U.S. officials appealed to a renegade Libyan commander in recent talks to forgo what they said would be a destructive offensive into the capital, Tripoli, a senior official said, signaling the Trump administration’s heightened focus [ 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 … ]
The Egyptian-Russian relations have witnessed a remarkable progress towards strengthening the political, economic, and military relations, especially after Al-Sisi’s access to power. On the political level, there were several mutual visits between Egyptian and Russian [ More … ]
Libya’s General Khalifa Haftar has ended a top-secret visit to Egypt for three or four days. General Haftar left Egypt on Wednesday after a secret visit and headed to Jordan on a private plane, according [ More … ]
Kobler said that Hafter’s forces have made progress in the interest of all Libyans UN Envoy to Libya Martin Kobler has said on his Twitter account that the army, led by Khalifa Hafter, has made [ More … ]
The New Arab has reported that a Libyan military official formerly affiliated to Khalifa Haftar confirmed that the UAE now maintains a military base that supports the operations of the general in eastern Libya. The base is [ 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 … ]
Egypt and UAE are mediating between Haftar and Fayez AL-Serraj, the head of the UN-backed government, to reach an agreement over security issues in Libya. Libya Observer cited a report of the Huffington Post Arabic [ More … ]
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