12 years since the so-called Arab Spring visited Libya and ended the late leader Muammar Gaddafi's government, plunging the country into chaos, violence and civil war. The...

In his first major international interview since returning to power, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to CNN earlier this month. He demonstrated that he is still a prolific...

Occupiers do not criticise other occupiers, do they? It does not make sense, and it sounds ridiculous if they do. For example, imagine Tel Aviv criticising Russia's occupation of...

Try searching Facebook for this name, Hassan Nasrallah, and result comes back with a warning that says "Are you sure you want to continue? The term you searched for...

The director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) arrived unannounced in Tripoli on 12 January for a brief visit that lasted just a few hours. In the first...

Social media in Libya is abuzz following the news that a Tripoli court has suspended the implementation of the Libya-Turkiye hydrocarbon exploration deal that was signed last October between...

When his name was circulating last summer as a candidate for the position of United Nations envoy to Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily was almost unknown except within the halls of...

Have you ever heard of Kach? No? Never mind, but if you do not know what Kach was then it is likely that you do not know who Itamar...

On 9 December, Saudi Arabia hosted the first Arab-China summit, a rare event marking Beijing's new approach to relations with the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The...

Libyan Abu Agila Muhammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi will appear for the second time before a federal court in Washington DC next Tuesday where he will be told formally of...

On 12 December, Libyan citizen Abu Agila Muhammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi, 74, appeared in a federal court in Washington D.C., accused of helping blow up Pan Am Flight 103...

Last February, the International Criminal Court (ICC) said it has jurisdiction over Gaza, Occupied Palestinian West Bank and East Jerusalem. The office of the Prosecutor, the announcement said, the...

The European Union (EU) is supposed to have a common regional policy, particularly in relation to its immediate neighbourhood, which includes the entire North African region. Such a policy...

On 17, November, a plane carrying Greece's Foreign Minister, Nikos Dendias, landed in Mitiga International Airport, in Tripoli, but the visitor refused to disembark once he was told that...

The mood in Libya's capital, Tripoli, is sombre and uncertain. While people go about their daily routine they are busy trying to figure out if another war is coming...

The Arab League summit which has just ended in Algiers was hailed by Algerian officials, pro government media and commentators as a success despite all of its shortcomings manifested...

After nearly a year, the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, secured the approval of the Security Council to appoint his choice of Special Envoy to Libya. The new Envoy...

Re-emerging Algeria badly needs to host a major event like the summit of the League of Arab States (LAS) which is due to convene in the capital, Algiers, on...

On Monday, 3 October, Tripoli received a large, high-level Turkish delegation headed by Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, and included Turkiye's Energy, Defence and Trade ministers. In a news conference...

You have probably heard of OPEC: Oil Producing and Exporting Countries. Nowadays, the news headlines are much about OPEC+, which includes OPEC members plus Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Brunei, Kazakhstan, Malaysia,...

The British warship HMS Albion docked in Libya's Abu Sitta port on 28 September, just east of the capital Tripoli, for a routine courtesy visit. This is quite common...

Since former President Donald Trump launched his Abraham Accords initiative to help Israel normalise ties with its Arab neighbours, the Apartheid State of Israel has been making gains and...

The Speaker of Libya's House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, visited Qatar on 10 September where he spoke with officials before meeting Emir Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani. Saleh's visit came...

The Egyptian delegation, headed by Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, withdrew from the 158 meeting of the League of Arab States' (LAS) ministerial meeting on 6 September, a rare Egyptian...

One of the unintended consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, now entering its seven months, is the emergence of new axes and allies rallying behind each other in...

Calm has returned to the Libyan capital, Tripoli, after two days of violent clashes between two militia groups that left 32 dead and 159 injured, according to the Ministry...

On the night of 4 August, 2011, Mustafa Naji Al-Morabit, his mother Fatima 'Omar Mansur, wife, Ibtisam, and three children: Mo'taz three, Mohamed six and Naji nine years old,...