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Maghreb: Libya warlord Haftar’s warplane breaches Tunisia air space
Beni Ghezayel, Tunisia, July 22, 2019 - A Libyan warplane of military commander Khalifa Haftar's forces made an emergency landing in neighbouring Tunisia on Monday, authorities in Libya said. The aircraft was on a "reconnaissance and patrol mission and suffered a...
Libya: Oil production from Sharara back after sabotage on pipeline
Tripoli, July 22, 2019 - Libya announced the resumption of production Monday at its largest oil field and the loading of crude at a shipping terminal, following a three-day suspension due to "sabotage" of a pipeline. Al-Sharara, about 900 kilometres (560 miles) south...
Libya: The backers of warlord Khalifa Haftar are calling for halt of fighting
Washington, July 16, 2019 - Key powers including backers of a rebel leader called Tuesday for a halt to fighting in Libya, warning that bloodshed was aggravating a crisis on multiple fronts. The United States, France, Britain and Italy joined Egypt and the United Arab...
Libya: Car bomb at a Benghazi funeral claims three lives
Benghazi, Libya, July 11, 2019 - A car bomb exploded during the funeral of an ex-army commander in the Libyan city of Benghazi on Thursday, killing at least three people and wounding 15, a hospital said. A security official said the attack, the first in over a year in...
Libya: Khalifa Haftar warplane kills 40 migrants who were jailed in a detention center
Tripoli, July 3, 2019 (By Imed LAMLOUM) - Nearly 40 migrants were killed in an air strike Tuesday night on their detention centre in a Tripoli suburb blamed on Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar, who has been trying for three months to seize the capital. At least 70...
Libya: UAE weapons used by warlord Haftar
Dubai, July 2, 2019 - The UAE denied Tuesday it shipped US missiles to Libya, which is under a UN arms embargo, after a democratic senator warned Washington could cut off arms sales to the Emirates. The foreign ministry "denied the ownership of weapons found in Libya...
Libya: Haftar’s embarrassing defeat in Gharyan may complicate the Libyan civil war
Tripoli, July 2, 2019 - By Imed Lamloum - Libya's military strongman Khalifa Haftar, by provoking Turkey, seeks to divert attention from battlefield setbacks and draw in his backers, at the risk of a proxy war between regional rivals, experts say. The strongman of...
Libya: Haftar frees Turkish sailors before it is too late
July 1, 2019 - Six Turkish sailors held by forces led by Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar have been freed, a Turkish foreign ministry official said on Monday. "The sailors are free. According to their wishes, they continue to work," said the official, speaking on...
Libya: Turkey warns Libyan warlord Haftar
Comments by Arezki Daoud: Warlord Haftar is chewing more than he can swallow. Not only he lost his base in Gharyan to a ragtag militia supporting his foes from Tripoli, but he also now threatens NATO member Turkey for providing support to his enemies. While the...
Libya: Warlord Haftar complicates his situation as he loses Gharyan
Benghazi, Libya, June 29, 2019 - Strongman Khalifa Haftar has threatened to attack Turkish interests in Libya after suffering a serious setback in his push to take the capital Tripoli, accusing Ankara of backing his rivals. Anti-Haftar forces supporting Libya's...
Libya: Parliamentary speaker calls for the shutdown of national oil production
Libya's National Oil Company has warned that any bid to tamper with the sector could escalate unrest in the conflict-hit country, after the parliamentary speaker called for a halt to production. In a statement issued late Saturday, NOC said it "is concerned by recent...
The Libyan civil war: no break for Tripoli
Tripoli, June 20, 2019 - Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar has vowed to press ahead with an offensive to seize Tripoli, dismissing a political initiative by the head of the internationally recognised government. Haftar's self-styled Libyan National Army, which holds...
Libya: Three wounded in air raid on site operated by Mellitah Oil & Gas Company
Tripoli, June 19, 2019 - Libya's National Oil Company deplored an air raid that on Tuesday evening destroyed a warehouse operated by a subsidiary and wounded three personnel near Tripoli. "A warehouse owned by subsidiary Mellitah Oil & Gas Company (MOG) was...
Libya: Everyone wants arms embargo on Libya, but action on the ground lacks
June 10, 2019 - The UN Security Council on Monday renewed its authorization of a European Union mission to combat arms smuggling off Libya's coast amid calls for tougher action to cut the flow of weapons. The council voted unanimously to extend the work of Operation...
Libya: Migrants starving and dying of tuberculosis in Libyan detention centers
June 7, 2019 - The UN attacked Friday horrific conditions in migrant detention centres in Libya, with dozens dying from tuberculosis and hundreds scraping by on starvation rations while many others appear to have disappeared. "We are deeply concerned about the ghastly...
Libya: Appalling conditions in migrant detention centers in Libya
Rome, June 4, 2019 - Aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Tuesday slammed the conditions in migrant detention centres in Libya where would-be refugees are malnourished and cooped up with rampant health problems. "These people frequently eat just noodles,...
Libya: NOC warns of possible collapse of oil production amid intensifying civil war
Tripoli, June 3, 2019 - The head of Libya's National Oil Company warned Monday against a "collapse in production" stemming from conflict in the North African country. Oil production "could collapse at any moment", said NOC chairman Mustafa Sanalla, even as he cited...
Libya: Haftar troops unable to capture Tripoli, more violence ahead
Al-Swani, Libya, June 3, 2019 - As meat sizzled on a barbeque in a Tripoli suburb, Libyan fighters defending the capital from a military offensive rested during "the calm before the storm" on the front lines. "We don't deprive ourselves of anything," said a fighter...
Rescues of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea continue
The Italian navy rescued 100 migrants stranded in the Mediterranean on Thursday, as 178 others were taken to the Italian island of Lampedusa, and Malta, officials said. Meanwhile, 149 migrants from East Africa, including 65 minors and 13 babies under one, were...
Libya: UN evacuates vulnerable migrants from war-torn Tripoli
Rome, May 30, 2019 - Nearly 150 migrants from East Africa, including 65 minors and 13 babies under one, were rescued from conflict-torn Libya and airlifted to Rome on Thursday by the UN refugee agency. "Due to the violent clashes and deteriorating security conditions...
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