Renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar’s forces have dismissed a ceasefire announcement by Libya’s internationally recognised government as a “marketing” stunt.
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The Israel-UAE Deal Won’t Bring Peace, but It Will Prolong the War in Libya
The much-touted agreement cements the regional divide between traditionalist monarchies and their rivals, while their respective proxies fight over the spoils from Libya to Yemen.
Read More »Libyan Rivals Call for Peace Talks. It May Be Wishful Thinking.
The announcement of a cease-fire was a rare positive development in a chaotic conflict plagued by foreign meddling. But skeptics abound.
Read More »Libya’s UN-recognised government announces immediate ceasefire
Libya’s UN-recognised government announced a ceasefire across the country on Friday and called for demilitarising the contested strategic city of Sirte.
Read More »Egypt seeks support of Libya tribes amid threat of intervention
Cairo hopes alliances boost its legitimacy if it were to engage in battle against forces backed by Turkey.
Read More »Haftar’s spokesman: We allowed emptying oil tanks not resuming output, exports
The spokesman for Khalifa Haftar’s forces Ahmed Al-Mismari said the announcement of Petroleum Facilities Guard’s (PFG) Head Naji Al-Maghrabi meant they would allow emptying oil tanks not resuming production and exports.
Read More »Could Libya Be Partitioned?
Strongman Khalifa Haftar has lost the initiative, and it looks as if the only option left for his international backers is to divide the country.
Read More »IRINI has produced significant results in deterrence in arms and oil smuggling and has been impartial: IRINI Operation Commander Agostini
The EU believes that its IRINI Operation has been successful in its role of enforcing the UN Security Council Resolution on the arms embargo on Libya.
Read More »The Hafter-aligned PFG announces resumption of the export of stored oil and gas
The head of the eastern-based and Khalifa Hafter-aligned Petroleum Facilities Guards (PFG), Naji Moghrabi, announced in a televised address yesterday that they are lifting the blockade on the export of oil and gas already produced and in storage.
Read More »Turkish military to help establish regular army in Libya modeled after Azerbaijan
The Turkish military will provide assistance to restructuring the Libyan Army into a regular army based on the model that was used in training the Azerbaijani Army. Meanwhile, forces loyal to the internationally recognized government in Tripoli captured another Russian military helicopter belonging to putschist Gen. Khalifa Haftar’s militias near …
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