Libyan renegade General Khalifa Hafter has sent his son to Israel to ask for political and military support, Israeli journalist Yossi Melman revealed yesterday in a report published by Haaretz. Last Monday, a private jet [ More … ]
An investigation into the sale of surveillance technologies to Libya and Egypt has led to charges against leaders at one company. Senior executives at a French spyware firm have been indicted for the company’s sale [ More … ]
Turkey and Libya have reiterated their commitment to enhancing bilateral ties and the maritime deal, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara prioritizes the country’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and political unity. In a joint news [ More … ]
Libyan authorities Monday found two new mass graves in the city of Tarhuna, northeast of the capital Tripoli, Anadolu Agency reported. A statement by the General Authority for Research and Identification of Missing Persons said the two [ More … ]
A war criminal commander of Haftar militia, Mahmoud Al-Werfalli, was assassinated by gunmen on Wednesday, 24 March 2021 in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, local media reported, according to Anadolu Agency. A spokesman for [ More … ]
Libya’s parliament has met in the front-line city of Sirte for a crucial vote on whether to endorse a new interim unity government meant to oversee long-delayed elections this year under an international peace plan. [ More … ]
On February 5, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL)-facilitated Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) selected a new interim Libyan executive authority. This has created significant momentum. At the same time, the situation is fragile, and [ More … ]
A UN-led Libya forum today selected an interim government via a vote, choosing Mohammed Al-Menfi as presidency council head and Abdulhamid Dabaiba as prime minister, Reuters reported. Their list won with 39 votes versus 34 for their [ More … ]
The forces that unleashed uprisings across the Middle East remain as potent as ever, a lengthy report about the Arab Spring in The Washington Post stated. Ten years ago, much of the Arab world erupted [ More … ]
An informed official says the visit of the Egyptian delegation to Tripoli aimed to ‘preempt further Emirati incitement of military adventure’, according to Mada Masr. On Sunday, a senior Egyptian delegation headed by General Intelligence [ More … ]
A new mass grave was found in Libya’s southwestern city of Tarhuna that was recently liberated from warlord Khalifa Haftar’s militia, the Libyan government said Sunday. “The grave was discovered in Alrabet area, a former [ More … ]
A dozen bodies have been unearthed in newly found mass graves in the Tarhuna region of western Libya, AFP has reported. This is where renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar’s forces launched an aborted assault on [ More … ]
Libya is preparing for a wary political solution. Despite a normative political solution to the Libyan conflict, a surprising resignation announcement and mass protests took place in the territory of the U.N.-backed Government of National [ More … ]
The second round of Libyan talks are due to begin today in the Moroccan resort town of Bouznika, south of Rabat, with the participation of representatives of the High Council of State in Libya and [ More … ]
Turkey’s Defense Minister Hulusi Akar on Monday received the commander of Libya’s naval forces in the capital Ankara, the ministry announced. Meanwhile, Libyan authorities have reportedly invited Turkish companies to assist in production by taking [ More … ]
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