Tag: Ali Zeidan
Armed militias hold Libya hostage
When a militia holding Libya's eastern ports loaded a North Korean-flagged tanker with oil earlier this month, the Libyan parliament sacked its...
Ousted Libyan PM flees country after tanker escapes rebel-held port
Former Libyan prime minister Ali Zeidan has fled to Europe after parliament voted him out of office on Tuesday over his failure...
Libyan PM dismisses army officer’s plot to ‘rescue’ country
Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said on Friday the government was safe and security under control, dismissing a statement by a senior...
Libya army says it has no orders to move against seized...
Libya's armed forces have not received orders from Prime Minister Ali Zeidan to move against eastern oil ports and use force to...
Libya PM threatens eastern protesters with troops
Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan stepped up the pressure on protesters blocking eastern ports on Monday, telling them he had weeks ago...
Libyan planes attack unruly militias in south, army on alert
Libyan war planes attacked targets in the restive south on Saturday after gunmen stormed an air force base and the government ordered...
Militiamen briefly storm Libyan parliament to demand vote
Former Libyan militia fighters stormed parliament on Tuesday and fired in the air to try to force assembly members to take a...
Libya seeks Turkish T-129 attack helicopter, Hurkus trainer
Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said his country may soon acquire the T-129 attack helicopter and Hurkus turboprop trainer from Turkish Aerospace...
Libya’s army tells militias, protesters to free up oil ports
Libya's army told former militia fighters and protesters to end their occupations of oilfields and ports and allow crude exports to restart,...
Libya struggles to pay salaries, more clashes erupt
Libya's Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said on Wednesday his government will be unable to pay public salaries and may have to seek...
NATO to advise Libya on strengthening security forces
NATO agreed on Monday to a Libyan request to advise it on strengthening its security forces, lending support to a country where...
Insight: Militia rivalries threaten new war in post-revolt Libya
When gunmen snatched Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan from his Tripoli hotel last week, it was a rival armed militia he thanked...
Libya’s PM was embattled even before his brief capture
Even before he was briefly snatched by an armed group on Thursday, Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan had cut an isolated figure,...
Premier’s brief ‘arrest’ highlights anarchy in Libya
Libyan gunmen on the government payroll seized the prime minister in his nightshirt on Thursday and held him for several hours, in...
Ex-rebels kidnap Libyan Prime Minister
Gunmen from a former rebel faction kidnapped Libya's prime minister on Thursday in reprisal for the government's role in the U.S. capture...
Libya’s PM says Tripoli raid will not affect U.S. ties
Libya's Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said on Tuesday relations with the United States would not be affected by the U.S. military raid...
