The most pressing Libyan issue today is not the travel ban, political agreement, or ISIL – it’s corruption, which threatens to bring down the entire country.
A common theme among many postcolonial countries in the Middle East is the difficulty of placing various religious and ethnic groups under the same state’s flag.
Like we see in the movies, heartless and senseless far-fetched imaginary creatures can easily dig up a tomb to take out a body and burn it or eat or even parade it to
Like we see in the movies, heartless and senseless far-fetched imaginary creatures can easily dig up a tomb to take out a body and burn it or eat or even parade it to
Garnada Prison that is located in Garnada suburban town in Shahat city, eastern Libya, has become one of the worst notorious jails in Cyrenaica, Libya’s east.
On Sunday, February 12, 2017, the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) staff at Tripoli Tower was surprised when previous Chairperson of the Authority, Mr.
First, it was the Lebanese university professor, Tarek Mitri, then the Spanish diplomat, Bernardino Leon and afterwards, the German diplomat Martin Kobler, and now the new UN Sec
Except for March, April, May, October and November when temperatures are pleasantly mild Libya has failed for the past three years to bring electricity demand and supply into bal
Except for March, April, May, October and November when temperatures are pleasantly mild Libya has failed for the past three years to bring electricity demand and supply into bal
Islamic teachings clearly say that whoever helps an oppressor or defends one or even covers their actions, assisting in the wrongdoings, is likewise an oppressor - both the doer
Social media pages have released pictures this morning revealing the most probable culprits behind the secret recordings of the meeting in Malta between the UNSMIL team and the H
Social media pages have released pictures this morning revealing the most probable culprits behind the secret recordings of the meeting in Malta between the UNSMIL team and the H
Social media pages have released pictures this morning revealing the most probable culprits behind the secret recordings of the meeting in Malta between the UNSMIL team and the H
Social media pages have released pictures this morning revealing the most probable culprits behind the secret recordings of the meeting in Malta between the UNSMIL team and the H
As a businessman, it is really no surprise that President-elect Trump wants to do the international relations equivalent of letting the market right itself in preferring stable g
On December 17, 2015, representatives from what were then the two parties of conflict - the House of Representatives (HoR) and the General National Congress (GNC) gathered in one
At the onset of the Libyan Revolution in February 2011, Colonel (General) Khalifa Haftar, who had been living comfortably in exile in suburban Virginia for two decades,
On the very day Derna residents took to the streets to express their joy and excitement for liberating their city and uprooting the IS militias, Haftar’s warplanes bombarded the
During the last few years, Libya has been through various phases of political instability, one can question how all these years and stages go by without success?
Spring came all rosy and full of new never-smelled-before scents in Libya. It is not the same as the 2011 Arab Spring, yet it has many common threads with it.
Much of the responsibility for the present chaos in Libya can be traced back to the actions of the UN, the UN Security Council and the many countries who strongly suppo
As years of freedom rang five, Libya and its long-yearned-for revolution is still struggling to prove it deserves to be stable, secure, and in full control of its territories, th
Going back in time to the ex-UN envoy to Libya and head of UNSMIL Bernardino Leon, yet having a closer look at what the current envoy, Martin Kobler is trying to do in the Libyan
If you believe the press releases and glowing public statements emanating from the United Nations the past few weeks, Libya has a new unity government and peace and stability wil
Foreign intervention came to Libya last week, Not military but political, as the United Nations broke its own rule book to push through a new Libyan government without democratic
The international community looks at Libya as a lake of oil or as a bundle of gold, but we, Libyans, look at Libya as a nation, a mother and a soil saturated with the blood of ou
Contrary to all the news reports that a Libya Political Agreement(LPA) was reached at a signing ceremony in Skhirat, Morocco, today, this is an incorrect description of what happ
Hardly a day passes, since the UNSMIL started trying to find a consensus among the Libyans, without a high-ranking official coming out with statements after statements, whether f
As was correctly recounted by Tamim Al-Dari’s speech about Prophet Mohammed, peace be upon him, saying that he said in his Hadith, “Religion is to advise, they asked him for whom
The causes of high prices, the rocketing price of the dollar, inability to meet the demands of the protesters, and the reasons for the long suffering of the people of Libya, is t
Unity and rejection of differences are some of the ordinances of religion which Allah, the Almighty, enjoined on the Muslims. Unlike that are evil, defeat and failure.
Those who do not want Libya to be under international sanctions, they should turn their real concerns toward the fear of division and separation because the sanctions imposed by
Whoever does not hurry up to bless the government, which was firstly announced on air in Skhirat, Morocco and fell short of all expectations, is thus considered an obstacle to th
Building a strong state where justice and righteousness prevail, education prospers, people receive proper health care, security and stability take place and opportunities become