Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
December 2022 - Libya Special Weapons News
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- Statement by the Federal Foreign Office on Libya Germany Federal Foreign Office 24 Dec 2022 -- Germany welcomes the statement of the SRSG Bathily and his ongoing efforts to reinvigorate the political process in Libya.
- Libya's Haftar Declares 'Final Opportunity' to Draw up Electoral Roadmap Sputnik 24 Dec 2022 -- Following the civil war which erupted in 2011 and then-leader Muammar Gaddafi's murder, Libya no longer exists as a single state. The government in Tripoli, which is in the west of the country, and the government in eastern Libya, which was backed by Marshal Khalifa Haftar, have been at odds with one another for the past few years.
- Egypt Draws Maritime Border, Ignites Tensions Among Regional Gas Alliances VOA 19 Dec 2022 -- Vast undersea natural gas resources and the right to drill in waters off the coast of Egypt and Libya are prompting recriminations between regional governments after economic interests led Egypt to unilaterally delineate its maritime border with Libya last week.
- Libya Rejects Egypt's Unilateral Demarcation of Maritime Borders Sputnik 17 Dec 2022 -- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi instructed his government to demarcate the country's western maritime borders last week, unilaterally naming coordinates for the disputed borders.
- Libya's political elite are blocking progress: UK statement at the Security Council UK FCDO 16 Dec 2022 -- Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the Security Council briefing on Libya
- Libya: Help make 2023 the year of 'free and fair elections', Security Council urged UN News 16 Dec 2022 -- The first step to legitimacy and security in Libya is to allow registered voters to cast their ballot in fresh elections, UN Special Representative Abdoulaye Bathily told the Security Council on Friday.
- US Arrests 1988 Lockerbie Passenger Jet Bombing Suspect VOA 11 Dec 2022 -- A Libyan intelligence operative suspected of making the bomb that blew up a U.S. passenger jet over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988 has been arrested by the FBI and is being extradited to the United States to stand trial, officials said Sunday.
- US Arrests Libyan National Suspected of Building Bomb for 1988 Lockerbie Terror Act Sputnik 11 Dec 2022 -- The US Department of Justice said on Sunday it had taken custody of a Libyan intelligence officer over his suspected role in the 1988 mid-air bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Scotland.
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