UNSMIL head Ghassan Salame saluted the many brave individuals and institutions who stand up for human rights and accountability in Libya and promised that the United Nations would stand with them. He was commemorating today’s anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). All human beings have a right …
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Car bomb explodes near military force HQ in Zawiya
An explosion rocked Zawiya late on Monday, security sources from the city reported. The blast occurred in Al-Qardabiya Street, near the HQ of the “Back-up Force” where Amer Al-Qajem, a senior leader of Haftar’s militias, is being held.
Read More » } ?>Libya GNA warns from Haftar’s possible entry to Tripoli with Russian support
Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamed Taher Siala warned of the possibility that retired Major General Khalifa Haftar could enter Tripoli, especially after the recent Russian intervention in Libya.
Read More » } ?>Russia’s ‘multilayered pie’ policy on Libya
On Dec. 7, US Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander of the United States Africa Command, said that an American drone reported lost near Libya’s capital, Tripoli, last month was in fact shot down by Russian air defenses. Townsend said the operators of the air defenses at the time “didn’t know it was a US remotely …
Read More » } ?>Libya’s Interior Ministry probes gunmen raid on state institutions in Tripoli
The Libyan Interior Ministry has opened an urgent investigation into the attack of gunmen on Presidential Council’s government headquarters in Tripoli, which took place last week.
Read More » } ?>Haftar’s forces lost 15 aircraft since the start of Tripoli offensive
The spokesman for the Libyan Army under the command of Presidential Council’s government Mohammed Gununu said Khalifa Haftar’s forces had lost 15 warplanes since the start of their offensive against Tripoli In last April.
Read More » } ?>Libyan Army says pilot of aircraft shot down by its forces is wanted for war crimes
Commander of the Joint Operations Room, Major General Osama Juwaili has said that the pilot of the aircraft shot down yesterday near Zawiya city west of Tripoli, identified as “Amer al-Juqam”, is accused of committing war crimes in Tripoli and will be held accountable according to the law.
Read More » } ?>Libyan government forces shoot down plane of high-ranking Haftar commander over Tripoli
Forces loyal to the internationally-recognised Libyan government announced on Saturday evening that they had shot down a MiG-23 fighter plane belonging to rogue General Khalifa Haftar over Tripoli.
Read More » } ?>US says drone shot down by Russian air defenses near Libyan capital
The US military believes that an unarmed American drone reported lost near Libya’s capital last month was in fact shot down by Russian air defenses and it is demanding the return of the aircraft’s wreckage, US Africa Command says, Reuters reports.
Read More » } ?>The New Arab: Israeli military ‘secretly training’ Libya’s Haftar militias in street warfare
Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar has been secretly meeting with Israeli intelligence officials, resulting in the Israeli military training militias loyal to Haftar in “street warfare”, Libyan and Egyptian sources have revealed to The New Arab’s Arabic-language service.
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