In 2017, Abu Dhabi’s Foreign Minister, Abdullah Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan told a forum that, “There will come a day that we will see far more radicals, extremists and terrorists coming out of Europe because of [ More … ]
Libyan forces aligned with the internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) said they had advanced on Saturday on Tarhouna, a key support base for militias of Khalifa Haftar The advance comes days after forces [ More … ]
UN-recognized government (GNA) has reportedly captured Surman, Sabratha and Ajaylat from Haftar militias Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) announces they have seized Egyptian and Emirati weapons! Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) captured three [ More … ]
Former Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril died on Sunday in Cairo, Egypt after contracting COVID-19, his National Forces Alliance (NFA) announced in a statement Sunday He is the first major Arab politician to die of [ More … ]
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 … ]
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