[caption id="attachment_112518" align="alignright" width="154"] Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham[/caption] TEHRAN, Feb. 23 (MNA) Irans FM spokeswoman has said formation of national unity government would cut short the way for terrorists and extremists in Libya. Marzieh Afkham who was reacting to a blast hitting ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Dozens of Libyan protesters blocked the entrance to the Central Bank of Libya and port in the capital Tripoli on Thursday, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ali Zeidan. A witness said that the armed men drove up to the central bank in trucks on the seafront in central Tripoli and stopped staff from entering the building....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The United Nations is to send a 235-strong special force to Libya to protect UN staff because of increasing attacks in the country. The UN Security Council has agreed a request by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to send the force, China's UN ambassador Liu Jieyi said. Ban said in a letter to the council that UN staff are "at ...

Iran has expressed deep sorrow and concern over the deadly clashes between protesters and militiamen in the Libyan capital of Tripoli. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham on Saturday called for national unity and the disarmament of militia groups in the North African country. She also extended condolences to the families of the ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - More than 27 people have been killed and 235 others wounded in Tripoli, authorities said, after gunmen opened fire on protesters who had called on armed groups to leave Tripoli. The demonstration followed calls by imams during weekly Muslim prayers for protests against armed groups and former fighters who refuse to disarm and who ...

Four people have been killed in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, where violence remains rampant despite government efforts to enforce law and order. Two people were killed and five others wounded late on Monday when armed men opened fire on a protest camp outside a hotel, security sources said on Tuesday. The tent was set up by tribesmen demanding ...

Libyas Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has warned against forces seeking to hinder development in the country, saying the government faces major difficulties in establishing order. There are forces who want to obstruct the construction of the state, Zeidan told a group of journalists on Sunday, which was the second anniversary of the fall of Libyan dictator ...

Gunmen have shot and killed a top Libyan military commander in the volatile eastern city of Benghazi, security sources say. Local security officials say Ahmed al-Bar-Ghathi was shot by assailants while he was leaving home to attend Friday prayers. Rescue workers and medics say he was taken to a hospital but succumbed to his injuries. Benghazi ...

SHAFAQNA (International Shia News Association) - For the past 25 years Husam al-Beishi has run a tropical fish shop on Tripolis Al Rashid Street with a sideline in guns. This year he stopped sellingthe fish.People just want the guns, he said, as pistol shots crackled outside from customers testing his wares into the sky over the stalls selling Arab ...

The abduction of Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan shows that the North African country is on the verge of becoming a failed state, a political commentator says. Johnny Miller, who is a freelance journalist based in London, made the remarks during an interview withPress TVon Friday, a day after armed militants abducted Zeidan from a hotel in the capital ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, a son of deposed Libya leader Muammar Gaddafi, may join 37 former regime members in a pre-trial session in Tripoli over charges of murder and crimes allegedly committed during 2011 civil war, according to the country's top prosecutor. Abdel-Qader Radwan, the prosecutor general, said that Saif al-Islam ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Libya's Deputy Foreign Minister Abdul-Razzaq al-Greidi in a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir Abdollahian appreciated Tehran for its assistance to Tripoli, and said the Libyan nation will not allow the revolution to be deviated from its main path. "The Libyan nation has had difficult years and has dedicated many martyrs ...

At least two people have been killed and four others injured in clashes between Libyan military and an armed group in the northern city of Sirte. The clashes erupted on Monday in the coastal city, the official LANA news agency reported. Benghazi, Libya's second largest city, has also seen a wave of violence in recent days. Earlier on Monday,...