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Forces aligned with the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) seized Wednesday full control of Tripoli International airport from rebel Gen. Khalifa Haftar’s fighters who have been, since April last year, trying to seize the Libyan capital. Mohammed Gununu, GNA spokesman, said GNA forces seized the airport after flashing out Haftar’s fighters who were barricaded […]
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 […]
Speaker of the House of Representative (HoR), the Libyan east-based parliament, has met with leaders of militias of self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) led by retired Gen. Khalifa Haftar, in a clear rejection of the latter. HoR said on its facebook account on Wednesday that Aguila Saleh Issa met with Abdulrazek Al-Nadori, Saqr Geroushi, Mohammed […]
Egypt has blamed the UAE, its ally in Libya, after protégé rebel Gen. Khalifa Haftar lost early this week a key airbase to forces controlled by UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA). Egyptian sources told London-based Al-Araby Al-Jadeed daily that Cairo has been “very disappointed” by the UAE’s “unilateral moves” in the Libyan crisis. Haftar […]
The Egyptian army has been instructed to beef up its presence in the west, near the border with Libya for fear that terrorist elements might attempt infiltrate into the country after forces aligned with UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) took control of key airbase from ally General Khalifa Haftar. Bassem Rady, spokesperson for the […]
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 […]
News Stream May 01,2020
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 […]