by Khalid Mahmoud | Sep 8, 2017 | Middle East
Cairo – The Commander of the Libyan Army, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, was absent on Thursday from an African summit on the Libyan crisis held in the Congolese capital Brazzaville. A media official at Haftar’s office said that the general had officially apologized...
by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Apr 29, 2017 | Features
Cairo – A new opportunity for dialogue between Libyan Army generals has emerged a few days ago, the first of its kind since the armed uprising that toppled the regime of Muammar al-Gaddafi in 2011. Away from the spotlight, a group of Libyan politicians and activists...
by Khalid Mahmoud | Apr 29, 2017 | Middle East
Cairo- Libyan Speaker Aguila Saleh has revealed that he has come under US pressure to grant the Parliament’s vote of confidence to the government of Fayez al-Sarraj. Saleh’s parliament takes the city of Tobruk, in the far east of Libya, as its headquarters. Saleh said...
by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Nov 28, 2016 | Interviews
Malabo – The prime minister of Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez al-Sarraj, has welcomed dialogue between the presidential council, parliament and the military institution to reach a political agreement aimed at ending the ongoing crisis. He also...
by Khalid Mahmoud | Sep 18, 2016 | Middle East
Cairo- Parliament Speaker Aguila Saleh Issa called on all the armed in the oil crescent region to hand out their weapons to the Libyan National Army (LNA) and the guards of the oil facilities. From his part, Prime Minister of Libya’s unity government Fayez Seraj...