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Head of Libya's GNA Says He Wants to Quit by End of October

TEHRAN (defapress)- Fayez al-Sarraj, the head of Libya's internationally-recognized government, stated he wants to quit by the end of October and hand over power to a new executive authority as efforts to find a political solution to the country's years-long conflict gather pace.
News ID: 82044    Publish Date : 2020/09/17

Egypt Parl. endorses troop deployment in Libya

TEHRAN (defapress) – After a closed-session, the Egyptian Parliament has approved the deployment of troops outside the country which will pave the ground for military intervention in Libya.
News ID: 81597    Publish Date : 2020/07/21

UN to Vote on Endorsing Road Map to End the War in Libya

TEHRAN (defapress) – The UN Security Council is set to vote Wednesday on a resolution that would endorse a 55-point road map for ending the war in Libya and condemn the recent increase in violence.
News ID: 80188    Publish Date : 2020/02/12

UN Invites Libya’s Joint Military Commission to Convene in Geneva on Feb. 18

TEHRAN (defapress) – The United Nations invited Libyan 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC), which is made up of five high-ranking officers from the two sides of the conflict, to convene again in Geneva on February 18.
News ID: 80158    Publish Date : 2020/02/09

Libya's Joint Military Committee to Meet on January 28

TEHRAN (defapress) – The first session of Libya's joint military committee with five representatives of each party in the conflict is scheduled for January 28 in Geneva, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres told reporters after closed consultations on Libya at the UN Security Council.
News ID: 79977    Publish Date : 2020/01/22

UN:

No Evidence of Sudan Paramilitaries Fighting in Libya

TEHRAN (defapress) – A United Nations panel said Monday it had no "credible evidence" of Sudanese paramilitaries fighting in conflict-wracked Libya for military strongman Khalifa Haftar as alleged by some media outlets.
News ID: 79961    Publish Date : 2020/01/21

Turkish Forces Ready for Deployment in Libya

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Turkish Armed Forces are fully prepared for their possible deployment in Libya as required, the country's National Defense Ministry announced on Friday.
News ID: 79711    Publish Date : 2019/12/28

UN Condemns Attack on Oil Corporation's Clinic in Libya

TEHRAN (defapress) - A United Nations (UN) official has condemned an attack on a clinic in Tripoli, as fighting continues between the UN-backed government forces and the east-based army over control of the city.
News ID: 77575    Publish Date : 2019/05/28

WHO:

Death Toll from Libya's Tripoli Fighting Rises to 510

TEHRAN (defapress) - A total of 510 people have been killed and 2,467 others injured in the fighting in and around Tripoli, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday.
News ID: 77492    Publish Date : 2019/05/21

Italy's Salvini Says France Has No Interest in Stabilizing Libya

TEHRAN (defapress) - Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, continuing a war of words between Rome and Paris, said on Monday that France had no interest in bringing calm to violence-ravaged Libya because of its energy interests.
News ID: 75138    Publish Date : 2019/01/22

Libyan Military on Verge of Victory in Derna

The Libyan military announced liberation of three quarters of Derna city after a fierce battle with terrorists on Monday evening.
News ID: 70549    Publish Date : 2018/06/05

Rezaei in a conversation with the Defapress:

America's aim is to weaken Iran's power in the area / hostility ISIL is not limited to Iraq and Syria

Referring to the character of the Islamic Republic in defeating the terrorist groups in the area, Parliamentary representative noted that "Iran played a main role in defeating ISIL and leaving the group from Iraq and Syria, to the scope that if the maintain of the resistance and jihad was not the Iranian warriors, this victory would today it was not possible.
News ID: 68911    Publish Date : 2018/02/27

UN Endorses Elections for Libya by End of 2018

TEHRAN (defapress) – The United Nations is committed to helping Libya organize elections by the end of this year, encouraged by the rate at which Libyans have been registering to vote, a top UN official said on Wednesday.
News ID: 68032    Publish Date : 2018/01/11

French Police Use Tear Gas to Disperse Protest against Slave Auctions in Libya

TEHRAN (defapress) - Hundreds of activists flocked to the Libyan Embassy in Paris on Saturday, outraged with the government’s failure to tackle people smuggling after a CCN report unveiled a network of migrant slave auctions in Libya.
News ID: 67047    Publish Date : 2017/11/19