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National Salvation Government Prime Minister Khalifa Ghwell gestures during an interview with Reuters, in Tripoli, Libya, February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny

Ghwell: Libya’s Interest Requires Concessions

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | May 7, 2017 | Interviews

Cairo – Libya’s best interest requires offering concessions, said National Salvation Government Prime Minister Khalifa Ghwell. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, he stated that his major focus is on establishing a coherent state but affirmed that this can’t...

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Members of the Libyan pro-government forces, backed by locals, gather on a tank outside the Central Bank, near Benghazi port, January 21, 2015. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori

Lavrov Meets Libyan PM, Calls for National Dialogue

by Khalid Mahmoud | Mar 3, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo – UN-backed Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj met on Thursday with Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov in an attempt to push Russia to launch a mediation between the Libyan government and Military Commander General Khalifa Haftar. Sarraj...

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

Possible Alliance between Ghwell, al-Thani against Libya’s U.N.-Backed Government

by Khalid Mahmoud | Jan 14, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo- Libya’s National Salvation government of Khalifa Ghwell is mulling to form an alliance with the government of Abdullah al-Thani that is allied with the parliament. Such an alliance is aimed at confronting Libya’s U.N.-backed government of Fayez al-Sarraj....

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Libyan soldiers deploy on Tripoli’s corniche after militias were ordered to leave the capital following weekend clashes on November 18, 2013. (AFP Photo)

Al-Thani’s Government: 1,000 U.S. Soldiers Covertly Entered Tripoli

by Khalid Mahmoud | Jan 13, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo- Libya’s Abdullah al-Thani-led authorities revealed that over a thousand U.S. soldiers have slipped into the country, taking up base in one of Tripoli’s suburbs. Al-Thani’s self-declared government in the eastern city Al Bayda issued a statement saying that data...