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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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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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Khalifa Haftar attends a news conference at a sports club in Abyar, a small town to the east of Benghazi. May 17, 2014. Reuters

Chief of Staff of Egyptian Army Visits Benghazi, Meets Haftar

by Khalid Mahmoud | May 18, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo- Chief of Staff of Egyptian Armed Forces Lieutenant-General Mahmoud Hijazi arrived on Wednesday in the eastern Libyan port city of Benghazi, on the first official visit by a senior Egyptian military official to Libya since the fall of the regime of Muammar...

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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...