Focus: Libya - Dec 5, 2016

IS loses Libya bastion Sirte in major blow to jihadists, almost seven months of fighting have left nearly 700 GNA fighters dead and 3,000 wounded - yahoo.com

US forces conduct 22 airstrikes against Daesh near Libya’s Sirte - Sputnik

With fall of Sirte IS down but not out in Libya, the group is likely to maintain a clandestine presence - Daily Mail Online

As fall of Sirte nears, female suicide bombers attack - US News

Abused, pregnant and behind bars: Women raped by IS are being held as suspects by forces of UN-backed government - Middle East Eye

Libyan forces capture 32 IS militants as they comb through last holdout in Sirte - Libyan Express

Last week Libya’s Tripoli saw worst militias clashes in 2 years - Inquirer News

Brigades from Al-Bunyan Al-Marsoos operation denounce murder and kidnap in Tripoli - The Libya Observer

Tripoli clashes halted after clashing armed groups reached ceasefire - The Libya Observer

Op-Ed: Mediation stops Tripoli militia clashes only temporarily - digitaljournal.com

UN envoy Martin Kobler: Extremely alarmed by fighting in Tripoli, calls for calm - Libya - ReliefWeb

US urges armed groups to cease fighting in Libyan capital immediately - Sputnik

 

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Official: Haftar’s Libyan Army declares state of emergency, government institutions except for the house of representatives will suspend activities - Sputnik

Al-Gotrani proposes transitional government led by Haftar, Presidential Council shuns commenting - The Libya Observer

International community must be in contact with Beida (Tobruk) government if Libya’s problems are to be solved says its foreign minister Mohamed Dayri - libyaherald.com

Haftar's Libyan National Army forces threaten to bomb Canadian ship delivering aid to Islamist held area - digitaljournal.com

UN envoy Martin Kobler departs Tobruk after being prevented from going into city by protesters - The Libya Observer

Libya outgoing ambassador Dabbashi bows out of UN with bitter attack on UNSMIL chief Martin Kobler - libyaherald.com

Interview with UN envoy Kobler on Libya - libyaherald.com

Kerry and Gentiloni confirm working with regional states that have influence on the two main sides in Lybia: Egypt, the UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia - libyaherald.com

Chairs the U.S. House Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: 'the status quo in Libya is unsustainable’ - Sunshine State News

Moscow wants Hafter involved in political process but will not give him arms, says it has political and economic interests in Libya 'but not military interests' - libyaherald.com

Will Egypt intervene in Libya? - Libya Prospect

A shift on policy towards Libya? On abandoning efforts to create a Libyan unity government and instead lending support to the Libyan National Army of Khalifa Haftar - atlanticcouncil.org

Libya sticks to plans to boost output by 50 per cent after OPEC deal - Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide

Libyan oil has to be depoliticized and demilitarized: NOC chairman Sanalla - libyaherald.com

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