Bipartisan group of US lawmakers sent a letter Thursday to Attorney General William Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray asking the Department of Justice to investigate allegations of war crimes against Khalifa Haftar, who is also an American citizen.
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Italy seeks Libya ceasefire at surprise talks with warlord Haftar
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte held talks with Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar during a surprise visit to Rome on Thursday, calling for an end to his month-long assault on Tripoli.
Read More »LNA Targets GNA Sites, Threatens to ‘Wipe Out’ Militias
Libyan National Army fighters, headed by Marshal Khalifa Haftar, targeted positions of forces belonging to the Government of National Accord (GNA) in Azizia area, south of the capital, Tripoli.
Read More »Haftar’s battle for Tripoli leaves Libyans without respite over Ramadan
At the outset of Ramadan, Libya’s rogue general Khalifa Haftar ordered his troops to continue the military campaign to take Tripoli and to fight even harder to teach unity government forces a “greater and bigger lesson”.
Read More »Why global and regional powers aren’t standing up against Hifter’s Libya offensive
The war for Tripoli recently entered its second month, and the main global and regional powers have yet to adopt a coherent or unified approach to the conflict. In fact, their recent actions indicate they are willing to tacitly condone Khalifa Hifter’s offensive by not rallying together to oppose it.
Read More »France’s Macron wants to meet Libya’s Haftar to push ceasefire
France’s President Emmanuel Macron wants to meet Libya’s renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar to push for a ceasefire and resume peace talks.
Read More »A divided Europe is exacerbating turmoil in Libya
Khalifa Haftar’s assault on Libya’s capital, Tripoli has significantly disrupted the country’s long-fought-for peace process.
Read More »Libya’s Sarraj calls on EU to confront countries that support Haftar militarily
The head of the Libyan Presidential Council (PC), Fayez Al-Sarraj, has called on the European Union (EU) to confront countries that provide military support to opposition leader General Khalifa Haftar.
Read More »Tunisia on edge as Libya’s Hifter advances
On May 5, Tunisian security services in Ben Guerdane, on the Libyan border, said they stopped a vehicle carrying a group of Libyans attempting to cross the border into Libya, seizing around 370,000 euros and $200,000 in the process.
Read More »East-based Parliament labels Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist group
The Libyan Tobruk-based Parliament convened Monday night a session and held voting for the labelling of Muslim Brotherhood Group as a terrorist organization.
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