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 … ]
Khalifa Haftar, the eastern Libyan military commander whose forces control parts of the country, said that he would listen to the “will of free Libyan people”, in the strongest indication so far that he might [ More … ]
The United States, France and United Kingdom in a joint statement welcomed the Libya National Army (LNA) decision to probe unlawful killings along with its recognition of an ICC arrest warrant for an LNA commander. [ More … ]
Khalifa Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army has been fighting for control of Libya’s second city for three years. Libya’s eastern commander Khalifa Haftar said on Wednesday his forces had taken full control of Libya’s second [ More … ]
On the third anniversary of Haftar’s Dignity Operation, being celebrated in eastern cities, that are governed by military rule, journalist and political activist Mansour Abied who abandoned the operation, has crashed the party with heavy [ More … ]
Local media reports in Libya stated that the head of the council of elders in the oil terminal district of Sidra was seized while traveling from Ajdabiya to his home in Ras Lanuf. It is [ More … ]
Russia is taking on the role of kingmaker in Libya by giving its backing to a renegade military officer as the future leader of the north African nation, complicating UN-led efforts to build a unity [ More … ]
The Libyan scene has become one of the most complicated files in the Middle East. Perhaps, the most important complications of the scene lie in the confusion of understanding the Libyan issue due to: the [ More … ]
– No group has claimed responsibility for the bombing – A car-bomb explosion killed three people, including a political activist, and injured 21 others in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi late Saturday, according to Libyan [ More … ]
The situation in Libya is heading for escalation between the rival Libyan governments and their militias. A report titled:”Libya’s Future and Haftar’s Oil Grab” written by Karim Mezran and Mattia Toaldo and published by the [ More … ]
Middle East Eye has obtained a leaked air traffic control recording that reveal Emirati fighter pilots participating in an international operation which is also involving British, French and US forces in support of renegade General [ More … ]
Many Libyans were shocked by the latest statement of Abdel Razek Al-Nazoury, the chief of General Khalifa Haftar’s army, when he revealed in an interview with an Egyptian newspaper, that “Haftar granted the Egyptian army easements [ More … ]
The Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries has called for total mobilization against what it called as the French blatant aggression in Libya. At the same time, several demonstrations spread all over Libya in protest against the [ More … ]
The French government spokesman Stephane Le Foll confirmed presence in Libya, reported Reuters. Le Foll said he could not confirm a report in Le Parisien newspaper, citing an Associated Press report, which said two French special [ More … ]
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