Category: Libya

Libya: NOC fingerpoints UAE for sending illegal oil shipments to Haftar

March 17, 2020

The Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) has accused the UAE of smuggling jet fuel to retired and rebel Gen. Khalifar Haftar, in clear violation of ... Read More

Multiplicity of initiatives shatters all efforts to resolve Libyan crisis-Moroccan FM

March 14, 2020

The multiplicity of initiatives is not conducive to settle the Libyan crisis as it disperses efforts and wastes time, Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said. ... Read More

Libya: UN Chief appoints Acting Special Representative

March 13, 2020

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has named deputy of his former envoy to Libya, Stephanie Turco Williams, as Acting Special Representative in Libya until appointment ... Read More

Libya: Angela Merkel stresses ‘no military solution’ during meeting with Haftar

March 11, 2020

German Chancellor Angela Merkel Tuesday stressed at a meeting with Libyan rebel commander Khalifa Haftar that there is “no military solution” to the Libyan crisis ... Read More

Libya: Egypt, UAE provide training & logistics to Haftar’s forces to seize Turkish vessels

March 10, 2020

Egypt and the UAE have trained and will provide equipment to forces loyal to retired Gen. Khalifa Haftar to block Turkish vessels from delivering aid ... Read More

Libyan Envoy delivers message from Speaker of Tobruk-based Parliament to King Mohammed VI

March 7, 2020

Speaker of the Tobruk-based House of Representatives, Aquila Saleh, has addressed a message to King Mohammed VI. The message was handed to Moroccan Foreign Minister ... Read More

Turkey: Journalists hauled in prison over Libya reporting

March 6, 2020

Several Turkish journalists have been detained for their reporting on government’s military campaign in Libya where Ankara backs the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA). ... Read More

Libya: Haftar opens embassy in Damascus

March 4, 2020

Libyan retired and rebel General Khalifa Haftar Tuesday opened a Libyan embassy in the Syria capital Damascus amid warming ties with the Bashar Al Assad ... Read More

Libya: UN Envoy Ghassan Salame steps down on health grounds

March 3, 2020

UN Special Envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame Monday resigned from his position citing health issues, two years and a half after his appointment. “My health ... Read More

Libya: Haftar seeks cooperation with Syria’s Bashar al Assad to counter Turkey

March 2, 2020

A delegation, dispatched by renegade commander Khalifa Haftar, met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus to discuss cooperation between the two sides in a ... Read More