Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The Hamas regime and its Palestinian militia allies were said to have ordered huge amounts of weapons from Libya. Egyptian officials said security forces have captured a convoy that contained thousands of munitions and missiles bound for the Gaza Strip via the Sinai Peninsula. The officials said the seizure was [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Libya, in another move by the interim government to consolidate power, has outlawed support for the late Col. Moammar Gadhafi. The ruling National Transitional Council has issued a law that could imprison anybody who expresses support for Gadhafi or his former regime. The law marked one of a series of [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Libya has stopped payments to militias. Officials said the National Transitional Council has halted funds to former rebel fighters that helped oust the regime of Col. Moammar Gadhafi. They said NTC wanted to reduce the power of the militias, which number up to 250,000 fighters and have been frustrating government [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Lebanon has captured a weapons ship bound for neighboring Syria. The Lebanese military said the Sierra Leonean-flagged Lutfullah-2 was intercepted and taken to Beirut on April 28. The military said weapons were found aboard the ship and that 11 crew members were detained. “The Army intercepted April 27 off the [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — Iraq has agreed to help dispose of weapons of mass destruction in Libya. Officials said the Baghdad government has approved an effort to help Libya remove chemical weapons found in the arsenal of the late Libyan Col. Moammar Gadhafi. The officials said the project would begin over the next few [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Three BM-21 Grad rockets were fired from Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula toward the neighboring Israeli city of Eilat on April 4. Nobody was reported injured in the late-night rocket salvo. Such attacks on Israel from the increasingly unstable Sinai region have been rare and took place as thousands flocked to [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Libya’s Defense Ministry is recruiting thousands of young Libyans for a force to protect borders and critical facilities. Officials said more than 8,000 militia fighters have enlisted and began a six-week training. “The 8,000 who joined are from all over Libya,” Libyan Deputy Defense Minister Sadiq Al Obeidi said. On March [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Libya plans to decentralize its energy sector in wake of the fall of Col. Moammar Gadhafi. Officials said Libya’s state-owned National Oil would no longer have sole control over the North African nation’s crude oil and natural gas sector. They said subsidiaries would be allowed to hold tenders and issue [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Qatar has sought to rebuild Libya’s military in wake of the fall of the regime of Col. Moammar Gadhafi. Officials said the Gulf Cooperation Council emirate has been meeting with the leaders of the new interim government of Tripoli. They said Qatar has discussed significant assistance, including weapons deliveries, [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States said it has restored military cooperation with Libya. Officials said the administration of President Barack Obama has renewed defense and military cooperation with the interim government that replaced the late Col. Moammar Gadhafi in 2011. They said the cooperation could result in U.S. help to build and [...]
