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 … ]
Forces allied to Libya’s internationally recognized government seized the town of Gharyan south of Tripoli, home to the main supply base of eastern forces attacking the capital, witnesses and Tripoli officials said. The takeover of [ 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 … ]
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 … ]
He settled outside Washington D.C. and returned to Libya only as the revolt against Gaddafi was gathering pace. When Khalifa Haftar flew to Tunis in September, the veteran commander and possible future leader of Libya [ 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 … ]
On the third anniversary of Haftar’s Dignity Operation, being celebrated in eastern cities, that are governed by military rule, journalist and political activist Mansour Abied who abandoned the operation, has crashed the party with heavy [ More … ]
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