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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) announced on Tuesday. “The United Nations Mission welcomes the parties in Libya accepting the resumption of the Joint Military Commission 5+5 talks,” UNSMIL said on Twitter. “It is hoped that […]
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 […]
The heads of Libya’s two warring factions, the Prime Minister of the Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez al-Serraj, and the commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Khalifa Haftar, are both in Moscow this Monday to sign a binding ceasefire. Turkey and Russia, which back opposing sides in the conflict, are supporting the […]
Factions fighting for the control of the Libyan capital have reached a ceasefire following over a week-long armed struggle that have killed dozens of people and displaced hundreds, the UN Special mission in the North African country said on Tuesday. “A ceasefire agreement was reached + signed today to end all hostilities,” the U.N. mission […]
The Polisario is set to occupy the border crossing linking Morocco to Mauritania through its repetitive acts of banditry in the area that is supposed to remain demilitarized under the UN sponsored 1991 ceasefire agreement in the Sahara. Few days after barring the road to participants in a desert rally departing from Dakhla and bound […]
The population held in abject conditions in Tindouf camps have staged protests against the military siege imposed by the Polisario leadership, which has been trading in their suffering for decades. A video posted on le360.ma shows the violence used by the Polisario militias to disperse the grieving population, which denounce the corruption of the Polisario […]
UN has presented a six-point proposal to end the stand-off between the two rival governments in Tripoli but it is yet to be accepted. The plan entails a “presidential council” with two deputies and “independent personalities not belonging to any party or affiliated with any group” to oversee the transitional period of the country during […]
The branch of the Libyan central bank located in Benghazi near the sea port has been taken over by armed men claiming to be from the youth of the naval base in a video posted online. Around $100 billion is believed to be in the bank when the attacked happened. The international community and the […]
Fighting between the Houthi rebels and the government forces started in the Yemeni capital on Monday with both sides accusing each other of triggering it. The State television and SABA, the government’s official news agency, are now under the control of the rebels. A fragile ceasefire has been announced and strategic positions around the capital […]
United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has passed a resolution seeking for a ceasefire in Libya; threatening sanctions against those involved in the violence and further tightened an arms embargo by demanding advance approval of any sale or transfer of arms to the country. Libya’s ambassador to the UN, Ibrahim Dabbashi, called for wise and careful […]