The Field Medical and Support Center (FMSC) in Tripoli has documented 21 civilians as killed and 31 injured in the last 41 days in Tripoli – exactly since the announcement of truce in the Libyan capital in last January.
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Haftar forces bomb Tripoli airport as ceasefire talks stall
The Libyan capital’s only working airport was hit by rocket fire on Thursday, aviation officials have said, in the latest violation of a ceasefire between warring sides vying for control of Tripoli.
Read More »Libya: Are Haftar’s forces harbouring ‘the new ISIL’?
Since Libyan renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar began his offensive to take the capital Tripoli, he has courted the West by saying he is trying to rid the country of, in his words, “terrorists”.
Read More »Libya’s GNA military commission says no agreement has been reached in Geneva
The Head of the Government of National Accord’s (GNA) military delegation at the 5+5 commission talks in Geneva Ahmed Abu Shahma said they won’t give up the call for the withdrawal of Khalifa Haftar’s forces to their previous positions before the offensive against Tripoli in April 2019. Abu Shahma told …
Read More »Erdogan says two Turkish troops killed in Libya
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said two Turkish troops have been killed in Libya where they back the UN-recognised government in the North African state’s conflict.
Read More »UNSMIL: Libyan parties devise draft ceasefire as second round of military talks conclude
UNSMIL said in a statement Monday that a second round of the 5+5 Libyan Joint Military Commission (JMC) talks concluded on February 23 at the Palace of Nations in Geneva in the presence of UN envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame. UNSMIL said the JMC is one of the three tracks …
Read More »Libyan Consulate in Milan issues a warning to citizens on coronavirus
The Libyan Consulate in Milan, has called upon all Libyan citizens residing in Northern Italy to be vigilant, and to take precautions in light of the current spread of the coronavirus in that area, the numbers of which are increasing and have reached 152 infected with 3 deaths confirmed to …
Read More »Libya’s High Council of State suspends participation in Geneva talks
The Libyan High Council of State (HCS) has unanimously agreed on suspending participation of its delegation in Geneva-based UN-led political track until some factors are clarified. In a session attended by 86 members on Saturday, the HCS said the factors include seeing development achieved in the military dialogue, commitment to …
Read More »Libya’s Interior Minister: We don’t mind setting up US base in Libya to undermine Russian influence
The Libyan Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha has expressed no rejection to setting up a United Sates’ (US) base in Libya to fight terrorism, organized crime and to limit the foreign intervention in his country.
Read More »Yet another Security Council resolution, but there’s no change in Libya
On 12 February, the UN Security Council adopted its long-awaited resolution 2510 on Libya endorsing the recommendations made by the Berlin Conference last month. International and regional powers met in the German capital and committed themselves to stricter policing of the arms embargo imposed on war-ravaged Libya since February 2011, …
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