The mayor of Gharyan Yousif Bdairi said the municipal council has told the Presidential Council’s Head Fayez Al-Sirraj urging him to announce the city a disaster area after the forces of Khalifa Haftar seized on April 04.
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Al-Sarraj orders release of under-18 captives of Haftar’s forces
The Head of the Libyan Presidential Council, Fayez Al-Sarraj, has ordered for kind treatment of the captives of Khalifa Haftar’s forces and the release of the ones who are under 18, calling their families to take them home.
Read More »Tripoli fighting kills over 120 says WHO
Fighting near Tripoli has killed 121 people and wounded 561 since strongman Khalifa Haftar launched an offensive earlier this month to take the Libyan capital, the World Health Organization said Sunday.
Read More »Libya crisis: Egypt’s Sisi backs Haftar assault on Tripoli
Khalifa Haftar, the Libyan warlord bombarding Tripoli in an attempt to oust the country’s UN-recognised government, has won unequivocal support from the Egyptian leader, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, his closest political ally.
Read More »Libya government to investigate UAE’s backing for militia leader Haftar
Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) will investigate UAE financial and military support of warlord Khalifa Haftar, who launched an offensive to capture the country’s capital earlier this month.
Read More »Protests in Libya against Haftar’s offensive
More than 1,000 people gathered in Tripoli on Friday to denounce Libya‘s military strongman Khalifa Haftar‘s offensive. Protesters say they will return every week until Haftar’s forces withdraw.
Read More »Emirati military officers in Benghazi to support Haftar
A military source said, on Friday, that two planes arrived in Benina airport in Benghazi from Abu-Dhabi carrying Emirati military officers to supervise the movements of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) to support General Khalifa Haftar’s war against Tripoli.
Read More »Saudi Arabia ‘vowed to bankroll Haftar’s offensive on Libya capital’
Saudi Arabia has reportedly vowed to finance a military campaign led by a rogue Libyan warlord to capture the capital Tripoli from the internationally recognised government.
Read More »Merkel calls for end to Haftar’s push on Tripoli
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is urging Field Marshal Khalifa Hifter to end his self-styled Libyan National Army’s push on Tripoli, saying there can be no military solution to the country’s problems.
Read More »EU demands Haftar end offensive and withdraw forces from Tripoli immediately
The European Union urged the forces of Khalifa Haftar on Thursday to stop their offensive on the Libyan capital Tripoli.
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