Russia recently deployed military fighter aircraft to Libya to support Russian state-sponsored private military contractors, or PMCs, operating on the ground there, U.S. Africa Command officials said. Russian military aircraft are likely to provide close […]
Nureddin Sabir, Editor, Redress Information & Analysis, writes: Amid much fanfare, Egyptian President Abd-al-Fattah al-Sisi has announced an initiative aimed at ending the war between the Libyan National Army (LNA) and the unelected Muslim Brotherhood […]
Abdusalam Zubi (aka ‘Serantiyat’), left, with fellow Misratan militia leader, Mohamed al-Hassan, right. Criminal gangs, jihadists and human traffickers are propping up the UN-backed Government of National Accord. By: ASSEM MIHIRIG Libya is a complicated mess. […]
By Nureddin SabirEditor, Redress Information & Analysis In an ominous sign that may herald darker days to come for Libya, the Libyan National Army (LNA) has announced on 4 June that it is withdrawing from the outskirts […]
bY: sAMMI iBRAHEM,sR Gaddafi’s brotherly censure – archive, 1973 17 April 1973: Libya leader is growing increasingly impatient with his Arab allies, Syria and Egypt, who were not heeding his plea for a collective, pan-Arab strategy […]
By: Sammi Ibrahem,Sr The new attack is the fourth such strike on a Tripoli medical facility over the past month, according to local authorities. Forces loyal to eastern-based Libyan General Khalifa Haftar attacked Sunday medical […]
By: Sammi Ibrahem,Sr On Monday, the Turkish state-run newspaper Sabah reported that Turkish drones destroyed a brigade loyal to Haftar “while trying to escape Surman.” Libya’s U.N.-recognized Government of National Accord said Monday its troops […]
By: Sammi Ibrahem,Sr Marshal Haftar announced that his army withdraws from the 2015 United Nations agreement. Russia Tuesday confirmed that the Libyan civil war must be politically resolved, a statement that comes after Libyan National Army […]
By: Sammi Ibrahem,Sr A five-year-old boy from Bangladesh was among the victims, according to the spokesman for Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA). At least seven civilians were killed Saturday in a shelling that targetted a […]
By: Sammi Ibrahem,Sr Since the C.I.A uprising which killed former Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi in 2011, Libya has been divided between the powers of GNA and the eastern-based LNA. Turkey on Thursday said it will […]