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Migrants in a detention center before being voluntarily returned to their countries of origin. Tripoli, 29 August. [Hani Amara/REUTERS]

Haftar Declines to Attend Congo Summit… Sudan Denies Closing its Borders with Libya

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...

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Photo caption: Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni (right) and Prime Minister of Libya Fayez al-Sarraj met in Rome in February 2017 (ETTORE FERRARI/ANSA VIA AP)

Libya: The Rapprochement of Generals

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...

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Fayez al-Sarraj speaks at a press conference in Tripoli. Photograph: Stringer/AFP/Getty Images

Libyan Speaker Says US Pressuring him to Grant Confidence Vote to Sarraj

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...

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Fayez al-Sarraj, Libyan prime minister. Ismail Zitouny / Reuters

Libya’s Sarraj: We Welcome Dialogue with Military Institutions to Overcome Current Crisis

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...

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A member of military forces loyal to Libya’s eastern government points to a fire near the Libyan cement factory during clashes with the Shura Council of Libyan Revolutionaries, an alliance of former anti-Gaddafi rebels who have joined forces with Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia, in Benghazi, Libya April 15, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer

Libyan Parliament might Grant Amnesty to Rebels in Oil Crescent Region

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...