Benghazi, Asharq Al-Awsat—The border between Libya and Egypt has become highly porous and dangerous Asharq Al-Awsathas found, in its first installment in a series on the conflict currently raging between forces loyal to renegade Gen. Khalifa Haftar and extremist militias.
The House of Representatives (HoR) has again confirmed that it has legitimised Khalifa Hafter’s Operation Dignity and that it operates under the Chief of Staff Major-General Abdul Razzaq Nazhuri.
Libya’s southwest is a beautiful landscape of sand dunes and small oases. However, reality on the ground can be confusing and deadly. The strategic and geopolitical importance of Fezzan, the Roman name given to the region, is seldom highlighted — its importance is directly related to the survival of Libya …
Libya’s southwest is a beautiful landscape of sand dunes and small oases. However, reality on the ground can be confusing and deadly. The strategic and geopolitical importance of Fezzan, the Roman name given to the region, is seldom highlighted — its importance is directly related to the survival of Libya …
A fourth man has been beheaded in a savage execution by militants which, as with the Derna murder of three young social activists on Tuesday, was again filmed and posted on social media.
The West’s interference and insistence on the benefits of talking to extremists is one of the reasons why Libya is now spiralling out of control
The Sudanese government says it is pleased with the progress of its initiative to lay the groundwork for an inclusive Libyan dialogue and that a conference which will include all Libya’s neighbours will be held in Khartoum on 1 December.
TUNIS, Tunisia — The focus of some Libyans and others interested in Libyan affairs turned toward Algeria in September, when the government announced its intention to host a dialogue in late October among Libya’s warring parties. October passed, however, without the dialogue taking place. Libya’s fate became even murkier on …
HANOVER, N.H. — The 11 special envoys who met in Paris late last month to discuss the crisis in Libya issued a final communiqué with predictably anodyne recommendations: support for the formal government, suggestions for making it more inclusive, a call for the militias to withdraw and a proposal that …
Libyan military operations are all about Kikla and Benghazi front-lines. However, the future of Libya could be decided in the so-called T Zone, 80 kilometres north-east of Zintan and 50 kilometres south of Zawia. It was retaken last week by Zawia brigades, which support Libyan Dawn. Zawia’s fighters, civilians, businessmen …
