An international rights group has urged Libyan strongman’s self-styled army to lift its siege inside an eastern Mediterranean city where civilians have been trapped. Human Rights Watch said that over the past two weeks, General [ More … ]
Lar month, on January 31, the Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev paid a visit to Abu Dhabi to meet with the United Arab Emirates’ national security adviser, Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The two exchanged views on [ More … ]
Clashes resumed near Libya’s biggest oil field, a day after eastern military commander Khalifa Haftar said his forces had reached the deposit in a push to secure the southwestern region and its energy installations. Haftar’s [ More … ]
By: Yasin Aktay At the beginning of the last week, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar visited Libya, Sudan, and Somalia on a four day trip. He was joined by Chief of General Staff Yaşar Güler, Libya special [ More … ]
General Khalifa Haftar’s forces in Eastern Libya on Monday captured a former Egyptian special forces officer wanted by Cairo for suspected Islamist militant activities, a Libyan military spokesman said, accrding to Reuters. Hisham al-Ashmawy, one [ More … ]
Two employees of the National Oil Corporation and two attackers reported dead after several blasts heard in Tripoli An assault on the headquarters of Libya’s state oil firm, the National Oil Corporation (NOC), has left [ More … ]
Libyan oil ports likely to shut down, meaning a total reduction of about 800,000 barrels per day Libya’s National Oil Company said on Friday it expected to halt operations at two key export terminals this [ More … ]
Libyan commander’s announcement came just hours after his army said it had driven a rival militia out of the country’s oil crescent Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar announced on Monday the handover of oil installations [ More … ]
After a week of fighting, forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar say they have retaken As Sidra oil port and and airstrip at Ras Lanuf East Libyan forces said on Thursday they had rapidly retaken control [ More … ]
Four main Libyan political leaders attended a peace conference in Paris on Tuesday and agreed to hold elections in December Libyan rival factions agreed on Tuesday to hold elections on 10 December. The agreement was [ More … ]
The International Work Group for Libya has slammed the UAE and Egypt for undermining the national reconciliation efforts in the country and failing the UNSMIL by bribing its employees to favor one political party over [ More … ]
Conflicting reports have emerged about the fate of the Libyan National Army’s Commander’s fate: while a source in Tripoli said that Marshal Khalifa Haftar had passed away, a member of the Army said he is [ More … ]
Military commander’s spokesperson says he’s in good health amid reports he is in coma after suffering stroke Conflicting reports raised questions of the health of Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar. Al Jazeera network reported on [ More … ]
He settled outside Washington D.C. and returned to Libya only as the revolt against Gaddafi was gathering pace. When Khalifa Haftar flew to Tunis in September, the veteran commander and possible future leader of Libya [ More … ]
The UAE has sent F-18 warplanes to enhance its military presence at the Mohamed Naguib Military Base, north-west of Egypt, a military source said. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the New Al-Khaleej that [ More … ]
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