The General Authority for Search and Identification of Missing Persons in Libya announced on Monday that a new mass grave had been found in the city of Tarhuna, south of Tripoli.
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Libya’s Army under GNA depicts military mobilization for Haftar’s forces in the east
The spokesman for the Sirte-Jufra Operations Room under the command of the Government of National Accord (GNA) Abdelhadi Drah said they had depicted massive military mobilization for Khalifa Haftar’s forces in Benghazi and other east Libyan cities moving toward the western region.
Haftar’s alarming reliance on foreign mercenaries
Russian Wagner Group mercenaries and the Sudanese Janjaweed forc es are still flooding into the city of Sirte to bolster the forces of Haftar, the Burkan Al-Ghadab (Volcano of Rage) operation said Wednesday.
Libya rivals yet to start withdrawing forces: UN envoy
Rival forces in Libya have failed to begin withdrawing as required under an October ceasefire agreement aimed at ending years of conflict following Muammar Gaddafi’s 2011 killing, a UN envoy said Thursday.
Another woman has been murdered in Libya, but no one is being held accountable
A well-known lawyer and human rights activist was gunned down in Benghazi, Libya, on 10 November. Hanan Al-Barassi, known as the “Granny of Burqa”, was murdered at around 2pm in one of the city’s busiest streets. According to Benghazi’s security directorate, a group of “unidentified masked men” first tried to …
US senators seek to halt Trump’s $23bn UAE arms sale
Three United States senators on Wednesday said they would introduce legislation seeking to halt the Trump administration’s effort to sell more than $23bn of drones and other weapons systems to the United Arab Emirates, a showdown with the president two months before he is due to leave office.
Libya army: ‘Wagner, Janjaweed mercenaries dig trenches in Sirte’
The Libyan army announced on Wednesday that the Russian Wagner group and the Janjaweed mercenaries are still digging trenches in the northern city of Sirte.
Sirte-Jufra Operations Room rejects to reopen Misrata-Sirte road until withdrawal of foreign mercenaries
The spokesman for the Sirte-Jufra Operations Room of the Libyan army, Abdulhadi Drah, confirmed that the opening of the road between Sirte with Misrata is linked to the withdrawal of Haftar’s militias and foreign mercenaries from Sirte, in addition to the removal of mines.
Libyan rivals agree to unify forces safeguarding oil facilities
Libya’s warring sides have agreed to unify forces that protect oil facilities following the United Nations-sponsored talks with the head of the country’s National Oil Corporation (NOC).
Libyan father seeks closure after son’s forced disappearance
A year ago armed men took Mohamed al-Magri’s son for questioning as fighting raged around the Libyan capital, and now he fears Haitham was killed and buried in a mass grave.