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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 forces in their push to seize capital Tripoli. Volcano of Rage Operation spokesman Mustafa Al-Majaie said the GNA forces seized all military equipment left by Haftar forces who fled the […]
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 attack vessels off Libyans coasts, Anadolu news agency reports. In confidential letters, the Panel of Experts has named Emirati company Fulcrum Holding in the purchase of six helicopters and two […]
The ongoing conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic present a significant threat to life in Libya. The health and safety of the country’s entire population are at risk, warned several UN agencies in a joint statement released this Wednesday. Despite repeated calls for a humanitarian ceasefire, including by the United Nations Secretary-General, hostilities continue unabated, hindering […]
The head of the Libyan intelligence agency, General Abdelkader Touhami, died in ambiguous circumstances as fighting intensifies in the war that has been raging for more than a year now between the west represented by the Government of National Accord (GNA) of Prime Minister Fayez el-Sarraj in Tripoli and the commander of the Libyan National […]
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 have been on the side of rebel Gen. Khalifa Haftar. The report, drafted by independent sanctions monitors and submitted to the UN Security Council Libya sanctions committee, stressed that the […]
A group of Libyan armed men seized Tuesday two Tunisian fishing boats with 25 men onboard in Tunisian waters, Webdo Tunis reports. Salah Hdider, member of the Tunisian union of farmers and fishermen Wednesday confirmed to a local radio station that the incident took place inside Tunisian waters. Hdider also indicated that the Tunisian army […]
Morocco and Tunisia stressed the need for a political solution to the Libyan crisis few days after renegade General Khalifa Haftar declared himself military ruler and withdrew from the UN-led Skhirate agreement. Tunisia’s Foreign Minister Noureddine Erray had talks in that respect with his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita showing convergence of view on the need […]
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 by the people to rule the country, as a coup on legitimacy. “Haftar’s announcement is a new confirmation that he seeks a coup against the international legitimacy and the Libyan […]
Libya’s UN-recognized government of National Accord on April 30 rejected a truce unilaterally called the day before by military strongman Khalifa Haftar, saying it “did not trust” its eastern-based rival. The GNA said in a statement that it did not trust Haftar, who controls the east and swathes of southern Libya, accusing him of violating […]
Libya strongman Khalifa Haftar said on April 29 his forces would cease hostilities for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan following international calls for a truce in the war-torn country. “The commander general announces the halting of military operations from his side,” a spokesman for Haftar, who controls swathes of eastern and southern Libya, said […]