In a shattered villa south of the Libyan capital that serves as his field headquarters, a middle-aged militia commander named Mohammed al-Darrat, an engineer in another life, fretted over incoming ordnance, said the Foreign Policy. [ More … ]
The Libyan National Army (LNA), led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, mounted three airstrikes on the ‘military section’ of Mitiga airbase. The strikes hit their targets with high precision, the LNA said. Further, the Volcano [ More … ]
The Libyan Army forces under the command of the Government of National Accord (GNA) has conducted an all-out offensive on Khalifa Haftar’s forces in southern Tripoli frontlines and Souq Al-Khamis Imsahel, while carrying out airstrikes [ More … ]
The Interior Ministry of Libya’s internationally-recognized Government of National Accord called upon the UN Security Council this week to pass resolutions banning the bombing of civilian facilities. The move follows repeated attacks by forces loyal [ More … ]
The forces under the command of Khalifa Haftar have started a large-scale attack on Gharyan in an attempt to retake the city that they have lost to the forces under the command of the Government [ More … ]
After fierce clashes in and around Naqliya Camp on the Airport Road in southern Tripoli between Libyan Army forces under the command of the Libyan Presidential Council and forces under the command of Khalifa Haftar, [ More … ]
Six Turkish citizens held by illegal militia loyal to East Libya-based commander Khalifa Haftar Turkish Foreign Ministry on Sunday expected immediate release of six Turkish citizens held by East Libya-based commander Khalifa Haftar forces. “Holding [ More … ]
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 … ]
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