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Tag: GNA
Libya: GNA appoints Defense Minister, new Chief of Army Staff
The head of the Libyan government of national unity (GNA) on Saturday appointed a new Minister of Defense and a new Chief of Army Staff. ... Read More
Haftar rejects GNA ceasefire proposal as smoke screen
Libyan rebel warlord Khalifa Haftar Sunday tossed away the proposal made by the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) for truce between the two warring ... Read More
Libyan rivals declare ceasefire on back of Covid-19
Amid a surge in coronavirus cases, the two warring governments in Eastern and Western Libya have declared an immediate nationwide ceasefire offering hope for a ... Read More
Libya: GNA holds 35 Egyptian fishermen in detention since November
The UN-backed Government National Accord (GNA) has arrested 35 Egyptian fishermen who are reportedly in custody since November last year. The detainees, most of whom ... Read More
Libya: Haftar rules out negotiations with Turkey in letter to Washington
Rebel General Khalifa Haftar has brushed aside every possibility of talks with Turkey and called on Washington to thwart arm delivery to Ankara-backed Government of ... Read More
Libya: Two Russian agents held for espionage to be freed
The UN-backed Government National Accord (GNA) will soon set free two Russian agents accused of espionage, reports say citing Moscow. Maxim Shogali and Samer Seifan ... Read More
GNA scorns Arab league meeting on Libya
The foreign minister of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) has said he would not attend an Arab league meeting of foreign ministers on ... Read More
UN Chief “deeply shocked” by mass graves discovered in Libya
The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is deeply shocked by the discovery of multiple mass graves in recent days in Libya, the majority of them in ... Read More
Top Arab League official recognizes GNA as sole legitimate Libyan authority
A high profile official of the Arab League has recognized the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli as the only legitimate Libyan authority. ... Read More
Egypt rushes to save defeated Haftar with peace deal
After sapping all prospects for a peaceful solution insisting on retaking Tripoli, Haftar adhered to an Egyptian call for truce that has been rejected by ... Read More