Egyptians looking to snag lucrative reconstruction contracts in Libya are divided over whether their country’s support for one side in the civil war will hurt their chances. On May 5, Fayez al-Sarraj, prime minister of Libya’s [ More … ]
U.S. leader reversed policy to support Gen. Haftar against the U.N.-backed government after urging by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Egypt’s Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi The administration of US President Donald Trump, under the [ More … ]
Thousands of people poured onto the streets of Libya’s conflict-hit capital, urging the U.N. to stop foreign intervention after U.S. President Donald Trump voiced support for commander Khalifa Haftar. In an apparent reversal of U.S. [ More … ]
The United Nations’s top envoy for Libya has said that renegade General Khalifa Haftar tried to stage a coup when he issued an arrest warrant for Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA). Speaking to [ More … ]
Warlord also understood to have private support of Saudi Arabia and the UAE Khalifa Haftar, the Libyan warlord bombarding Tripoli in an attempt to oust the country’s UN-recognized government, has won unequivocal support from the [ More … ]
Tensions rise as renegade General Khalifa Haftar orders his forces to move on Libyan capital in a ‘victorious march’. Libya’s internationally-backed government is deploying forces in and around the capital, Tripoli, after renegade General Khalifa Haftar [ More … ]
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 … ]
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