Tag: Benghazi
Tunisia warns Libya’s new PM not to use territory as rear base for political ambitions
Tunisian authorities have banned Libya’s Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha appointed by the Libyan parliament from using the North African country as a rear base for ... Read More
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
Direct peace talks between two opposing Libyan delegations under the auspices of the United Nations
Direct talks between two opposing Libyan delegations began this Monday, October 19 in Geneva under the auspices of the United Nations. Ten members of the ... Read More
Libya: Two car bomb attacks at funeral of Haftar’s military aid kill 6 people in Benghazi
Two cars exploded Thursday a military funeral in Eastern Libya killing six people including two soldiers and one police officer under the command of military ... Read More
Repeated Attacks Could Close down Key Hospital in Eastern Libya – WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has strongly condemned an armed attack in Al Jala Hospital in Libya’s second-largest city of Benghazi, which took place on ... Read More
Libya: UN Outraged by Extrajudicial Killings in Benghazi following Bombings
The UN Special Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Wednesday expressed concerns over what it termed “brutal and outrageous summary executions” of prisoners in the city of ... Read More
Libya: London Wants All Parties to Work Together For Peace & Stability
UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson visited Thursday Benghazi wherein he met Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar, the Head of the Libyan National Army, as well as ... Read More
Libya: Haftar’s Military Commander under International Arrest Warrant
The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an international arrest warrant for Mahmoud Mustafa Busayf Al-Warfalli, accused of war crimes for the execution of ... Read More
Libya: Haftar’s Officer Accused of War Crimes
The UN asked Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) to suspend Mahmoud Al-Warfali, a commander of Saiqa Special Forces, accused of having committed war crimes ... Read More
Libya: Forces Loyal to Haftar Edge towards Tripoli
Armed groups aligned with Libyan self-style Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar said Tuesday they took control of the town of Castelverde, 75 kilometres east of Tripoli ... Read More