Armed groups within Libya continue to benefit from external support including the provision of materiel, targeted airstrikes at night and sophisticated munitions, the UN Libya Experts Panel report states in its section on the implementation of the arms embargo.
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Revealed: Portions of Libya frozen assets in UAE given to strongman Haftar
The United Arab Emirates has provided the Libyan commander of east-based self-proclaimed army, Khalifa Haftar, with portions of Libyan frozen assets in Abu Dhabi, the second deputy of the High Council of State (HCS) Mohamed Imazib disclosed Saturday.
Read More »Saudi Arabia hands over two Libyan nationals to Dignity Operation command, Zayet discloses
The Libyan citizen Hussein Zayet has uncovered details on how he succeeded to leave Saudi Arabia, denying to be sought by any country or having links with terrorism.
Read More »Thousands forced from Libyan town stopped just short of home
On Feb. 1, around 600 families headed back toward their hometown of Tawergha, located southeast of the Libyan coastal city of Misrata. They’d been forced to leave the town of 40,000 seven years ago following battles in which fighters from Tawergha were accused of having fought for the former Libyan …
Read More »Situation of human rights in Libya continues to deteriorate: UN Libya Experts Panel report
In the section on violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, the UN Libya Experts Forum report said that ‘‘The situation of human rights in Libya continues to deteriorate, highlighted by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights at the end of his visit to Libya on 12 October …
Read More »Haftar gives African mercenaries 9 days to leave southern Libya
The forces of Khalifa Haftar, who is backed by the Libyan House of Representatives in Tobruk, have given Africans in the south of the country nine days to leave it.
Read More »Libyan activist: UAE pressured Saudi Arabia into handing revolutionists performing pilgrimage over to Haftar
A leader of Zawiya rebels in the west of Libyan capital Tripoli, Hussein Zaait, accused the Saudi authorities of being involved in mediation to hand over the Libyan rebels to the leader of Operation Dignity Battle under pressure from the UAE and stressed that they had no previous problem with …
Read More »Regional interference is threatening Libya’s future as one state
When Libya declared its independence as a constitutional monarchy under King Idris Sanusi on December 24, 1951, it became one of the first former European colonies in Africa to gain independence and achieve autonomy through the United Nations.
Read More »Libya’s Sabha sees uneasy calm, violent clashes still looming
Uneasy clam descended on Sabha after clashes renewed Tuesday when an armed group attacked Sabha Martyrs Brigade headquarters in Al-Nasiriya neighborhood.
Read More »Libyan human rights commission condemns fighting in the south
Libya’s National Human Rights Commission Tuesday condemned the renewed tribal clashes in the southern city of Sabha that killed three civilians and wounded 12 others.
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