Libya’s Man-Made River Authority (MMR) announced yesterday that its field monitoring team reported on Sunday that ‘‘well 219’’ in its Western field had been permanently decommissioned due to an attack by unknown assailants.
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Ahrar Al-Jufra Group: Large mobilization of Janjaweed mercenaries in Al-Jufra
The Spokesman for the Ahrar Al-Jufra Group (Jufra Freedom Group), Mahmoud Ghomais, reported that there have been dubious movements in the Al-Jufra and Sirte areas approximately a week ago, confirming in a television statement, that his group has monitored large and continuous mobilization of Haftar’s militias and Janjaweed mercenaries in …
Read More »ISIL will bounce back if Libya civil war doesn’t end, study warns
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) remains a “persistent threat” in Libya and could rise again unless the country’s long-running conflict is brought to an end, a new study has warned.
Read More »Sudanese demand UAE apology over Haftar recruitment
Hundreds of Sudanese protested outside the United Arab Emirates embassy in Khartoum on Tuesday against a dubious recruitment drive to fight for renegade Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar’s forces.
Read More »Sudan’s infamous Janjaweed militia ‘robbing and attacking’ Libyans as it fights alongside Haftar
Sudanese fighters in Libya are reportedly stealing and assaulting locals as they fight alongside rogue General Khalifa Haftar’s troops, forces from Libya’s unity government announced Wednesday evening.
Read More »Bashaga announces capture of members of ISIS in Abu Ghrain and Al-Zawiya
The Minister of Interior of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fathi Bashaga, announced the arrest of ISIS operatives in Abu Ghrain town and the city of Zawiya.
Read More »Russia continues to send mercenaries to Libya to back up Haftar
Turkish Anadolu Agency cited Syrian sources as saying that Russia had sent 300 mercenaries, including former members of ISIS, from the regions under the control of the Bashar Assad regime in eastern Syria to fight alongside Khalifa Haftar’s forces in eastern Libya.
Read More »‘Sisi did not consider Sirte a red line when ISIS occupied it’, ex-US envoy says
Former US Ambassador to Libya, Deborah Jones, expressed her surprise at the statements of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on Sirte after he warned that he considered the town a “red line” should the internationally-backed Libyan Government of National Accord aim to take control of it.
Read More »Counter-Terrorism Unit arrests suspected al-Qaeda member
The Counter-Terrorism Unit of the Joint Security Operations Room has arrested a suspected member of the al-Qaeda organization identified to be a Tunisian national.
Read More »Libya’s GNA, US Africa Command to jointly ‘fight terrorism’
Libya’s internationally recognised government says plans were discussed with the head of US Africa Command (AFRICOM) to jointly “fight terrorism” in the war-torn country during a meeting with Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj.
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