Surprising as it may be stateside, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is wildly popular in Libya. Since 2014, the civil war in Libya has been in a stalemate as rival factions, including the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli and the House of Representatives in Tobruk, each backed by an assortment …
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Russian warships doing military drills in the Libyan water coordinated with Haftar’s forces
An official at the Libyan Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed that the Russian Navy has warned the Libyan airplanes of flying over the (Point.33) area above Sirte city in the Libyan territorial waters.
Read More »Saleh to discuss military intervention with Russian officers
The head of the House of Representatives (HoR), Ageela Saleh, had invited, on Monday, senior officials from the Russian Defense Ministry to visit Libya.
Read More »Libya’s Mufti proposes Libyan-Libyan government detached from foreign hegemony
The Libyan Mufti, Sadiq Al-Gharyani, has called on all Libyan political parties to rally around a Libyan dialogue that stems from the will of the Libyans themselves to break off the current political impasse in the country.
Read More »The knockout punch to the Libyan political agreement
The advent of 2017 witnessed the disintegration of the internationally touted Libyan Political Agreement (LPA), little more than a year after it was signed in December 2015.
Read More »Russia to support Haftar and intervene militarily
A European source told LIBYAPROSPECT that there is news about results of talks between an official Russian side and officials from the Libyan House of Representatives (HoR) to break the arms embargo on Libya.
Read More »HoR’s primacy must be recognised says Ageela Saleh
House of Representatives president Ageela Saleh has insisted that Libya will work with all its neighbours in the the search for peace but wants the primacy of his elected parliament recognised .
Read More »After Syria, Russia says it was invited by Libya to broker political dialogue
The member of the UN-backed Government of National Accord and Deputy Head of its Presidential Council, Ahmed Mitig, said Libya welcomes Russian initiatives to establish grounds for a dialogue among the conflicting political parties.
Read More »Essebsi: Preparations for trilateral summit on Libya
The Tunisian President, Beji Caid Essebsi, unveiled preparations for a trilateral summit, which includes Tunisia, Algeria, and Egypt to solve the Libyan crisis, pointing to preparations to hold a ministerial meeting of foreign ministers of the three countries before the summit. He also said that the Libyan situation was a …
Read More »Haftar’s military plane targets civilian aircraft in Al-Jufra
The Media Office at Air-Defense Department in the city of Misrata said, on Tuesday, that a military plane affiliated with the army of the House of Representatives (HoR) under the leadership of General Khalifa Haftar had bombarded Al-Jufra Air-Base. The air raid had destroyed a civilian plane and caused casualties.
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