The Head of the Libyan American Alliance, Esam Omeish, has confirmed that Khalifa Haftar’s lawyers – Levin and Ungvarsky – have decided to withdraw their defense for Haftar for the lawsuits filed in the US, citing lack of communication with the east-based warlord.
The Libyan American Alliance, a Virginia-based advocacy group that supports the Government of National Accord (GNA) has announced that they have received word from the US federal court and Department of State that they will not intervene in lawsuits lodged against Khalifa Haftar.
Khalifa Hafter’s official spokesperson, Ahmed Mesmari, yesterday welcomed the proposal of sending international ceasefire monitors to Libya. The revelation was made by the eastern-based Libyan state news agency, LANA, which is closely aligned to Hafter.
Human Rights Watch urged Libya’s internationally recognised government to investigate the disappearance of hundreds of missing people from the city of Tarhuna, following the discovery of several mass graves there last summer.
The Director of the Moral Guidance Department of Haftar’s forces General Khaled Al-Mahjoub claimed that their forces launched “powerful strikes” on mercenaries in Sebha.
The Libyan 5+5 Joint Military Commission exchanged Wednesday prisoners between the Government of National Accord and Khalifa Haftar’s forces.
Recent developments in Libya strongly indicate that 2021 could well become a decisive year for the conflict there as well as for the future of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar and his Libyan National Army (LNA) group.
The Libyan American Alliance said it had received a correspondence from the US Federal Court and Department of State, saying they won’t interfere in the lawsuits lodged at the US courts against Khalifa Haftar, who is a dual Libyan-US citizen.
The commander of the Operations Room for the Liberation of Sirte-Jufra, Brigadier General Ibrahim Bayt al-Mal, yesterday linked the opening of the main coastal road between the east and west of the country with the withdrawal of mercenaries and the removal of mines.
The commander of the Sirte-Jufra Operations Room of the Libyan Army under the command of the Government of National Accord (GNA) Ibrahim Baytelmal rejected again the reopening of Sirte-Misrata road before the withdrawal of mercenaries from Sirte and Jufra.
