Four main Libyan political leaders attended a peace conference in Paris on Tuesday and agreed to hold elections in December Libyan rival factions agreed on Tuesday to hold elections on 10 December. The agreement was [ More … ]
Libya’s neglected south risks becoming an arena for score-settling between rival governments as their forces clash over the most important airbase in the south. Libya’s southern desert, long neglected by central authorities, risks becoming an [ More … ]
The 10th session of Libya’s neighboring countries meeting held in Cairo urged dialogue as the only solution to put an end to the Libyan crisis. The meeting was attended by the foreign ministers of Libya, Tunisia, [ 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 … ]
Many Libyans were shocked by the latest statement of Abdel Razek Al-Nazoury, the chief of General Khalifa Haftar’s army, when he revealed in an interview with an Egyptian newspaper, that “Haftar granted the Egyptian army easements [ More … ]
A delegation from Tobruk’s House of Representatives (HoR) arrived in Cairo on a private plane from Tunisia on Tuesday, according to al-Ahram, a state-run newspaper. The delegation includes pro-political agreement members in the (HoR) and [ More … ]
Egypt is playing a mediating role in the Libyan crisis trying to resolve the conflict between Haftar and al-Serraj. The head of the Presidential Council (PC) of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez Al-Sarraj, [ More … ]
A Libyan delegation headed by General Khalifa Haftar arrived Cairo from Tobruk, according to a source in Cairo Airport. The source-who asked to remain anonymous- said;”Gen. Khalifa Haftar headed a delegation of 7 members on [ More … ]
Middle East Eye has obtained air traffic recordings that revealed a multinational military operation involving British, French and US forces is coordinating air strikes in support of General Khalifa Haftar battling Islamist militia groups from a base [ More … ]
A conference was held by Libyan journalists in the Jordanian capital, Amman, under the supervision of Mohammed Dahlan as reported by UAE71 news. Dahlan is the former Gaza strongman who is backed by Abu Dhabi [ More … ]
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