Two months after launching a surprise assault on the Libyan capital Tripoli, the forces of strongman Khalifa Haftar are locked in a stalemate at the gates of the city. Their initial lightning advance was stalled [ More … ]
The forces of Libya’s internationally recognised Government of National Accord boasted Saturday of new weapons to fight off a rival’s offensive on Tripoli, despite an arms embargo on the country. The forces of Libya’s internationally [ More … ]
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 … ]
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 … ]
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 … ]
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 … ]
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 … ]
Libya’s military commander Khalifa Haftar is due to visit Moscow on Saturday to discuss a peace plan involving a ceasefire and political talks, a Russian official said on Friday. Libya’s military commander General Khalifa Haftar [ More … ]
Libya’s conflicting political factions are expected to meet for talks in Paris on Tuesday, reports suggest. The heads of the opposing sides in Libya’s crisis are planning to meet in Paris on Tuesday for talks [ More … ]
Forces loyal to General Khalifa Haftar have bombed rival forces in retaliation for a deadly attack on an airbase in the south of the country. The LANA news agency said, “Warplanes launched air strikes overnight [ More … ]
The United Arab Emirates has begun using US-made planes to support Haftar, a Russian-backed general in Libya, Time reported. It also stated that the planes offer fresh evidence of a clandestine proxy war in Libya. But the [ More … ]
The renegade Libyan general Khalifa Haftar has reportedly been offered the role of Libya’s army chief if he supports the UN-backed unity government in Tripoli. Mohamed al-Taher Siala said Haftar, who has waged war on Tripoli, would [ More … ]
Boris Johnson has said the UK will throw its support behind a new peace deal to end fighting in Libya, during a visit to the capital Tripoli. Sarraj,Haftar,Libya,peace deal,Tunisia,UK,Boris Johnson British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson [ More … ]
Although there has been no official statement so far on talks in Abu Dhabi between Libya’s Presidency Council head Fayez al-Serraj and General Khalifa Haftar, unconfirmed reports say that a number of points were agreed, according [ More … ]
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