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Tag: Khalifa Haftar
Libyan female lawyer gunned down in Benghazi for criticizing Haftar
A prominent Benghazi Libyan lawyer who lately turned critical of east-based retired Gen. Khalifa Haftar was shot dead Tuesday by gunmen aligned with the rogue ... Read More
Libya: Haftar lifts blockade on oil fields & ports under guarantee of a fair distribution of revenues
Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar on Friday announced lifting the blockade on oil production and its export. Hours after the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC), ... Read More
Italy rebuffs Haftar’s blackmail for Italian fishermen’s release
Italy Wednesday said it will not accept blackmail for the release of several Italian fishermen arrested early this month by Libyan eastern forces aligned with ... Read More
Haftar risks sapping Libyan peace efforts
Libya’s renegade general, Khalifa Haftar, has derided the ceasefire declared by the rival governments in the East and West and his forces have already violated ... Read More
Haftar rejects GNA ceasefire proposal as smoke screen
Libyan rebel warlord Khalifa Haftar Sunday tossed away the proposal made by the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) for truce between the two warring ... Read More
Libyan rivals declare ceasefire on back of Covid-19
Amid a surge in coronavirus cases, the two warring governments in Eastern and Western Libya have declared an immediate nationwide ceasefire offering hope for a ... Read More
Libya: GNA holds 35 Egyptian fishermen in detention since November
The UN-backed Government National Accord (GNA) has arrested 35 Egyptian fishermen who are reportedly in custody since November last year. The detainees, most of whom ... Read More
Libya: Discussions between the head of the Tobruk Parliament and U.S. ambassador
Aguila Saleh, the head of the Libyan Parliament based in Tobruk, was in Cairo on Monday 10 August. In addition to his Egyptian meetings, he ... Read More
Libya: Haftar rules out negotiations with Turkey in letter to Washington
Rebel General Khalifa Haftar has brushed aside every possibility of talks with Turkey and called on Washington to thwart arm delivery to Ankara-backed Government of ... Read More
UN Chief “deeply shocked” by mass graves discovered in Libya
The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is deeply shocked by the discovery of multiple mass graves in recent days in Libya, the majority of them in ... Read More