Debate over Libya currently focuses on whether elections should be held in advance of a political agreement or to move forward in the absence of one. This debate is irrelevant. There are no governments or political leaders in Libya with the authority to conclude a political agreement that militias will …
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Petroleum Facilities Guard forces led by Jodran pull out of oil crescent, Haftar’s forces take control
Sources from the oil crescent region confirmed on Thursday that the forces of the self-styled army of Khalifa Haftar had taken control of oil crescent region’s terminals and positions after clashes that saw the forces of Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) withdraw from the region.
Read More »4 east Libyan security force members killed in Derna
Four members of east Libyan security forces were killed in the city of Derna on Wednesday by a suicide bomber bearing a white flag as he drove towards a group of soldiers, a military spokesman said.
Read More »Revealed: UAE, Egyptian arms’ depots found at Haftar-controlled Libyan oil terminals
A video has scandalized both the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Egypt as it showed how Khalifa Haftar used the depots at the Libyan oil facilities to stock military equipment and arms sent by those two countries.
Read More »Tripoli Security Directorate warns any armed units of attempting to enter the capital by force
The Tripoli Security Directorate (TSD) condemned on Tuesday what they described as suspicious movements and malicious attempts to destabilize the security and stability of the capital.
Read More »Air war in post-revolution Libya has left at least 230 civilians dead, report finds
At least 230 civilians have died in Libya in the chaotic, multiparty air war that has followed the ouster of dictator Moammar Gaddafi in 2011, a report has found.
Read More »Renewed fight over Libya’s oil threatens entire country
On the morning of June 14, with just a couple hundred armed men driving a dozen pickup trucks, Ibrahim Jadran, the commander of the so-called Petroleum Facilities Guard, took over two of Libya’s main oil exporting terminals used by the Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) — Es-Sidra and Ras Lanuf. …
Read More »Oil crescent fighting will lose Libya billions in oil revenues: NOC
Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced yesterday that the fighting that erupted last Thursday at the country’s eastern oil crescent will cost Libya ‘‘billions’’ in lost oil revenues.
Read More »PFG forces accuse Haftar’s warplanes of impeding putting out oil tanks’ fire
The central branch of the Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) has accused warplanes of the Khalifa Haftar’s self-styled army of attacking repairing workers with mortars and barrel bombs to hinder them from extinguishing the tanks on fire in Ras Lanuf oil terminals.
Read More »NOC confirms ‘‘significant damage’’ of Harouge oil storage tanker, calls for end to militia fighting in oil crescent
Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) confirmed over the weekend that crude oil storage tank No. 12 belonging to the Harouge Oil Company in Ras Lanuf has been ‘‘significantly damaged’’ as a result of the fighting between the Khalifa Hafter-led Libyan National Army (LNA) and its local allies in the Ras …
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