In a recent Foreign Policy article former Minister of Investment Yehia Hamed forecast that Egypt will soon be bankrupt if it continues in the same vein. External debt has increased fivefold in the last half [ 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 … ]
Renegade Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, who has been praised by President Donald Trump, commands the Libyan National Army, which in April began an offensive to seize the city from the United Nations-backed Government of National [ 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 … ]
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 … ]
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 … ]
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 … ]
The International Work Group for Libya has slammed the UAE and Egypt for undermining the national reconciliation efforts in the country and failing the UNSMIL by bribing its employees to favor one political party over [ 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 … ]
Arab media reported that Egypt and Russia are on the verge of signing a military cooperation agreement that would allow each side to use the other’s airspace and air bases for a period of five [ More … ]
Human Rights Watch has urged Libya’s warring factions to investigate civilian deaths in Derna and hold those responsible to account, after unidentified aircraft attacked the eastern city. Human Rights Watch has called for warring factions [ More … ]
Days after media outlets reported the arrival of Khalifa Haftar to Cairo, unknown airstrikes bombed Derna pointing fingers to Egypt’s military to be behind these strikes. The airstrikes killed “15 civilians, mostly women and children, have [ More … ]
Media reported that Libya’s warlord of the so-called Libyan National Army(LNA) Khalifa Haftar arrived in Egypt ‘s Cairo to discuss possible Egyptian airstrikes on Derna and other cities like Ajdabiya. Libya Observer cited the New Arab reporting [ 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 … ]
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