The balance of power on the ongoing battles in Libya between the forces of the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) and militias of Khalifa Hafter, supported by Egypt, UAE, Saudi Arabia, France and Russian mercenaries, are [ More … ]
UN has proposed second round of negotiations for 18 February The U.N.-sponsored peace talks between Libya’s internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) and putschist Gen. Khalifa Haftar this week ended on Saturday without reaching [ More … ]
German Foreign Minister Maas urges UN Security Council members to adopt resolution to enforce cease-fire, arms embargo Germany on Monday urged UN Security Council members to adopt a resolution on Libya to stop continuing military [ More … ]
Libya’s Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj said he will not sit with putschist Gen. Khalifa Haftar again, hoping that his supporters would review their decisions. Speaking in a broadcasted interview with Al-Jazeera on Tuesday, the head [ More … ]
Talks fail to deliver ‘serious dialogue’ between warring parties or to persuade both sides to agree to permanent truceWorld powers agreed at a summit in Berlin on Sunday to shore up a shaky ceasefire in [ More … ]
Turkey strives to end the violence in both Idlib and Libya with a political solution, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said Wednesday. “Libya is our neighbor through the sea and it is out of question [ More … ]
EU ready to support Berlin process for Libya peace, says top EU officials The European Union’s foreign policy chief and the head of bloc’s parliament Monday welcomed the cease-fire in Libya. “The announcement of a [ More … ]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin will call for reaching cease-fire in Libya by midnight on Jan. 12, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Wednesday. Cavusoglu spoke following a bilateral meeting between [ More … ]
The Egyptian National Action Group has condemned what it called “the coup regime’s attempt to plunge the Egyptian army into the ongoing battles in Libya, with the complicity of some army commanders against the general [ More … ]
Layla Mohammed barely had time to gather her children’s belongings before fleeing their southern Tripoli home when shelling targeted the Libyan capital’s outskirts earlier this year. For months she moved her family between apartments as [ More … ]
Turkish leader’s visit comes as Ankara moves to strike deals with Mediterranean nations Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has arrived in Tunisia on a surprise visit for talks with his Tunisian counterpart, Kais Saied, his [ More … ]
The detained pilot Amer Al-Jagam, who was arrested by forces under the command of the Presidential Council’s government as his aircraft got shot down in southern Al-Zawiya, said Russian Wagner Group mercenaries are operating in [ More … ]
The United States is “very concerned” about the intensification of the conflict in Libya, with a rising number of reported Russian mercenaries supporting Khalifa Haftar’s forces on the ground turning the conflict into a bloodier [ More … ]
The US and Europe raise concerns about the escalation in Libya after reports of Russian mercenaries on the ground! Turkey’s parliament on Saturday approved a security and military cooperation deal signed with Libya’s internationally recognised [ More … ]
UAE firm breached UN arms embargo over decommissioned ship, Security Council said, according to the Irish Times. The former Irish Naval Service patrol ship, the LÉ Aisling, was sold to one of the participants in [ More … ]
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