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.
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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.
Read More »Armed militia prevents NOC teams from conducting repair work
The National Oil Corporation (NOC) said, on Saturday, that an armed militia is preventing the maintenance of a pipeline of Sharara oil field, which raises the specter of a real environmental tragedy.
Read More »Swiss company Kolmar taken to court for possible war crime of pillage through buying smuggled Libyan oil
TRIAL International filed a criminal complaint (“dénonciation pénale”) for complicity in pillage of smuggled Libyan fuel against Kolmar Group AG before the Swiss Attorney General on Friday 22 May.
Read More »Hemedti agrees to send another 1200 Sudanese fighters to Libya after UAE threats to cut off financial aid
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has asked the commander of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohamed Hamdan Dagal, to urgently send 1200 fighters to Libyan frontlines to support warlord Khalifa Haftar’s ongoing war in southern Tripoli and western Sirte, The Libya Observer has learned.
Read More »Report: Child soldiers deployed to Libya by Turkish-backed Syrian National Army
Factions of the Turkish-backed opposition Syrian National Army are recruiting minors to fight in Libya, according to a report laying out in exhaustive detail Turkey’s use of Syrian rebels to prop up Libya’s Government of National Accord.
Read More »It’s Syrian vs. Syrian in Libya
Turkey and Russia are using desperate mercenaries from the last war to fight in the next one.
Read More »Headquarters of Brega Oil Company in Benghazi stormed
An armed military group, affiliated with one of Khalifa Haftar’s sons, stormed the headquarters of the Brega Oil Marketing Company in Benghazi yesterday morning, expelling its Director, Khairallah Al-Ubaidi and replacing him.
Read More »Libyan militia leader signals split with Haftar
There are signs of a split in Libya between renegade General Khalifa Haftar, who attempted a power grab from the UN-recognised government, and forces supporting him, reports Anadolu Agency.
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