Category: Libya

Libya: AU Troika meets in Egypt

April 23, 2019

The African Union Troika is holding this Tuesday a summit meeting in Cairo to discuss the political and security situation in Libya and means to ... Read More

Libya: Tunisia denies Haftar-linked Eastern government holding press conference in Tunis

April 22, 2019

The Tunisian foreign ministry Saturday blocked a press conference that the Libyan east-based government, opposed to UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), was planning to ... Read More

How Trump risks emboldening Haftar in Libya

April 21, 2019

US President Donald Trump held a phone conversation with Libya’s Renegade general Khalifa Haftar whose forces launched an offensive to take Tripoli. During the call, ... Read More

Libya: GNA accuses France of supporting Haftar; orders end to bilateral security cooperation

April 19, 2019

The interior minister of the Libyan UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) has accused France of backing renegade eastern warlord Khalifa Haftar, whose forces have ... Read More

Libya: Serraj demands ICC to investigate war crimes committed by Haftar forces

April 18, 2019

Head of the UN-backed Libya Presidential Council (PC) Wednesday demanded the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate war crimes committed by rival forces of east-based ... Read More

Libya: Serraj rules Haftar out of national reconciliation talks

April 17, 2019

Head of the UN-backed Libyan Presidential Council (PC) Tuesday said he would not dialogue with Khalifa Haftar whose forces have been trying to take control ... Read More

Libya: Arab League stops short to name foreign hands behind military escalation

April 16, 2019

The Arab League envoy to Libya has accused foreign countries of fanning the military fighting in Libya but stopped short to name these countries, such ... Read More

Libya: Haftar wins al-Sisi’s backing in offensive to take Tripoli

April 15, 2019

Khalifa Haftar, commander of the self-style Libyan National Army (LNA) Sunday received his first open international endorsement for his offensive on Tripoli as he met ... Read More

Libya: UN postpones reconciliation conference following fighting in Tripoli

April 10, 2019

The UN has delayed the holding of the Libyan National Conference over current fighting for the control of capital Tripoli between the forces of the ... Read More

Libya: UN Calls for Humanitarian Truce, Peace Talks

April 9, 2019

The UN mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has urged all parties to observe humanitarian truce in the suburbs of Tripoli to evacuate civilians and those wounded ... Read More