1 / 3Libyans protest at Martyrs’ Square in the capital Tripoli after Saif Al-Islam Qaddafi, son of former dictator Muammar Qaddafi, announced his candidacy in the upcoming presidential election. (AFP) 2 / […]
KHALED ABOU ZAHR November 18, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/z9mfk In the first months of his presidency in 2017, French leader Emmanuel Macron hosted bitter Libyan rivals Fayez Al-Sarraj, then-prime minister […]
HAFED AL-GHWELL September 25, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/gsm7x By all indications, Libyans are ready. After more than a decade of chaos and conflict that turned the country into a battleground […]
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSEMAY 29, 2020 O By Reuters Staff (Reuters) – The conflict between Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA), recognised by the United Nations, and the eastern-based forces of Khalifa […]
BY ANADOLU AGENCY RABAT DIPLOMACY SEP 05, 2020 From left to right, Khalifa Haftar, the Libyan warlord, Aguila Saleh Issa, president of the eastern Libyan House of Representatives, Libyan Prime Minister […]
Instead of war between the east and west, new fault lines are now being drawn between politicians trying to take control on both sides and warlords vying for their personal ambitions Ahmed Aboudouh @AAboudouh 13 hours ago The Independent employs reporters around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support […]
Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) forces in Tripoli, Libya on 27 March 2020 [Amru Salahuddien/Anadolu Agency] Hassan Abu Hanya July 14, 2020 Many countries are engaged in what is […]
Source: Independent By Borzou Daragahi,who is International Correspondent for The Independent. He has been covering the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, and Europe since 2002 As foreign interference in […]
While the US and Arab states might be at the table too, Moscow and Ankara will want the EU to have as little as possible to do with any resolution […]
Jan 17, 2020 – 12:20 By Ulf Laessing and Ahmed Elumami BERLIN/TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Germany and the United Nations will push rival Libyan camps and their foreign backers fighting over the capital to agree on Sunday to a truce and monitoring mechanism as first steps towards peace, diplomats and […]
Finding itself at a crossroads, increasingly isolated by its Western allies and no longer the dominant Muslim voice it once was, Turkey is now flexing its pan-Islamist muscles. But the MENA wants other alternatives. By Tamba François Koundouno – Jan 7, 2020 Rabat – At a pan-Islamism and anti-Islamophobia-themed […]
By AFP – Jan 16,2020 -JORDAN TIMES BERLIN — Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar has agreed to abide by a ceasefire and said he was ready to participate in an international conference in Berlin on Sunday, Germany’s foreign minister said. Libya’s UN-recognised government in Tripoli has been under attack since April […]
Benghazi was the center of the revolution against former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi. After driving out the Islamists, warlord Khalifa Haftar has set up a culture of surveillance and […]
By Reuters – Apr 24,2019 – JORDAN TIMES Forces loyal to the internationally recognised Government of National Accord take aim during clashes with forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar south […]
OSAMA AL-SHARIF April 09, 20191 Libyan Strongman Khalifa Haftar attends a military parade in the eastern city of Benghazi. (AFP/File) Libya’s strongman, retired general Khalifa Haftar, is attempting to force […]
Macron Is Strengthening Haftar By Jalel Harchaoui On July 25, at peace talks in Paris convened by French President Emmanuel Macron, the leaders of Libya’s two main factions—Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj of the internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli and Marshal Khalifa Haftar of the self-styled Libyan […]
Reuters International FEB 16, 2017 By Lin Noueihed and Ahmed Mohammed Hassan CAIRO (Reuters) – Libyan factions have tentatively agreed on an Egyptian-brokered roadmap to heal divisions, Egypt said, though the failure to engineer a meeting between two key figures has cast a shadow on the diplomatic push. The […]