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The Kingdom of Libya flag flies in front of a refinery in Ras Lanuf in this March 8, 2011, file photo. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic/ Files

Fierce Clashes Pit LNA, GNA Forces Eyeing Sabha Airbase, Libya

by Khalid Mahmoud | Apr 12, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo – Armed militiamen attacked the house of Al-Seddiq Al-Kabeer, Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) in Tripoli. On the other hand, fierce clashes erupted between the Libyan National Army under the command of General Khalifa Haftar and the...

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UN Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya Martin Kobler speaks to illegal immigrants at Abu Saleem detention center for illegal immigrants in Tripoli, in this file photo. Reuters

Libya: HRW Hints to Possibility of Haftar Forces Involvement in War Crimes

by Khalid Mahmoud | Mar 23, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo – Libyan National Army (LNA) forces, led by Khalifa Haftar, may have committed war crimes, including killing and beating civilians, executing, and desecrating bodies of opposition fighters in the eastern city of Benghazi on and around March 18, 2017, Human...

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Supporters of the eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar, who is fighting to seize back the oil ports. Photograph: Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters

Libya: U.S.-Russian Military Confrontation over Haftar’s Role

by Khalid Mahmoud | Mar 12, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo – Military competition between the US and Russia reemerged on Saturday to win over Libyan renegade General Khalifa Haftar and benefit from his weight for building a new government in the country. Speaking to the Senate Armed Services Committee, head of US...

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Libyan General Khalifa Hafta/Reuters Esam Omran Al-Fetori

Washington on Libyan Mediation Line… Flirts with Haftar

by Khalid Mahmoud | Feb 19, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo- Asharq Al-Awsat learned on Saturday of indirect contact between U.S. President Donald Trump representatives and leader of the Libyan National Army (LNA)General Khalifa Haftar, indicating the openness of the Trump administration to the Libyan file unlike his...

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Many migrants have died trying to cross the sea from Libya to Europe [Reuters]

Libyans Executed inside Refugee Camps

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 30, 2017 | Middle East

Berlin- German diplomats have warned of the human rights violations, seeing in extreme cases executions, across Libya’s refugee camps. German daily “Welt am Sonntag” reported on Sunday that the diplomats at the Niger Capital, Niamey, have testified to the cruel human...