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Head of Government of National Accord Fayez al-Sarraj. Reuters

Libya: Sarraj, Haftar Share the ‘Liberation’ of Sabratha

by Khalid Mahmoud and Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 7, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo — The ISIS Fighting Operation Room (IFOR), loyal to Head of Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez al-Sarraj, announced on Friday their full control of Sabratha after more than two weeks of heavy clashes against Brigade 48. The clashes between a security...

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General Khalifa Haftar, commander in the Libyan National Army (LNA) in Moscow, Russia August 14, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

Salameh Shows Optimism about Solving Libya Crisis after Meeting Haftar

by Khalid Mahmoud | Oct 6, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo- The United Nations special envoy to Libya Ghassan Salameh met on Thursday with Commander of Libyan National Army Khalifa Haftar in the eastern city of Benghazi. On its official Facebook page, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) confirmed...

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At least four people were killed in an ISIS suicide attack in Libya’s Misrata. (Getty Images)

At Least 4 Killed in ISIS Suicide Attack in Libya’s Misrata

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 4, 2017 | Middle East

At least four people were killed in a suicide bombing on Wednesday in Libya’s third largest city of Misrata, security officials said. The ISIS terrorist group claimed that at that targeted the main court building in the city. The officials said a suicide bomber was...

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Ghassan Salameh, UN Libya envoy, arrives for a meeting in Tunis, Tunisia September 26, 2017. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

Salameh Reviews with Libyan Leaders Means to Resolve Differences

by Jamal Jawhar | Oct 4, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo– UN Envoy for Libya Ghassan Salameh met on Tuesday in Tripoli with the head of the National Accord government, Fayez al-Sarraj and the president of the Supreme State Council, Abdulrahman al-Suweihli. Salameh’s unannounced visit to Libya followed a series of...

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Ghassan Salame, UN Libya envoy, arrives for a meeting in Tunis, Tunisia September 26, 2017. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

Libyan Committee Discusses Structure of Presidential Council

by AlMunji alSaidani | Oct 1, 2017 | Middle East

Tunis– The unified committee entrusted with amending the Skhirat Agreement met with representatives of Libya’s various political parties on Saturday, for the fifth consecutive day, in the presence of UN Envoy Ghassan Salameh. While no concrete results were reached to...