The defense minister-designate of the UN-proposed government, Mihdi Al-Barghathi, ordered to move the Brigade 204 Tanks from the command of Khalifa Haftar’s Dignity Operation to the command of the Defense Ministry of the UN-proposed government.
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Gaddafi’s Henchmen live lavish in Britain
Three henchmen of the late Libyan tyrant Muammar Gaddafi, who were linked to the murder and suppression of the Libyan revolution in 2011 have been found living lavish in Britain, according to BuzzFeed News.
‘Torn apart by bombs’: Inside Libya’s field hospitals
Sirte, Libya – Every day around 5pm, the Libyan army bombs the Ouagadougou conference centre in central Sirte – the de facto Libyan headquarters for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group. The area has been under siege by Misratan troops for two months, and for soldiers on …
HoR’s Chief of Staff Nazhuri threatens to attack ships approaching oil ports
The House of Representatives’ (HoR) Libyan National Army Chief of Staff, Abdelrazak Nazhuri, warned that any foreign oil tankers approaching the Libyan coast will be targeted by the air force. Nazhuri, who has also been appointed military ruler in the east, said that only oil tankers that had been sanctioned …
Libyan forces seize ‘largest’ IS bomb factory in Sirte
Forces loyal to Libya’s unity government said on Sunday they had taken control of the largest building used by the Islamic State group [IS] to manufacture explosives in its coastal stronghold. The bomb factory is the largest to be captured by fighters allied with the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord …
PC summons French ambassador over special forces in Benghazi
The Presidency Council has summoned the French ambassador to protest at the presence of French force in Benghazi, according to Ahmed Maetig a PC vice-president. However in Paris today there seemed to be no knowledge of any formal request for the ambassador, Antoine Sivan, to see members of the Serraj …
More heavy losses as Bunyan Marsous resumes Sirte attacks on IS
A two-pronged attack by Bunyan Marsous forces saw the final clearance of a key Sirte residential district but at a further heavy cost in lives, with 22 fighters killed and as many as 175 injured. The dawn assault today on the Hay Dolar district saw deaths and injuries from booby …
Expected consequences of French intervention in Libya
France, who always says it supports the political resolution, which rules out any armed intervention, and states that any military action will prolong and deepen the crisis in Libya; is in fact, sending fighting army from its special forces to fight with one of the sides of conflict in Libya.
UN fears Libya’s IS could relocate from coastal stronghold
Islamic State group fighters could set up new cells across Libya and North Africa, as they are driven south and westwards from their Libyan stronghold, the UN has warned. It comes after pro-government militias continue to win back territories from the group who occupy the coastal city of Sirte.
Kobler: I haven’t said that there must be three armies
The United Nations envoy to Libya, Martin Kobler, denied the statement attributed to him about dividing the Libyan Army into three bodies. He confirmed, in a press release in Tunisia on Saturday, that there must be one and united Army in Libya under the leadership of the Presidential Council (PC).