Egyptian pressure has forced the rogue military commander Khalifa Haftar to “make concessions,” as his primary concern has become to pass the power from father to son, according to the Italian newspaper La Repubblica.
Libya body agrees on election of head of state, gov’t representatives
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Libyan parliament replaces its appointed prime minister
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Libya: Authorities impose ‘severe’ crackdown on rights groups, says HRW
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UN mission accuses EU of aiding crimes against humanity in Libya
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Turkey’s intel chief visits Libya following trip by CIA head
Libya hosted two intelligence chiefs within a span of a week, with Turkey’s intelligence chief Hakan Fidan paying a visit to Tripoli Tuesday after CIA head William Burns visited the war-torn country last week.
650,000 Libyan citizens sign a document calling to set date for elections
Representatives of civil activists handed the Presidential Council on Monday a document signed by 650,000 Libyan citizens calling for freezing the House of Representatives (HoR) and the High Council of State (HCS), and setting a date for holding elections.
No decrease in Libya’s gold reserves since 2011, says CBL
The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) announced Sunday that its reserves of gold are still the same without decrease since August 20, 2011, in response to the report of the World Gold Council on gold reserves in Libya.
Libya: US intelligence demands Haftar to enable Dbeibeh government to operate in east
The Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), William J Burns, has demanded that the commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar, should cooperate with the Government of National Unity in Tripoli headed by Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh and enable it to operate in eastern Libya. This, said …