The Independent newspaper published a map of an airbase it said was located near the Libyan city of Benghazi which will be transferred to Russia in exchange for arms supply, Monday.
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Al-Gotrani proposes transitional government led by Haftar, Presidential Council shuns commenting
The member of the Presidential Council of the UN-proposed government, Ali Al-Gotrani, proposed Sunday a transitional phase under the governing of what he called “the national army” led by Khalifa Haftar in order to have a full grip tightened on Libya and then reorder the political issues in accordance with …
Car bombs and nine soldiers die as army advances in Benghazi
Another senior officer was killed today as the Libyan National Army lost nine dead in bitter fighting in Benghazi’s Ganfouda district.
IS’ new spokesman vows global attacks following recent defeats
The Islamic State group has revealed its new spokesperson following August’s killing of influential propagandist Abu Mohommed al-Adnani with the release of a new audio message on Monday.
Will Russia be a game changer in Libya?
Libya’s General Haftar arrived in Moscow last week on his second visit to Russia this year, and met with senior political and military officials, including the Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu.
Libyan forces retake Sirte from ISIL
Members of a militia group loyal to Libya’s UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) have retaken control of the Libyan coastal city of Sirte from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
Abused, pregnant and behind bars: Former IS slaves in Libyan prisons
Wered vomits every morning. Her dream, like that of so many others, was to cross the Mediterrean to Europe to seek a better life for herself and her family. Now, at 16, she is pregnant after months of rape and abuse by Islamic State fighters, and locked in a Libyan …
Sirte’s battle against IS winds down, but uncertainty prevails
Omar is 30-years-old with a wife, a 2-years-old son and another one on the way. He worked as a barber for many years until the Islamic State group arrived in Sirte, where he lived, and forced him to stop work.
No military intervention on the table for Libya: Kerry
US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday that there would be no foreign military intervention in Libya and called for a diplomatic solution as violence flared in the capital Tripoli.
Brigades from Al-Bunyan Al-Marsoos operation denounce murder and kidnap in Tripoli
Several brigades fighting alongside Al-Bunyan Al-Marsoos military operation in Sirte decried the growing number of murders and abductions as well as the forced disappearances, which they said are aimed at civilians, activists, clerics, and journalists and media figures in Tripoli.