The United Arab Emirates, an ally of rogue general Khalifa Haftar, said Thursday “extremist militias” were controlling Tripoli, Reuters reported.

Khalifa Haftar’s march on Tripoli on April 4 was a paradigm-shifting event whose importance remains lost on the global diplomatic community. Haftar’s actions closed the door on the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) and on attempts to amend it, including a series of negotiations between Haftar and Government of National Accord …

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday stressed the importance of finding a political solution to Libya’s eight-year conflict.

Spokesman of the internationally-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA), Muhannad Younus, announced yesterday that cooperation with the United States in the fight against terrorism “has not stopped”.

The Head of the Presidential Council Fayez Al-Sirraj met in Tripoli with the UN envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame on Thursday and discussed the ongoing security challenges in the capital. 

Tunisia’s arrest of a United Nations (UN) expert investigating arms smuggling into war-torn Libya has sparked a diplomatic standoff between the North African country and the international organisation.

The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to discuss bilateral ties and recent developments in Libya and Syria, Turkish media reported. 

The UN-backed Libyan government has signed a $2 million deal with Mercury Public Affairs to lobby Congress and the Donald Trump administration just days after reports that the president backed rival Khalifa Hifter.

Turkish officials have denied reports that two Turkish nationals who were captured by forces loyal to renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar in Libya are spies.

The Interior Minister of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) Fathi Bashagha visited Turkey on Monday and met with the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss bilateral relations and the current war on Tripoli led by “warlord Khalifa Haftar” as Bashagha repeatedly described him.