“We believe that the meeting in Libya of the Minister of the Interior of the Italian Government Matteo Piantedosi and the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Edmondo Cirielli with Gen. Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi is an important and courageous signal from the Government Italian. A big step forward in bilateral relations is emerging [...]
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Apparently Recep Tayyip Erdogan has not kept the promises made at the Berlin Conference. A Turkish frigate Tcg Gaziantep was seen off Libya yesterday. Ankara said it is used to rescue migrants at sea, while for the men of General Khalifa Haftar they claim that the ship transported [...]
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Following the escalation of the situation in Libya with the involvement of Turkey and Russia in support of the two rival factions of the Government of National Accord (GNA) chaired by Fayez Mustafa al-Sarraj and the Libyan National Army (LNA) commanded by General Khalifa Haftar, the president of FederPetroli Italia intervenes - Michele Marsiglia "It is a war for the [...]
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In Rome for a surprise visit to the strong man from Cyrenaica. General Kalifa Haftar is in Italy to meet Giuseppe Conte and the Foreign Minister, Enzo Moavero Milanesi. The meeting is preparatory for the summit organized by Italy on Libya to be held in Palermo on 12 and 13 November. A visit, writes the [...]
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General Khalifa Haftar rejected a power-sharing offer made by Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Al Sarraj. The news was made known by an authoritative pan-Arab daily. Anonymous sources of the Libyan national army led by Haftar, through the website of the newspaper Asharq Al-Awst, made it known that the proposal - the result of mediation [...]
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Libyan general Ahmaid Al-Ataybi, commander of the Sixth Infantry Brigade attacked in recent days in Sebha, the capital of Fezzan, accused General Khalifa Haftar of "having recruited mercenaries from Chad, Niger and Sudan" to be able to control the South of Country. Al-Ataybi responds to Tripoli's government of national accord, led by Fayez [...]
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Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) sent reinforcements to Sebha, in southern Libya, after yesterday's clashes between militias loyal to the Tebu and those of the Bani Suleiman. In particular, the sending of reinforcements is linked to the local authorities' denunciation of the presence of foreign militias, probably Chadian and Sudanese rebels, in the [...]
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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 the Nova Agency, the commander of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army, General Khalifa Haftar, arrived in Cairo last night for talks with Egyptian security officials aimed at agreeing on air strikes in Libya. This was reported by the pan-Arab newspaper published in London “al Arabi al Jadid” owned by Qatar. The alleged news, resumed in [...]
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The commercial port of Benghazi reopened today after three years of inactivity due to fighting in the city between Islamic armed groups and military forces led by General Khalifa Haftar. Currently there are two governments that are contending for Libya: the government of national agreement, supported by the UN and led [...]
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