Tag: Khalifa Haftar

GNA forces retake control of Tripoli International airport

June 4, 2020

Forces aligned with the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) seized Wednesday full control of Tripoli International airport from rebel Gen. Khalifa Haftar’s fighters who ... Read More

Libya: Haftar agrees to resume talks on ceasefire – UN reveals

June 2, 2020

Libyan retired and rebel Gen. Khalifa Haftar has accepted to go back to talks on ceasefire in Libya, the UN special mission in Libya (UNSMIL) ... Read More

Libya: HoR Speaker meets with LNA militia leaders opposed to Khalifa Haftar

May 29, 2020

Speaker of the House of Representative (HoR), the Libyan east-based parliament, has met with leaders of militias of self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) led by ... Read More

Libya: US accuses Russia of backing Khalifa Haftar with warplanes

May 27, 2020

Washington has accused Russia of covertly deploying at least 14 fighter jets to Libya last week to back the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army of east-based ... Read More

Libya: Egypt at odds with UAE after loss of Haftar-controlled key airbase

May 22, 2020

Egypt has blamed the UAE, its ally in Libya, after protégé rebel Gen. Khalifa Haftar lost early this week a key airbase to forces controlled ... Read More

Egyptian military to beef up protection of western borders with Libya

May 20, 2020

The Egyptian army has been instructed to beef up its presence in the west, near the border with Libya for fear that terrorist elements might ... Read More

GNA forces seize key Al-Watiya airbase from Haftar

May 19, 2020

Forces aligned with the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) announced Monday the takeover of the Al-Watiya airbase, south of Tripoli, used by Khalifa Haftar’s ... Read More

UN sanction committee charges UAE for purchasing military equipment to sink boats off Libya

May 18, 2020

A panel of experts under UN Libya Sanction Committee has accused a UAE company for supplying helicopters and boats to rebel General Khalifa Haftar to ... Read More

UN blames Russian Wagner Group for showering Libya with 1,200 mercenaries

May 8, 2020

A report by a UN working group has blamed Wagner Group, a Russian security company, for smuggling inside war-torn Libya up to 1,200 mercenaries who ... Read More

Qatar rejects Haftar’s proclaiming himself Libya’s ruler as a coup on legitimacy

May 1, 2020

Qatar said it rejects the announcement made last Monday by the commander of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army, Khalifa Haftar, claiming he had been mandated ... Read More