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The self-proclaimed eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA) on Saturday followed the Tripoli-based government of National Accord (GNA) in responding positively to a call for a truce to allow the country to focus on the danger from the coronavirus. “The General Command is committed to stopping fighting so long as the other parties abide by […]
The call for humanitarian truce in Libya in view of the worldwide coronavirus outbreak launched earlier this week was not heeded as the Libyan capital woke up Wednesday under heavy fighting between the GNA forces and Haftar’s loyalists. Four civilians died Wednesday when forces aligned with rebel Gen. Khalifa Haftar launched rocket attacks on capital […]
The Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) has accused the UAE of smuggling jet fuel to retired and rebel Gen. Khalifar Haftar, in clear violation of UN embargo. The NOC in a statement said it also informed the UN, the internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA), and several other countries of the aviation fuel shipment. […]
The multiplicity of initiatives is not conducive to settle the Libyan crisis as it disperses efforts and wastes time, Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said. Libyans should come together around the SKhirate agreement, which paves the way for a transitory period and elections to end the crisis politically, Nasser Bourita said after talks with President […]
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has named deputy of his former envoy to Libya, Stephanie Turco Williams, as Acting Special Representative in Libya until appointment of a new successor to resigning Ghassan Salamé. The US UN officer has been deputy of the Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) since 2018. Before […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel Tuesday stressed at a meeting with Libyan rebel commander Khalifa Haftar that there is “no military solution” to the Libyan crisis that has become complex following the retired General’s ongoing military offensive to topple UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA). During the meeting in Berlin, the German Chancellor stressed that there […]
Egypt and the UAE have trained and will provide equipment to forces loyal to retired Gen. Khalifa Haftar to block Turkish vessels from delivering aid to the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), reports say citing both Egyptian and Emirati sources. The Egyptian military have trained a Libyan commando consisting of 50 Haftar loyalists to […]
Speaker of the Tobruk-based House of Representatives, Aquila Saleh, has addressed a message to King Mohammed VI. The message was handed to Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Libyan east-based government, Abdelhadi Lahouij, at a meeting Friday in Rabat. In a statement to the media after the meeting, […]
Several Turkish journalists have been detained for their reporting on government’s military campaign in Libya where Ankara backs the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA). Baris Terkoglu, from the anti-government online news website OdaTV, was detained Thursday allegedly in connection with a report about a Turkish intelligence officer who was killed in Libya, Arab News […]
Libyan retired and rebel General Khalifa Haftar Tuesday opened a Libyan embassy in the Syria capital Damascus amid warming ties with the Bashar Al Assad regime in view of countering Turkey’s influence. Haftar attended the ceremony, according to the Syrian state-run news agency, SANA. The opening of the mission came following a trip by a […]