Libya

Libyan lawmakers voted Tuesday to reschedule parliament elections, a spokesman said, a move likely to increase tensions among Libyan rivals already divided over bills regulating planned elections.

Libyan Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush on Sunday announced a “very modest start” to the withdrawal of foreign fighters from the war-torn North African country. … The UN, Libya, and several other countries have repeatedly called for the departure of foreign forces from Libyan soil.

War crimes and crimes against humanity, including the use of child soldiers, have been committed in Libya since 2016, a United Nations investigation revealed on Monday.

The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that could sanction foreign actors supporting rival factions in Libya. The House on Tuesday voted 386 to 35 in favour of the Libya Stabilisation Act, introduced by Democrat Ted Deutch and Republican Joe Wilson.

Eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar paved the way to stand as president in a possible December election on Wednesday, saying he would step down from his military role for three months.

Libyan lawmakers Tuesday passed a vote of no confidence in the country's transitional government, throwing long-awaited elections scheduled later this year into further uncertainty.

Forces loyal to eastern Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar carried out an operation Tuesday against a Chadian armed opposition group along Libya’s southern border, media close to Haftar reported.

The Security Council today decided to extend until 30 September the mandate of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) as an integrated special political mission.

With just over 100 days until landmark elections in Libya, political leaders must join forces to ensure the vote is free, fair and inclusive, the UN envoy for the country told the Security Council on Friday. 

Libya's eastern commander Khalifa Haftar has hired a former Republican congressman and former aide to President Bill Clinton for a nearly $1 million lobbying campaign aimed at shoring up political support and influence ahead of elections later this year.