Libya–United States relations

Iranian diplomatic missions in Turkey were suspended on Dec. 20 until the next order, an embassy official has told the Hürriyet Daily News. U.S. missions to Turkey were also closed on Dec. 20 for security reasons. 

The investigation into the deaths of the two Serbian embassy staffers in Libya is under way, U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Kyle Scott said on Tuesday.

He at the same time "voiced hope that it would arrive at some conclusions soon," Tanjug reported.

U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Kyle Scott said Friday that an investigation into the death of two Serbian embassy staffers in Libya, was still ongoing.

It is necessary to get to the whole truth about what had happened there, he said.

A liaison officer and a driver of the Serbian embassy in Libya were kidnapped on Sunday afternoon in Sabratha.

They were taken after a motorcade of cars, in which Serbian Ambassador Oliver Potezica was also traveling, came under attack.

Hillary Clinton stood her ground through a grueling 11 hours of questioning on Oct. 22 over the 2012 Benghazi attacks, parrying Republican blows at a high-stakes congressional hearing that could impact her bid for the White House.