Tag: LNA

Libya: Haftar’s LNA Retakes Oil Crescent from Rival Forces

June 22, 2018

The Libyan National Army (LNA), controlled by east-based warlord Khalifa Haftar, has announced taking back Libya’s two main oil ports after overcoming rival forces that ... Read More

Fighting Escalates in Libya’s Derna with Devastating Impact on Civilians

May 26, 2018

Forces loyal to the renegade General Khalifa Haftar have tightened the noose around the eastern city of Derna, at a time the UN warns of ... Read More

Libya: Group of Youths Threatens to Shut down Oil Fields

May 22, 2018

A group of unidentified youth in the Libyan eastern town of Marada has vowed to shut down oil fields over lack of employment and social ... Read More

Libya: War Crime Suspects Remain at Large, ICC Prosecutor Deplores

May 10, 2018

espite an International Criminal Court arrest warrant, a Libyan war crimes suspect remains at large and could have committed further murders, the ICC Prosecutor, Fatou ... Read More

Haftar’s Deteriorating Health further Unsettles Libya

April 19, 2018

War-torn Libya braces for a new era of uncertainty amid reports of General Haftar being in Coma in Paris after suffering a stroke. It is ... Read More

Libya: LNA Chief Khalifa Haftar reportedly passed away in Paris

April 14, 2018

Libya’s warlord and chief of self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) Khaliaf Haftar has died in Paris after being whisked to a hospital of the French ... Read More

Libyan Army Factions Discuss Unification in Cairo

March 19, 2018

Eastern and western rival factions of the Libyan army arrived in Cairo on Sunday to take part in the sixth round of negotiations to unify ... Read More

Libya: LNA Sets March 17 as Deadline for African Forces to Leave

March 9, 2018

Khalifa Haftar’s so-called Libyan National Army (LNA) has set March 17 as a deadline for African forces to leave the Libyan territory on grounds that ... Read More

Deadly Clashes Grapple Southern Libya

March 4, 2018

The Libyan mayhem has reached the relatively peaceful south where rival armed groups in the southern Libyan city of Sabha has left at least six ... Read More

Libya: Terrorism battled out very soon, Haftar

September 19, 2017

Head of the self-imposed Libyan National Army (LNA) Khalifa Haftar Monday in Tunis indicated that terrorism in the North African country will be soon eradicated ... Read More