The UN-proposed government’s Presidential Council (PC) issued a statement Friday suspending the defense minister-designate, Mahdi Al-Barghathi, following the attack on Brak Al-Shati base in southern Libya by the Third Force and fighters loyal to the defense ministry.
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At least 141 people reported killed in Libya airbase attack
At least 141 people, mostly soldiers loyal to Libya’s Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, have been killed in an attack on a southern airbase, a spokesman for his forces said on Friday.
Read More »Tribal prominent leader assassinated in car bombing in Suluq
A car bomb exploded near Bilal Ben Rabah mosque in Suluq, eastern Libya killing the prominent leader of Awageer Tribe, Ebrik Al-Lawati.
Read More »Was HoR Speaker kicked out or he withdrew from Haftar’s ceremony, eastern region ponders
The inexplicable absence of the House of Representatives’ Speaker, Aqilah Saleh, from the fancy ceremony of Khalifa Haftar on Tuesday to celebrate the commencement of a new patch from eastern government’s military academy, raised many eyebrows and urged many questions, especially that Saleh arrived in Tocra, the ceremony’s spot, on …
Read More »Operation Dignity celebrates third anniversary for alleged war on terror
Operation Dignity leaders and fighters in eastern Libya, especially in Benghazi, have thrown an anniversary party to celebrate the third year of the operation that saw the destruction of Benghazi, displacement of over half of the city’s population and the killing of huge numbers of residents both civilian and fighters.
Read More »Hafter welcomes Egyptian Chief of Staff to Benghazi
Egypt’s Chief of Staff and head of its Libya file, Lieutenant-General Mahmoud Hijazi, arrived in Benghazi today for talks with Khalifa Hafter and military leaders.
Read More »Khalifa Haftar reiterates threat to attack Tripoli; says Libyan political agreement is conspiracy
Renegade General Khalifa Haftar, the commander of Dignity Operation, threatened on Tuesday to launch Benghazi-like war in Tripoli, turning a deaf ear to local and international efforts aimed at bringing stability and peace to Libya.
Read More »Strategic Lessons from the Ejection of ISIS from Sirte
Though accompanied by curiously little fanfare, the Obama administration’s most significant victory against the Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) came not in Iraq or Syria, but in Libya. After eight months of fighting, the coastal city of Sirte was ‘liberated’ in December 2016, by a coalition of forces allied to …
Read More »Saiqa chief Bukhamada rejects Warfali resignation: report
In an unexpected turn of events, Saiqa commander Wanis Bukhamada is reported to have refused to accept the resignation of Mahmoud Warfali, who has been accused of involvement in the summary execution of a number of Islamic State members.
Read More »Infamous Dignity Operation commander resigns
Senior Al-Saiqa Forces field commander, Captain Mahmud Al-Wirfalli, resigned on Monday; two days after his rogue militia attacked a police station in Benghazi and killed on-duty officer.
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