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An attack on an ambulance in Tripoli on Wednesday that has critically injured the head of emergency services in Libya’s war-torn capital, along with two paramedics, has been strongly condemned by UN humanitarians as an abhorrent attack. Health workers and civilians have not been spared in heavy clashes that erupted in early April between the […]
The leader of forces opposed to the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) Sunday ordered the so-called Libyan National Army (LNA) to step up fighting during the month of Ramadan, which has started this Monday, in their drive to seize capital Tripoli. Khalifa Haftar on an audiotape released by LNA spokesman ordered the east-based forces […]
Russian Foreign Minister Thursday told an international gathering that only a political statement would end the military crisis that has engulfed Libya early this month after eastern military commander Khalifa Haftar launched an offensive to take Tripoli. “We need to put an end to the ongoing internal conflict in Libya,” Sergei Lavrov said in his […]
Head of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) Monday expressed fears that Libya could become a terrain of proxy war between Qatar and its neighbors, locked up in close to a two-year old diplomatic crisis. Fayez Serraj made the warning in an interview with Bloomberg at a time the military campaign against Tripoli launched […]
The Tunisian foreign ministry Saturday blocked a press conference that the Libyan east-based government, opposed to UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), was planning to hold in Tunis. The press conference that was to be held Saturday by the foreign ministry of Beida government did not go as planned, reported Libyan Observer, citing sources in […]
US President Donald Trump held a phone conversation with Libya’s Renegade general Khalifa Haftar whose forces launched an offensive to take Tripoli. During the call, Trump praised Haftar for fighting terrorism and protecting Libya’s oil, a comment that diverges from US policy in the war-torn country. “The two discussed a shared vision for Libya’s transition […]
Head of the UN-backed Libya Presidential Council (PC) Wednesday demanded the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate war crimes committed by rival forces of east-based warlord Khalifa Haftar in his quest to overrun Tripoli, while UN Special Representative Ghassan Salame said “The use of indiscriminate, explosive weapons in civilian areas constitutes a war crime.” Faiez […]
Head of the UN-backed Libyan Presidential Council (PC) Tuesday said he would not dialogue with Khalifa Haftar whose forces have been trying to take control of capital Tripoli over the past two weeks. Faiez Serraj rejected dialogue with Haftar during a meeting with elders and shura councils’ members of Sahil and Mountain districts in western […]
Khalifa Haftar, commander of the self-style Libyan National Army (LNA) Sunday received his first open international endorsement for his offensive on Tripoli as he met Egypt’s President Fattah al-Sisi who launched his weight behind the so-called war on terror. “The president affirmed Egypt’s support in efforts to fight terrorism and extremist militias to achieve security […]
The UN mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has urged all parties to observe humanitarian truce in the suburbs of Tripoli to evacuate civilians and those wounded following the military offensive launched by General Khalifa Haftar of Eastern Libya to take control of the capital. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned on Monday the military escalation and ongoing […]