Co-founder, Editor @libyaherald. Libyan businessman, political activist / analyst, journalist, pro private sector/ democratic process #Libya #Tripoli
London, England
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Thought for #Libya in 2018: Libyans are ultimately to blame for foreign interference. Their lack of unity & consensus allows for foreign interference. Need grass root consensus on social / economic contract. Need agreed shared vision based on #democracy & peaceful power transfer.
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The Libyan people are proud, resilient, hospitable, and deserving of peace and prosperity. The United States and Libya share a strong and enduring partnership in combating terrorism, building on our historic success in defeating ISIS in Libya together. We respect the Libyan people and the sacrifices that brave Libyans made fighting ISIS, the common enemy of both our peoples, but Libya cannot remain a corridor for illegal migration, and this must end now. The United States remains firmly committed to strengthening our bilateral relationship, supporting the long-awaited unification of Libya and Libya’s institutions, and standing with the Libyan people as they transition toward successful national elections. The Libyan people have been victims of terrorism and foreign meddling for years. I want them to unite, take back their sovereignty, and have the peaceful, prosperous future they deserve! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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يتمنّع الشعب الليبي بالعزة والصمود وكرم الضيافة، وهو يستحق السلام والازدهار. تربط الولايات المتحدة وليبيا شراكة قوية وراسخة في مجال مكافحة الإرهاب، وهي شراكة تستند إلى نجاحنا التاريخي المشترك في هزيمة تنظيم “داعش” في ليبيا.
نحن نكنّ كل الاحترام للشعب الليبي وللتضحيات التي قدمها الليبيون الشجعان في قتالهم ضد “داعش” - ذلك العدو المشترك لكل شعبينا - لكن لا يمكن لليبيا أن تظل ممراً للهجرة غير الشرعية، ويجب أن ينتهي هذا الأمر الآن.
تؤكد الولايات المتحدة التزامها الراسخ بتعزيز علاقاتنا الثنائية، ودعم توحيد ليبيا ومؤسساتها - وهو مطلب طال انتظاره - والوقوف إلى جانب الشعب الليبي في مسيرته نحو إجراء انتخابات وطنية ناجحة. لقد عانى الشعب الليبي لسنوات من الإرهاب والتدخلات الخارجية. إنني أتطلع إلى أن يتحد الليبيون، ويستعيدوا سيادتهم، ويحظوا بمستقبل يسوده السلام والازدهار، وهو المستقبل الذي يستحقونه!
Lesson from Trump's u-turn: when Libyans unite other states will respect us. Otherwise they'll continue to exploit our differences as different states r currently playing us off against each other. If we don't respect ourselves-how do we expect outsiders to respect us? @follwers
The Libyan people are proud, resilient, hospitable, and deserving of peace and prosperity. The United States and Libya share a strong and enduring partnership in combating terrorism, building on our historic success in defeating ISIS in Libya together. We respect the Libyan people and the sacrifices that brave Libyans made fighting ISIS, the common enemy of both our peoples, but Libya cannot remain a corridor for illegal migration, and this must end now.
The United States remains firmly committed to strengthening our bilateral relationship, supporting the long-awaited unification of Libya and Libya’s institutions, and standing with the Libyan people as they transition toward successful national elections. The Libyan people have been victims of terrorism and foreign meddling for years. I want them to unite, take back their sovereignty, and have the peaceful, prosperous future they deserve! President DONALD J. TRUMP
( TS: Oct 25 2026, 7:26 PM ET )
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I stand in solidarity with Ashraf Al-Sheh.
For those outside Libya who may not know him: Al-Sheh is a prominent Libyan political figure, a former member of the UN-facilitated Libyan Political Dialogue, and one of the signatories to the 2015 Libyan Political Agreement.
Yesterday, during an interview on Libya Alahrar TV, he said he had been informed that his name had been placed in the security system for arrest in Tripoli, which he linked to his public criticism of Abdulhamid Dbeibah’s government.
Whatever one’s political disagreements with Ashraf Al-Sheh, criticism of those in power must never become grounds for arrest, intimidation, or retaliation.
If a signatory to Libya’s UN-backed political agreement can face the threat of arrest for publicly criticising the government, the international community should ask what space remains for journalists, activists, political opponents, and ordinary Libyans to speak freely.
The attached video is from his original Arabic intervention on Libya Alahrar yesterday, which I have translated into English for international audiences following the Libyan file.
Silencing critics is not stability. It is a warning sign.
#Libya
Great news. I hope EU will lift the flight ban & EU airliners will start flying direct to Libya ....sooner rather than later.
#Tripoli today: Great catching up & with various ambassadors EU/UNDP/Japan at today's "Just and Sustainable #energy Transition Conference" organized by @oilgasminliby @EUinLibya & @UNDPLibya highlighting vision, advances of sector #Libya #oilandgas #Renewables @libyaherald
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24 hours since my friend & brave journalist @ASanussi was forcibly disappeared for exposing #corruption. Where is he?
He was simply doing his job - exposing corruption. We all must demand his immediate release! #FreeAhmedSanussi #Libya
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.@ASanussi - renowned Libyan media personality whose TV show covers Libya's economy & political corruption - was kidnapped in front of his house in Tripoli.
