Russia appears to have deployed special forces to an airbase in western Egypt near the border with Libya in recent days, U.S., Egyptian and diplomatic sources say, a move that would add to U.S. concerns [ More … ]
What happened on the fifth of March was a lightning surprise when Khalifa Haftar’s forces in the cities of the Oil Crescent collapsed without resistance in front of hordes of troops belonging to Benghazi Defense [ More … ]
It seems that the the latest developments on the Libyan arena alarm Egypt’s al-Sisi as his ally Khalifa Haftar lost control of two key oil ports on Libya’s Mediterranean coast. In this context, an Egyptian diplomatic [ More … ]
General Khalifa Haftar took a tour on Russia’s aircraft carrier positioned off the Libyan coast and held a video call with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, the biggest sign of growing ties between the Kremlin and the [ More … ]
The Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) -led by Ibrahim Jadhran- have withdrawn from the Oil Crescent region in east Libya, hours after retaking Sidra and Ras Lanuf oil terminals from Haftar’s militia known as the Libyan [ More … ]
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