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Government of National Accord (GNA) leader Fayez al-Sarraj, and Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar meet in May, AFP

France Seeks a Libya Breakthrough during Haftar-Sarraj Elysee Meeting

by Michel Abu Najm | Jul 23, 2017 | Middle East

Paris- French President Emanuel Macron has shown that French diplomacy will be adopting a new approach in which it is prepared to take on a direct role in mediating for a Libya settlement. For over six years, the Libya row and crisis has affected European countries in...

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Members of the Libyan National Army (LNA) fire a tank during fighting against militants in Benghazi’s Al-Hout market area on May 20, 2017. AFP

Distribution of Armed Groups in Libya: Where Will Haftar Head After Benghazi?

by Camille Al-Taweel | Jul 7, 2017 | Features

London- The victory of Khalifa Haftar in the country’s second city of Benghazi this week raises question marks on the leader’s next destination and possible confrontations between the Libyan National Army (LNA) and its rivals, whether in Darna, the stronghold of...

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Commander of the Libyan National Army Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar (AFP)

Haftar Prepares to Announce Liberation of Benghazi, Libya

by Khalid Mahmoud | Jul 3, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo – Commander of the Libyan National Army Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar assigned a new military commander for Benghazi in what seems Haftar’s preparation to announce the liberation of Benghazi, east Libya. Meanwhile, National Army troops declared they were close on...

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General Khalifa Haftar speaks during a news conference at a sports club in Abyar, a small town to the east of Benghazi. May 17, 2014. The self-declared Libyan National Army led by a renegade general told civilians on Saturday to leave parts of Benghazi before it launched a fresh attack on Islamist militants, a day after dozens were killed in the worst clashes in the city for months. Families could be seen packing up and driving away from western districts of the port city where Islamist militants and LNA forces led by retired General Haftar fought for hours on Friday, killing at least 43 people. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori (LIBYA – Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS)

Libya: LNA Forces Push West, Claim Control Over Desert Air Base

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 3, 2017 | Middle East

Libyan forces loyal to eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar said they had taken the strategic military base of Jufra on Saturday after rival factions withdrew. The move consolidates control for Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) over the central...

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Libyan Foreign Affairs Minister, Mohamed Taher Siala (L), Martin Kobler (R), a Special Representative and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and Algeria’s Minister for African and Maghreb affairs, Abdelkader Messahel (C) attend a news conference on the sideline of the meeting of Libya’s neighbouring countries in Algiers, Algeria May 8, 2017. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina

Libya’s Neighboring Countries Reject Foreign, Military Intervention

by Khalid Mahmoud | May 9, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo- The 11th ministerial meeting for Libya’s neighboring countries kicked off Monday in Algeria under the supervision of the Arab League and the United Nations. The agenda of this meeting includes important security files such as, extremist groups’ activities,...