Libya is far from peaceful. It is a powder keg ready to explode which will cause Italy a great deal of trouble, aware of the fact that over 600 refugees from all over Africa and the Middle East are massed in those lands. On the website of the Ministry of the Interior, data on migratory flows affecting our […]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Saif al Islam, Gaddafi's son, initially ousted from the electoral competition, was then readmitted to the list of candidates in the elections scheduled for tomorrow and postponed, according to the words of the UN special envoy, Stephanie Williams, at the end next January. The Electoral Commission had excluded him but subsequently the judiciary, with final judgment, [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Since Macron abandoned General Kalifa Haftar to his fate, talks between France and Italy on the Libyan dossier have resumed. Yesterday in Berlin the second conference on Libya to set the minimum objectives in order to bring the North African country back into the bed of international law. The need to postpone [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) I'm in charge of Benghazi. Haftar the other day did not allow a presidential plane carrying Prime Minister Abdelhamid to land at Benghazi airport. The parliament, on the other hand, did not vote the budget law on the new prime minister, a clear signal that highlights the political weakness of the Libyan prime minister. It seems [...]
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The United States said the Russian military flew over Libya, with a dozen unidentifiable planes, in an attempt to provide air support to Russian mercenaries fighting in Tripoli. What happened shows an important escalation of the Russian military intervention in the Libyan civil war. The war has been raging in Libya since 2011, [...]
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The United Arab Emirates with a secret airlift supplies weapons to General Khalifa Haftar. The news leaked from a United Nations report. The war began in Libya in 2011, when a popular uprising supported by the West and its allies led to the death of the country's dictator, Muammar Gaddafi. Much of the east [...]
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General Khalifa Haftar proclaimed himself head of Libya, in a televised statement in which he said he "accepted the mandate of the Libyan people to take care of the country". The general declared the Skhirat agreement null and void, which in 2015 established the creation of a government of national agreement based in Tripoli, led by Fayez al-Serraj. About ten days [...]
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(by Vanessa Tomassini) The prolonged conflict, the lack of hierarchy, the continuous entry of new forces into their ranks and the difficulty in replacing the losses on the field, are all factors that, although minimized or denied by those directly involved, are intensifying the tensions among the forces affiliated with the Government of National Accord (GNA). The afternoon […]
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(by Vanessa Tomassini - correspondent from Tunis) The interim UN special envoy, Stephanie Williams, has warned about the possible use of new lethal weapons in Libya. On April 22, 2020, several reports circulating on social media indicated that the Eastern armed forces would use chemical weapons against forces affiliated with the Government of National Accord [...]
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On 9 March, French President Emmanuel Macron received Libyan general Khalifa Haftar, commander of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) at the Elysée, for a meeting held secret, which had not even been included in the agenda. The newspaper "Le Monde" reports it. Sources close to the dossier let it be known that the visit of the Libyan general is part of the [...]
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(by Vanessa Tomassini, PRP Channel correspondent in Tunis) On Saturday we met the Mauritanian researcher El-Hussein el-Hallawi and the former spokesman of the Supreme Council of Tribes, Mohamed Umar Ahmed Musa, with whom we tried to analyze the possible scenarios in Libya, in light of the current crisis. Most experts and observers agree that, at [...]
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The Libyan Joint Military Commission met in Geneva, moderator: the special envoy Ghassam Salamé directly. Five representatives from the Government of National Accord (GNA) and five from the Libyan National Army (LNA). The comment of the President of the High Council of State Khaled al-Meshri was positive: "the choice of the Presidential Council to participate in the proceedings is not a failure [...]
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This is a real scoop of La Stampa. The general who controls Cyrenaica, Khalifa Haftar was in Rome on January 8 to meet with US Deputy National Security Advisor Victoria Coates (in charge of Libya and North Africa), and Richard Norland, American ambassador for Libya. The news emerged by crossing the information [...]
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Al Serraj the day before the visit of the EU delegation (scheduled for January 7), headed by High Representative Borrel, warned: "Do not come to Libya, for security reasons, it is dangerous here". As Semprini points out in La Stampa, in reality, Fayez al Sarraj does not want any interference, he wants to continue with the agreement signed with Turkey by [...]
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Italy lost Libya in 2011 when Gaddafi was overthrown by force at the hands of Sarkozy's France. France has never digested our relevance, our privileged lane in Libya. The final push for Italy is the signing, on November 27, of the Turkish-Libyan treaty on the jurisdictional areas of the Mediterranean of [...]
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked, during a visit to Tunisia to allow Tunis, Algeria and Qatar to be part of the Berlin conference on the Libya dossier to be held on January 14-15, 2020. Erdogan added, in a joint press conference with Tunisian President Kais Saied, to be sure that Tunis [...]
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Al Serraj's armed forces arrested pilot Amer Al-Jagam after his plane was shot down in southern Al-Zawiya. As reported by The Libia Observer, the pilot reported that the mercenaries of the Russian group Wagner operate in coordination with the operations room of Tarhouna in ground operations (snipers) [...]
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Immediately after the visit of the Italian Foreign Minister, Luigi Di Maio Fayez al Sarraj, he sent the request for military support to Ankara to contain the offensive launched for the capture of Tripoli by General Khalifa Haftar. The move by al Sarraj, writes La Stampa, does not represent a tear against [...]
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The news is reported by all Libyan newspapers, from the Libyan Observer to the Libyan Address. Surprisingly, Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj flew to Turkey to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the early afternoon. The main issue addressed was the agreement to send Turkish troops to help the Tripoli government. Only [...]
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The Libyan National Army of Khalifa Haftar, writes the Agi, advances towards the Libyan capital Tripoli and is close to hitting the government of national agreement, protected by the Misrata militias and recognized by the UN. The armed forces of the strong man of Cyrenaica, which in the last hours of intense battles have lost at least six fighters - according to Tripoli between [...]
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The Egyptian press reported that General Khalifa Haftar announced “zero hour for the start of the decisive offensive on Tripoli. The Cyrenaica general even gave his men his final instructions: "do not touch private homes and properties". There are, however, four European countries, Italy, France, Germany and Great Britain that still hope to be able to find [...]
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According to what was announced on Facebook, by the manager of the airport management, a Libyan plane, carrying 124 passengers, escaped an attack that hit the Mitiga airport area in Tripoli yesterday, when the aircraft was preparing to to land. "Thank God the crew and passengers on a flight from [...]
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Khalifa Haftar has sensitized the European Union to "put an end to the racist policy of the Minister of the Interior, Matteo Salvini": this is what we read in a statement released during the night from the LNA Air Operations Room. The news is reported by the Italian news agency Nova. Haftar's militias deny any responsibility for the air raid that in the night [...]
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The president of the Libya parallel government Abdullah Al-Thinni on Alwasat said that #Haftar is ready to negotiate the surrender. At the base of the turning point the arrival of armaments and vehicles in #Tripoli, in particular armored vehicles, supplied by Turkey and Algeria in support of Operation Vulcano, launched by al Serraj's forces. There is talk of huge reinforcements [...]
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According to the Libyan media - "Libya Akhbar" and "218 Tv" - General Khalifa Haftar could go to Paris on Wednesday 15 May to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron. The news was reported by the Italian news agency "Nova". We will talk about the situation on the ground around the capital Tripoli where since 4 April [...]
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The Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is concerned about the “risk that in the perspective of fighting the Islamic radicals, their transmigration to Tunisia and then also to Italy could be encouraged. A risk that we must all avert, I am trying to sensitize everyone ”. The problem is Libya where the Islamic State, taking advantage of the country's instability [...]
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Donald Trump, without consulting with the State Department, supported General Haftar, creating embarrassment also for Italy which found itself almost alone in supporting the Libyan contender Al Serraj, the only one legitimized by the international community. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte from China had to review the Italian position: "Our position is not at [...]
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Donald Trump, during a phone call with Libyan general Khalifa Haftar last week, supported the offensive in the country's capital to overthrow the government of Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj. This was reported by "Bloomberg" as reported by some US officials familiar with the dossier. Also a previous appeal by the National Security Advisor of [...]
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President Donald Trump had a telephone conversation with Marshal Khalifa Haftar to discuss ongoing counter-terrorism efforts and the "need to achieve peace and stability". The White House says so. "The president recognized Haftar's significant role in combating terrorism, and the two discussed a [...]
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The forces of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) are fighting to repel the offensive of the troops loyal to General Khalifa Haftar, who have approached the gates of Tripoli after night air raids. At least 227 people have died since the forces of the Libyan National Army (LNA) launched the offensive, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), while [...]
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Elisabetta Trenta, Minister of Defense, speaking as a guest on the show "Circo Massimo" spoke about the situation in Libya and the line that Italy should take in this regard. According to what the minister declared on these occasions, diplomacy must be brought to the highest levels without taking advantage of these opportunities to engage in politics which on the contrary must work [...]
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Khalifa Haftar fighters carried out new air strikes south of Tripoli, particularly in the Ain Zara area, not far from the Basheer al Sadawi migrant center. This was reported by the Libyan television broadcaster "Libya Ahrar", whose headquarters are located in Doha, Qatar. The bombing, according to this source, would not have caused [...]
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French President Emmanuel Macaron had a telephone conversation with President of the Presidential Council, Fayez Al-Sarraj, to deny his country's ties to the current war in southern Tripoli, after several reports point to France precisely behind the Khalifa Haftar's war on Tripoli. Macron therefore called for an immediate stop to the fighting. [...]
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According to the United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), during a "flash update" on the situation in Libya, at least 3.400 people have been displaced by the ongoing armed clashes near Tripoli, where the security situation " remains unstable ". According to the report, around 3.400 people have left their homes in Tariq [...]
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Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte from Vinitaly spoke of Libya: “We have been following the Libya dossier for some time and we are also following it in the last stages. It is an evolution that worries us and I must confess that it does not leave us completely surprised because obviously, following the evolution, we had grasped this possible evolution. We are certainly trying to [...]
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Interior Minister Matteo Salvini had a telephone conversation with Libyan Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Maitig. This was announced by the Interior Ministry, according to which the two discussed the latest developments in Libya. The Libyan situation was also addressed during the G7 in Paris: Salvini asked the other ministers to work for [...]
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The Guardian has published a photograph of the politico-military situation in Libya which clearly shows the strengthening of General Khalifa Haftar after the conquest, last month, of a large part of the southern region of Fezzan. This was reported by the Italian news agency Nova. Patrick Wintour, diplomatic affairs analyst, recalls how, with recent victories [...]
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According to Reuters, Fayex al-Serraj, prime minister of Libya's national agreement government, said during a speech in Tripoli al-Serraj that he had met Marshal Khalifa Haftar, commander of the Libyan National Army in Abu Dhabi for " stop the bloodshed, reach a formula to avoid the conflict and the military escalation of [...]
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About 300 contractors linked to Russian military intelligence (GRU) have allegedly supported General Haftar in his recent actions in southern Libya. The news appeared in The Telegraph. Russian support would have come through the private company, known as the Wagner Group, which would have supplied the Libyan army with artillery, tanks, drones and ammunition. [...]
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Today the Abu Dhabi summit between the premier of the Libyan National Agreement government, Fayez al Sarraj, the Libyan general Khalifa Haftar, commander of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA), and the president of the Libyan oil company National Oil Corporation (Noc) , Mustafa Sanallah. This was reported by the Italian news agency Nova. According to the television broadcaster "al Arabiya", with [...]
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General Khalifa Mattar refused to meet with the head of the Libyan presidential council, Fayez al Sarraj. This was underlined by a source quoted by the news portal "Libyan Address". According to the source, the refusal is due to the fact that "Sarraj is a weak figure, he does not control the situation in Tripoli and he will not be able [...]
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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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The under-the-table actions of the French government in Libya do not end. Transalpine diplomacy is reportedly working to organize a summit between the head of the Libyan National Accord Government (GNA), Fayez al Sarraj, and the commander of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar. French concerns arose from the recent escalation of clashes south of [...]
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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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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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Libyan air fighters loyal to General Khalifa Haftar yesterday conducted a series of air strikes on the village of Marzuq, south of Sebha, where there are believed to be gatherings of Chadian rebels. This was revealed by the spokesman of the local civil society associations, Suleiman Sida, to the Libyan newspaper “al Ayam”. According […]
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The Independent wrote in an editorial on Thursday that Khalifa Haftar and his military have committed war crimes in the eastern city of Derna. The UK-based newspaper reported what human rights lawyers in London had reported and urged the International Criminal Court to [...]
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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 Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI), the oldest group of experts in Italy specializing in international affairs, has published a series of articles on "What awaits us in 2019?" WHERE which the Institute offers ten forecasts for the year 2019. The Lybian Address Journal reports it. An article, written by ISPI members Federica Saini Fasanotti [...]
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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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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Yesterday the Council of Ministers decided to designate the new Italian ambassador to Tripoli, Giuseppe Maria Buccino Grimaldi while Giuseppe Perrone will take on the role of new ambassador to Theran. The Ambassador was recalled to Rome last summer following controversies with General Haftar over the statements on the Libyan elections [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The Italian government, as regards the “Libya dossier”, is reaping the fruits of the Washington agreements of last July 30 between Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and American President Donald Trump. In the press conference organized at the end of the meeting, US President Donald Trump spoke of "strategic dialogue" with Italy, based on cooperation ranging from energy [...]
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The aired hypothesis of entrusting the Tripoli embassy to Giuseppe Buccino, former Italian representative in Libya before the first closure of the embassy, prompted the Libyan authorities to forcefully demand the return of Ambassador Giuseppe Perrone. Giuseppe Buccino would not be welcome due to his proximity to Islamist circles in Tripoli, and in particular with the brotherhood [...]
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Lybian Observer reported that self-styled Libyan army spokesman Ahmed Al-Mismari said Khalifa Haftar will remain in his post as "commander general of the Libyan army" until the election. Al-Mismari indicated that the only recognizable supreme commander of the Libyan army will be the elected president. He added that the general command of the self-styled army is looking for [...]
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Everything is ready for the Palermo conference. Acquasanta harbor to be emptied at least in part, schools closed at Arenella, roads forbidden from the center to the outskirts, where the hotels that will welcome international guests are located. The neighborhood around Villa Igiea, transformed into a fortress. Next Monday and Tuesday, therefore, an armored city ready to host the first [...]
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After Palermo, we are already thinking about a new summit dedicated to security to be held in Rome. The agenda of the work in Sicily included comparisons between the delegations led by Fayez al Sarraj, Khalifa Hartar, Águila Saleh and Khalid Al-Mishri, on the so-called "security track", or the management of security in Tripoli and Libya. The program of [...]
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The head of Italian external intelligence Alberto Manenti ran to Moscow to resolve a very sensitive issue. At stake was the participation of the strong man of Cyrenaica, the gen. Kalifa Haftar at the Palermo Summit. Haftar did not want to sit at the same table with the new Minister of the Interior of the government of national accord Bishaga, representative [...]
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On the website al Wasat Ali al Saidi, a Libyan deputy close to General Kalifa Haftar, he said that the meeting in Palermo on 12 and 13 November will solve nothing, because not solving anything is one of the Italian objectives, which as is well known is in continued divergence with France on the "Libya dossier". For this reason, […]
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Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi and Marshal Khalifa Haftar met in Benghazi in a long and cordial conversation that re-launched the close relationship with Italy in a climate of consolidated trust. There was ample convergence between the two for intense cooperation and a common commitment to a Libya [...]
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Libya Observer reports that General Khalifa Haftar said that "the Tripoli crisis should not go any longer and liberating the Libyan capital is inevitable". Speaking to the tribal leaders of Benghazi, he stated that he would "liberate" Tripoli through a well-structured plan to end what he called the rule of [...]
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The New Arab, citing military sources Ajdabiya, reported that former Petroleum Facilities (IFG) Guard chief Ibrahim Jodran and Moamar Gaddafi's tribal loyalists as well as Chadian rebels have formed a new alliance to carry out a military operation. which aims to control not only the growing [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) As reported by The Libyan Observer, member of the Higher Council of State (HCS) Abdelrahman Al-Shater said last May that the French initiative to resolve the political impasse in Libya is in the interest of France and its goal is to control Libya through its agents already present in the country. [...]
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The Libya Observer reports that the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has condemned the escalation of violence in Tripoli for the third consecutive day and called for a declaration for an immediate ceasefire on all fronts. "The Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) in Libya, Dr. Ghassan Salame, [...]
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The riots and armed struggles between the various factions in Libya have increased in recent days as everyone wants to have their own prominent position for the next political elections that France would like already in December 2018. Given that the Italian ambassador to Libya has disputed because there would be no conditions. Conditions […]
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Khalifa Haftar was very critical of Turkey: "a war crime committed and sponsored by Turkey" the sending of the cargo ship loaded with explosive material, seized in recent days by the Greek authorities while it was headed for the city of Misrata. It has been defined as a "sailing bomb", the "Andromeda", flying the Tanzanian flag, carried 29 containers with detonators [...]
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According to Nova, Libyan general Khalifa Haftar met with Egyptian military leaders yesterday during an unannounced visit to Cairo. A Libyan diplomatic source in Egypt confirmed this to “Agenzia Nova”. The visit coincides with the meeting of the officers of Tripoli and Benghazi to arrive at the unification of the Libyan army. [...]
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Libya, fifth meeting of the Joint Processing Committee of Tripoli and Tobruk Representatives According to Nova, today, the fifth meeting of the Joint Processing Committee of the House of Representatives and the Libyan High Council of State has begun in Tunis. So it was written on the Twitter profile of the United Nations support mission for Libya (Unsmil). The fifth […]
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Russia is preparing a meeting in Moscow between Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj and the commander of the Libyan Armed Forces Khalifa Haftar. This was reported by the daily Izvestia, citing "a high-level source close to Russian diplomatic circles". The information, adds the newspaper, was confirmed by Serraj himself, who has already given his ok [...]
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Khalifa Haftar has been moving to Rome since yesterday afternoon, moving in great secrecy. A little more than 20 days after his meeting in Benghazi with the Minister of the Interior Marco Minniti, the strong man of Cyrenaica returns the visit and confirms the opening of a communication channel with Italy. His Roman agenda is full of commitments, [...]
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According to what we read in "La Repubblica", General Khalifa Haftar, the strong man of Eastern Libya, will be in Rome on September 26 after accepting an invitation made by the Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti on his trip to Libya to at the end of August, underlining the discontent of the government of national unity recognized by the international community with [...]
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British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson met eastern Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar today in Benghazi, according to a military spokesman. The meeting was on the "development of the political situation", explained Khalifa al Abidi, without giving details. Before going to Benghazi, Johnson was yesterday in Tripoli, then in Misrata, where he met [...]
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Harsh fighting is underway in northern Iraq just hours after the launch of the ground military offensive to free the Tal Afar district, west of Mosul, from the yoke of the Islamic State. Through the "Amaq" news agency, the self-styled "caliphate" claims to have destroyed a Humvee and a Cougar Mrap of the Popular Mobilization Units (Pmu, [...]
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Sources close to the militias of the Libyan general Khalifa Haftar engaged in the siege of the eastern city of Derna declared that they had agreed to open the road to Matrouba, allowing the entry of aid and the exit of civilians under certain conditions. According to reports from the information website “Libya Obeserver”, this will allow the entry of gas cylinders, food and medicines into the besieged city. Has been […]
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The governments of France, the United Kingdom and the United States "welcome the August 17 announcement by the Libyan National Army (LNA) to suspend the major, Mahmoud al Werfalli", commander of the elite forces on which a International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant for unlawful killings. Through a joint note, the three countries ask the LNA [...]
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General Khalifa Haftar's self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) yesterday conducted new air strikes on Derna, in the east of the country, destroying an ammunition depot belonging to the Islamists of the Shura Council of Mujahideen. The local news agency "Lana" reports, according to which at least three fighters lost their lives in the attack. The depot was located in the area of the western entrance to the city, surrounded by [...]
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First of all, I want to reiterate that Libyans and Italians are friends. We have overcome the legacy of fascist aggression. And, precisely because our relationships are excellent, I want to fight anyone who tries to ruin them. We come to Italy on vacation, our wounded are treated, we have ancient economic relations. But I must also say that we Libyans care about [...]
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General Khalifa Haftar, rival of Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al Sarraj, allegedly ordered his air forces to bomb the Italian military ships that will cross over into Libyan territories at Sarraj's request. The news was reported by Al Arabiya TV. The broadcaster announced the decision of the general, a man of the Tobruk government, on his Twitter profile with a [...]
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Gentiloni asked Parliament to approve the line of military intervention in Liabia. Are we running after the French once again? “The problem is not to run after the French as Italy has never been interventionist, on the contrary it has always taken time, sometimes too long, before deciding. Libya and the Mediterranean [...]
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A rocket landed last night in the Benghazi area where the Al Malaha club is located, injuring a woman. Even if the liberation of the city has been proclaimed, small groups of Islamic militiamen are still in Benghazi from which they try to escape and are engaged in firefights with the forces of General Khalifa Haftar. Yesterday the [...]
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The spokesman for the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA), Colonel Ahmed al Mismari, announced that his men have managed to secure about a thousand kilometers of the border with Egypt. During a press conference held yesterday in Cairo, al Mismari explained that "the national army is liberating the Libyan territory from terrorist groups [...]
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The self-proclaimed Libyan National Army, headed by General Khalifa Haftar, announced that it had vanquished a "very large" Islamic State cell in Agedabia, in eastern Libya. The cell was based on the outskirts of the city and a large amount of explosives and bomb-making materials were seized. In [...]
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