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Four forces in the ranks of Khalifa Haftar-controlled Libyan National Army (LNA) were killed Wednesday in a suicide car bombing in the city of Derna where the LNA has been pushing for control. An Islamist militant fighter detonated explosives Read more
Libyan rival fractions agreed on a roadmap leading to parliamentary and presidential elections on Dec. 10. The agreement was reached Tuesday during a meeting in Paris. Years of mediation by the United Nations, as well as Italy, have failed to Read more
A car bomb went off Thursday evening in Benghazi, Libya’s second city, killing at least six people. The attack took place in a busy street behind the city’s top hotel; Tibesti near the Mediterranean. At least six people were reported Read more
The chaos and violence, which continue to rock Libya, have a devastating impact on health care in the country, with hospitals bombed & looted, medical personnel attacked and even taken hostage or arbitrarily detained, according to a UN report. “These Read more
Forces belonging to Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) Tuesday lost two fighters after their position, near a checkpoint, suffered a car bombing attack in the east of the country. The attack that took place near a checkpoint 60km outside Read more
A Canada-based Libyan has lodged with Paris prosecution a complaint against Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar for torture practices and killings, including the slain of his mother, brother and sister in Benghazi during the army commander’s offensive against radicals. Ali Hamza Read more
France and Egypt have thrown support behind UN-proposed elections scheduled for this year as they note that the stability of the oil and but conflict-torn country is a necessity of the region. President AbdelFattah al-Sisi received Sunday French top diplomat Read more
Khalifa Haftar, the head of the self-imposed Libyan National Army (LNA) is planned to return home this Thursday, the LNA spokesperson told Reuters. The army commander who has been out of the country for medical treatment in Paris would land Read more
A younger brother of Khalifar Haftar has told an Egyptian media that the Libyan military commander, who is undergoing medical treatment in Paris, is in good shape and would return to the country soon. Omran Haftar told Egyptian magazine Rose Read more
Talks to replace ailing Khalifa Haftar at the head of self-imposed Libyan National Army (LNA) are in full swing as the military’s entourage and international backers, mainly Egypt and United Arab Emirates (UAE), have begun secret talks to choose a Read more