Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, the head of the Libyan National Army (LNA), has explained the situation in the war-torn country and described Libya’s potential future in an interview with Sputnik.

Khalifa Haftar told Sputnik that Moammar Gaddafi’s son, Saif Al-Islam, has every right to run for president in Libya.

In countries as diverse as Egypt, Libya, Syria, and Tunisia, ordinary citizens took to the streets to challenge their authoritarian rulers and demand dignity, equality, and social justice. For a moment, it seemed as if change had finally arrived in the Middle East. Yet in the aftermath of the Arab …

The Libyan Ministry of Health on Sunday condemned the kidnapping of a group of doctors near the southwestern city of Zintan.

The Head of the Libyan High Council of State (HCS) Khalid Al-Mishri met Sunday with a delegation from Tubu tribe in southern Libyan city of Murzuq.

The family of one of Libya’s most prominent female politicians believe she was killed hours after she gave a TV interview criticising eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar’s offensive on Tripoli.

The Arab Organisation for Human Rights in Britain (AOHR) has said that “retired Libyan Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar bears full responsibility for the crime of abduction of the Libyan MP Siham Sergiwa and other crimes of kidnapping and assassinations, aimed at terrorising all his opponents and keeping them away from public …

The Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar reported that the Tabu tribesmen in Libya have rejected a financial offer from the UAE in exchange for closing the file of the aerial bombing of Murzuq town, which resulted in the killing of scores of civilians last August.

The elders of the western region have condemned the assassinations committed by Haftar’s allies in Tarhouna against their opponents in the city.

The rebuilding process in Libya will be complex and arduous but must be done with a focus on local actors and an acknowledgment of the realities on the ground.