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French President Emmanuel Macron. (AFP)

France Hopes Sarraj-Haftar Meeting Will Yield Roadmap for Libya Peace

by Michel Abu Najm | Jul 25, 2017 | Features

Paris – France will host on Tuesday Prime Minister of the UN-recognized Libyan government Fayez al-Sarraj and his rival, commander of the Libyan National Army Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, in an attempt to reach a solution to the North African country’s crisis. Hosted...

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Libyan Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar. (Reuters)

Haftar Threatens to Resort to Army to End Libya’s Political Crisis

by Khalid Mahmoud | Jul 2, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo – Commander of the Libyan National Army Field Marshal Khalifa Hafter granted various political factions a deadline of six months to reach a solution to the country’s crisis that has been raging since the overthrow of Moammar al-Gadhafi in 2011. He threatened to...

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Ghassan Salameh, dean of The Paris School of International Affairs, attends a session at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 24, 2014. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich

Ghassan Salameh Agrees to Be Nominated as UN Envoy to Libya

by Khalid Mahmoud | Jun 20, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo – Lebanon’s former Culture Minister Ghassan Salameh said that he accepted to be appointed as the new UN envoy to Libya, succeeding the German diplomat Martin Kobler, whose term would expire end of this month. A Security Council session on Tuesday is expected to...