Tag: Khalifa Haftar

Amnesty International calls for war crimes investigation in Libya

May 17, 2019

Haftar’s offensive on Tripoli has resulted in unlawful attacks that could amount to war crimes, which must be investigated by international prosecutors, Amnesty International said. ... Read More

Libya: President Macron to meet with Haftar in a push for ceasefire

May 15, 2019

France Tuesday announced President Emmanuel Macron wants to meet with Khalifa Haftar whose eastern Libyan National Army has been fighting to control capital Tripoli, few ... Read More

Libya: EU Deems Haftar’s Offensive a Threat to International Peace

May 14, 2019

The military offensive launched by the Libyan National Army of field Marshal Khalifa Haftar on Tripoli threatens international peace and security and undermines Libya’s stability, ... Read More

Libya: ‘Abhorrent’ ambulance attack in Tripoli imperils life-saving work, warns UN

May 9, 2019

An attack on an ambulance in Tripoli on Wednesday that has critically injured the head of emergency services in Libya’s war-torn capital, along with two ... Read More

Libya: Haftar asks troops to fight harder during Ramadan in conquest for Tripoli

May 6, 2019

The leader of forces opposed to the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) Sunday ordered the so-called Libyan National Army (LNA) to step up fighting ... Read More

Libya: Russia adds weight to calls for political solution to crisis

April 26, 2019

Russian Foreign Minister Thursday told an international gathering that only a political statement would end the military crisis that has engulfed Libya early this month ... Read More

Libya: Serraj warns against export of Gulf crisis to Libya

April 23, 2019

Head of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) Monday expressed fears that Libya could become a terrain of proxy war between Qatar and its ... 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: 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