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 … ]
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 … ]
Somalia’s security forces conducted a military operation killing 81 Al-Shabaab fighters, the Somali Minister of Information confirmed. Special Forces attacked the Al-Shabaab camp in Jilib district on Saturday, based in the Middle Jubba region in [ More … ]
A spokesman for Iraq’s Iran-backed paramilitary forces has said they ready to move inside Syrian territories to fight alongside the Assad regime after they captured areas along the border. A spokesman for Iraq’s Iran-backed paramilitary [ More … ]
Houthi militias and fighters of ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh continue to plant land and sea mines amid international silence. This is despite the fact that the use of such explosives is considered a crime [ More … ]
Houthi militias and supporters of Yemen’s ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh have established about 480 secret prisons to detain and hide prisoners across Yemeni governorates under their control. According to a recent report by the [ More … ]
UN-backed government in Tripoli and human rights groups said that it has evidence that Haftar’s militias are carrying out abuses in Benghazi. Several videos were posted online showing Haftar’s forces killing captured fighters. The Libyan National Army(LNA), [ More … ]
A quartet of international groups said Saturday it supported efforts by Libya’s unity government to assert control over Tripoli after days of fighting with rival militias. The Cairo meeting by representatives of the UN, EU, [ More … ]
Clashes broke out again Thursday in Tripoli hours after armed groups signed a ceasefire deal ending a four-day battle for control of the Libyan capital. Gunfire could be heard in Tripoli’s southern neighbourhood of Hadba [ More … ]
While the Chairman of the UN of the Libyan Presidential Council Fayez al-Serraj was in Cairo to discuss with al-Sisi the latest developments in Libya, Khalifa Ghwell, the self-declared prime minister, said that his forces have [ More … ]
Turkey’s former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has called on the whole world, particularly the UNSC, the OIC, and the international human rights organizations to bear their responsibilities and move to stop the massacres in Aleppo. In a statement [ More … ]
Cairo Artworks and Media Mondial has awarded the first prize for a documentary movie produced by the Popular Mobilization Forces (al-hashed al Shaabi), Iraqi Shiite militias fighting battles against the Islamic State (ISIS ) in [ More … ]
BY: Merve Şebnem Oruç* Hashd al-Shaabi is a frequently heard name along with the start of the Mosul Operation. Yet its roots date further back in time. The Hashd al-Shaabi, which can be translated as [ More … ]
Egypt has sent military aircraft to eastern Libya to support General Khalifa Haftar’s militias, known as the Libyan National Army (LNA), according to al-Arabi al Jadeed. The planes carrying military equipment and weapons arrived at [ More … ]
– US defense chief says Turkey should have a role in Mosul – There is “an agreement in principle” to include Turkey in the offensive to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from Daesh, Secretary [ More … ]
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