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An official in the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) has finger-pointed the UAE for attempting to divide war-torn Libya after its protégé Khalifa Haftar declared himself ruler of the oil-rich country. Mohamed Amari, member of the GNA, took to his Facebook page to castigate the Gulf country. He wrote that the Tripoli-based government was […]
The renegade east-based commander of the Libyan National Army, Khalifa Haftar, announced on Monday April 27 his withdrawal from the political agreement concluded in 2015 in Skhirat, Morocco, which had allowed the formation of the Government of National Accord (GNA), currently led by Fayez El Serraj. In a televised speech aired Monday night, Hafter said […]
Forces aligned with east-based Libyan rebel Gen. Khalifa Haftar have arrested Egypt’s most notorious terrorist known as Mohammad Mohammad Al-Sayyid. He was wanted by Cairo for attacks on security forces and Coptic Christians, reports say. Haftar’s self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) announced al-Sayyid’s arrest on Wednesday. The man described as the most dangerous terrorist in […]
An opposition group in Chad has accused forces aligned with rebel and retired Gen. Khalifa Haftar for the killing of its leader last week, Libya Observer reports. Republican Party said its leader Gorbal Jadi Nakour was assassinated on April 18 alongside with his body guard. Without providing evidence, the party, the Libyan media reports, has […]
Tunisian President Kais Saied has underlined Tunis’s unified position with UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli after his defense minister tagged the fragile Libyan government as militia”, reports say. Tension has emerged this week between Tunisia and Libyan after Tunisian defense minister, Imed Hazgui, in comments to a local TV station, called forces […]
Leader of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) Faiez Serraj Wednesday ruled out possibilities to sit down again at a negotiation table with his rival Khalifar Haftar that he accused of committing crimes against all Libyans. In an interview with Italy’s La Repubblica, Serraj charged the east-based retired military General with bombing “indiscriminately Tripoli, […]
Government of National Accord (GNA) leader Faiez Serraj Wednesday ruled out possibilities to sit down again at a negotiation table with his rival Khalifa Haftar that he accused of committing crimes against all Libyans. In an interview with Italy’s La Repubblica, published Wednesday, Serraj charged the east-based retired military General with bombing “indiscriminately Tripoli, residential […]
UN-backed Government of National (GNA) has condemned and called on the international community to rein in rebel Gen. Khalifa Haftar whose forces have cut water supplies in capital Tripoli amid the spread of the novel coronavirus disease. The GNA’s interior ministry, Middle East Monitor reports, in statement issued Thursday likened the interruption of the water […]
The United States has opposed the choice of former Algerian foreign minister Ramtane Lamamra as UN Special Envoy to crisis-hit neighboring Libya to replace Lebanese Ghassan Salame, who resigned in March. A UN diplomat who asked not be named because not allowed to speak on the matter told AFP that during Wednesday UN closed session […]
Volcano of Rage Operation, the navy forces aligned with UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), have seized a vessel flying Liberia flag, on its way to deliver illegal aviation fuel to rebel Gen. Khalifa Haftar, few days after the National Oil Corporation (NOC) accused the UAE for smuggling aviation fuel to the east-based commander. Colonel […]