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Russian authorities have held talks with heads of Misrata forces aligned with UN-backed Presidential Council in a move to narrow gap between the West-based forces opposed to field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, reports say. An important delegation of forces headed by Abdulhamid Al-Dubaiba assisted by Bunyan Marsous commander Mohamed Essa met in the Russian capital with […]
The UN-backed Presidential Council’s problems are festering as leaked list of new appointed ambassadors reveals corruption and nepotism at the head of the new Libyan leadership tasked to reconstruct the country following the death of former strongman Muammar Gaddafi. A source in the Government of National Accord (GNA) led by the Presidential Council (PC) has […]
Khalifa Haftar, head of Libyan National Army (LNA) aligned with UN-back President Council (PC) rival government has lambasted claims that Russia has agreed to supply him weapons in despite the UN-imposed arm embargo. Speaking to Russia’s Sputnik agency in an interview, the self-style army commander indicated that Moscow as it claims is not ready to […]
The Libyan army commander opposed to the UN-backed Presidential Council (PC) has met with a senior US military official during his ongoing stay in the United Arab Emirate, Qatari London-based media The New Arab reports. Khalifar Haftar has been visiting Abu Dhabi in search of support as the Arab League and the UN rally behind […]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Monday underlined endorsement for Libya’s Field Marshal Haftar as Abu Dhabi crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan hailed the army commander for defeating terrorists in Benghazi. Al Nahyan, also deputy supreme commander of the UAE armed forces was glorious of visiting Haftar who is seeking support from a […]
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, the Guardian reported. Gorka was said to have drawn the map on a napkin based on the old Ottoman provinces of Cyrenaica in the east, Tripolitania in the north-west and […]
French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve Friday in Tunis underlined France’s stance on the control of the Libyan oil saying that the National Oil Corporation (NOC) must align with UN-backed Presidency Council (PC). The French leader met with PC head Faiez Serraj in the Tunisian capital as a gesture of support for the weak UN-sponsored Libya […]
House of Representatives (HoR) President Ageela Saleh has appointed Gaddafi’s loyalist Mohamed Belgassem Zway as his Maghreb affairs adviser, reports say. Mohamed Belgassem Zway was Muammar Gaddafi’s close aid until the fall of the former Libyan ruler in 2011. He was arrested and put to trial after the 2011 revolution for working with the Gaddafi […]
The Jordanian Government has called on the UN-backed Libyan Presidency Council (PC) to appoint a new ambassador to Amman as the Middle East country and the entire Arab League members have vowed to cut ties with east-based rival government. Libya’s embassy in Amman is controlled by the Beida government opposed to the UN-backed PC led […]
Libya’s eastern military commander Khalifa Haftar has ignored an invitation by Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi because of the latter’s support for the Tripoli-based Presidency Council (PC) and Muslim Brotherhood, reports say. The Field Marshal has spurned Essebsi’s formal invitation to attend Libyan talks in Tunisia, according to Tunisian local media Alchourouk. Haftar reportedly ignored […]