The Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, will soon have an update with the commander of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA), General Khalifa Haftar, on the latest events in Libya. Conte told reporters from Sharm el Sheikh, after meeting with the premier of the government of national agreement, Fayez al Sarraj. The news is reported by the agency [...]
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A source quoted by the broadcaster "Libya Ahrar" said that the men of the "Karma" (Dignity) operation took control of Murzuq after a siege of about 20 days. The contribution of the militias of General Kalifa Haftar was important. The latest clashes had affected the artery connecting Murzuq to Ghadwa, the source concluded. On February 22, the press office [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The lifeline for all crises across the border is the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella. More and more often the leaders of other countries turn to the Quirinale to resolve and dissolve "embarrassing" situations. This time the French president Macron did not delay a moment and addressed the Italian president [...]
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Media close to General Kalifa Haftar reported a surprise visit by the deputy director of the Italian External Information and Security Agency (Aise), Giovanni Caravelli, which took place in Tripoli, in these particularly hot days. According to sources from the Libyan secret services, Caravelli arrived in the capital of Libya with a delegation defined as "high-level" of Italian intelligence on board [...]
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The ban on flying over the Fezzan by the forces of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) of Cyrenaica persists despite yesterday's crisis. This was reported by the Italian news agency Nova. After the air raid on the airstrip of the al Fil oil field, in southern Libya, by a fighter [...]
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General Khalifa Haftar's self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) military operation south of Sebha in southern Libya "is intended to protect the country and the people" and is not intended to target any specific tribe or social component in the region . This is what we read in a statement issued yesterday by the LNA and relaunched this morning by [...]
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The protest movement of the inhabitants of southern Libya called “Fezzan's Anger” was born just over three months ago and continues its activity to ask for security, work and development. This was reported by the Italian news agency Nova. Also following the launch in mid-January of a military offensive by forces loyal to General Khalifa Haftar, [...]
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The UN special envoy for Libya, Ghassan Salamé, arrived this morning at Tamanhint airport (about 600 kilometers south of Tripoli), in the Fezzan region, on what is his first visit to the south of Libya since the beginning of his post in June 2017. This was reported by the Italian press agency [...]
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Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte met with President Al Serraj in Tripoli, followed by the President of the High Council of State, Khaled Al Meshri. Then the Italian premier met with General Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi. A mission through which to carry forward, with the work of diplomacy and intelligence, the plan proposed with the Conference [...]
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Libya Observer reported that the World Health Organization (WHO) organized last Monday the distribution of a shipment of medicines and medical supplies provided by the French government to a number of hospitals and health facilities in the southern region in collaboration with the System of Fezzan medical supply. A procurement system officer [...]
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The Fezzan agreement signed in Rome last year by Minister Minniti no longer exists, the French once again managed to nullify a "small" Italian success in the area. An editorial by “La Stampa” analyzes in detail the updated situation in the field. The novelty would be the infiltration of the Libyan Tebu tribes by elements [...]
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