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Head of the UN-backed Presidency Council (PC) and Libya’s Prime Minister has slammed Misrata-based military forces aligned with the PC after members of the military’s top command were received in Doha by Qatar’s ruler. Prime Minister Faiez Serraj has condemned Read more
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov underlined Monday at a meeting in Moscow with Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar of the Libyan National Army (LNA) that Russia supports a political solution to the Libyan crisis and “the full-scale restoration of the statehood” Read more
Jihadists in the eastern town of Derna Sunday killed five soldiers of Libyan National Army (LNA) led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, reports. Three LNA-controlled sites in South of Derna were attacked by jihadists forces, AFP reports citing a news Read more
Head of the Libyan Presidency Council (PC) Faiez Serraj and his rival, Head of the East-based Libyan National Army are to meet in Paris Tuesday for talks involving other Libyan factions. The meeting will be held at invitation of the Read more
US officials have opposed plans by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to woo UN-backed unity government’s military support, the Misrata-based powerful militia, which largely protect the weak UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli and which is opposed to Read more
Head of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) held talks Saturday in Abu Dhabi with Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan over “joint cooperation in combating extremism and terrorist organizations,” few days after the Libyan army general proclaimed the Read more
“After a continuous struggle against terrorism and its agents that lasted for more than three years… we announce to you the liberation of Benghazi from terrorism,” Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar of the Libyan National Army (LNA) stated in a TV Read more
The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a new resolution, 2362, authorizing the checking of high sea vessels suspected of smuggling Libyan oil while extending the weapon embargo, other sanctions that impose travel bans and the freezing of assets. The resolution Read more
The Egyptian army Tuesday said its jets stroke 12 cars loaded with weapons, ammunition crossing into Egypt from Libya. The operation took place after the army received intelligence that “criminal elements” were trying to cross the western boundary, a statement Read more
The Libyan armed group Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB), opposed to Eastern-based Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, has accused the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of halting peace among Libyans and pointed at its covert plans to dominate the North African country through Read more