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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, […]
Libya’s UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) has gained significant territory in fighting west of the capital, Tripoli. A government spokesman said GNA forces took control of three key cities on the Mediterranean coast on Monday, as they expelled troops loyal to the Libyan National Army (LNA) of General Khalifa Haftar. The army seized the […]
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 […]
Forces aligned with the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) air stoke Thursday a convoy of militias affiliated with rebel Gen. Khalifar Haftar, in south of capital Tripoli, Anadolu news agency reports. The shelling took place on the road between the towns of Tarhuna and Bani Walid south of Tripoli and targeted two armored vehicles […]
Mahmoud Jibril, a former Premier has died in Egypt where he hospitalized after he tested positive for covid-19 in March, reports say. Jibril’s party, National Forces Alliance, founded in 2012, announced his death Sunday. The 68-year old man led National Transitional Council, the de facto Libyan government during the months-long NATO-backed revolution that removed and […]
UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) air force destroyed Sunday a plane cargo carrying a shipment of ammunition for UAE-backed rebel Gen. Khalifa Haftar. Mohammed Gununu, spokesman for the GNA army, said the aircraft, an Antonov coming from the UAE, was shelled after touchdown in a Tarhouna airstrip, 65km south of capital Tripoli. This GNA […]
Volcano of Rage Operation, a command force answering to UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), destroyed Thursday fuel and ammunition shipment en route for forces aligned with east-based rebel Gen. Khalifa Haftar, in Tripoli, Libya Observer reports. A first shipment was shelled in Tininay area, in south Bani Walid, the media notes citing the command’s […]
Major General Ahmed Al-Mismari, spokesperson of the Libyan National Army (LNA), revealed Wednesday that a Turkish warship fired missiles from Libyan waters at Al-Ajaylat area, but that there were no casualties , reported Libyan newspaper Al-Marsad. He said there were no casualties. In a press statement, Major General Al-Mismari said that the intervention of the […]
The European Union launched Tuesday a new naval mission on the Mediterranean tasked to enforce the UN arm embargo imposed on Libya and violated by several counties, which have taken advantage of the chaos in the oil-rich African country. The mission, branded IRINI, is to begin its operations as of this April 1 and will […]