Tag: Gaddafi

Seven Years after Fall of Gaddafi, Libya Remains Fragmented

February 19, 2018

Seven years after the fall of the Gaddafi regime, Libya remains in turmoil, battered by infighting between heavily armed militias and a political crisis that ... Read More

Libya: France takes political agreement initiative

July 24, 2017

France has confirmed that the Prime Minister-designate Fayez Serraj of the UN-backed Government of National Accord will be meeting, in Paris on Tuesday, with Field ... Read More

U.S. Needs Cohesive Policy in Eastern, Northern Africa- Special Ops General

May 31, 2017

The lack of an overall US strategy is complicating the U.S. military’s struggle to help bring stability to Africa where focus should be on adopting ... Read More

Trump’s Aide Advocates Partitioning Libya

April 10, 2017

Sebastian Gorka, a White House Deputy assistant to President Donald Trump, suggested partitioning Libya into three states during a meeting with a senior European Diplomat, ... Read More

Libya: Tribes Increase Haftar’s Influence

March 22, 2017

Libyan influential tribes have been deserting the UN-backed unity government to join the side of east-based army commander Khalifa Haftar, increasing therefore the influence of ... Read More

Russia Continues Sneaky Tactics in Support of Haftar in Libya

March 14, 2017

Set to strengthen its foothold in a Libya beset by chaos and instability, Russia threw its weight on Libya’s strongman Marshall Khalifa Haftar whose forces ... Read More

UN Slams Libyan justice system as unfair, requests handing over of Gaddafi’s son to ICC

February 22, 2017

The UN has issued a 60-page report harshly criticizing the Libyan justice system and denouncing the trial of senior officials of the Gadhafi era as ... Read More

Libya: Haftar Hopes for a Russia-US Coalition to Ouster Terrorists

February 6, 2017

Libyan field Marshal Khalifa Haftar told French media Journal du Dimanche (JDD) Sunday he hoped President Donald Trumps would join President Vladimir Putin in supporting ... Read More

Russia Plans to Arm Haftar through Algeria

January 26, 2017

Keen to have a foothold in the Mediterranean, Russia is planning to provide weapons to Libya’s strongman Khalifa Haftar via Algeria, the UK-based news website, ... Read More

CIA Declassifies 6597 Documents on Morocco

January 24, 2017

The CIA has made available online 930,000 declassified files, that is about 13 million pages, of which 6597 documents are related to Morocco. The trove ... Read More