Tag: Khalifa Haftar

6 January 2020, 6:25 AM

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkish military units had started moving to Libya to support Fayez al-Serraj’s internationally-recognised ...

The Arab League’s council, its top body, met in Cairo after Egypt called for an emergency meeting on Libya, where eastern-based forces led by military commander Khalifa Haftar are trying to seize the capital Tripoli

Arab League warns against deployment of foreign fighters in Libya

1 January 2020, 3:21 PM

26 December 2019, 3:32 PM

The Arab League urged the warring sides in Libya not to do anything that might enable the deployment of foreign ...

Members of Libya's internationally recognized government forces carry weapons in Ain Zara, Tripoli, Libya.

Libyan interior minister says will ask for Turkish support if Tripoli war escalates

by Lerato Matlala

Libya's internationally recognised government will officially request military support from Turkey if the war over the capital escalates, the Tripoli-based ...

Libya has been divided since 2014 into rival military and political camps based in the capital Tripoli and the east.

US says concerned about Libyan conflict turning bloodier with Russian mercenaries: official

21 December 2019, 6:00 PM

8 December 2019, 10:22 AM

The United States says is very concerned about the intensification of the conflict in Libya, with a rising number of ...

Both Brent and WTI have lost more than half of their value this year.

Libya’s Brega operations suspended in Tripoli due to nearby clashes: statement

by Celestine Hendricks

19 November 2019, 12:05 PM

Libya’s Brega Petroleum Marketing Company (BPMC) said on Saturday it had suspended operations and evacuated all staff from its Tripoli ...

Adding to the misery of Tripoli residents, the main water supplier to northwest Libya said armed men in the south had stormed one of its facilities, reducing supply.

Air strike hits biscuit factory in Libyan capital, killing 10

by Busi Magudulela

23 September 2019, 7:29 AM

At least 10 workers were killed and 35 wounded in an air strike that hit a biscuit factory in Libya ...

The building housing Libya's oil state energy firm, the National Oil Corporation (NOC), is seen in Tripoli, Libya

Five Western countries, Turkey and UAE back Libyan state oil firm

by Celestine Hendricks

7 September 2019, 7:58 AM

Five Western countries including the United States, as well as Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, support Libyan state oil ...

The reduction in volumes sent east in August was a reversal by state oil firm NOC, which works with internationally-backed authorities based in the capital Tripoli

Libyan state oil firm cuts back fuel supplies to east amid battle over capital

by Paballo Lephaka

Libya’s state oil firm has restricted kerosene supplies to areas controlled by eastern commander Khalifa Haftar.

Drone air strike in Libya kills over 40

by Chuma Nobanda

5 August 2019, 2:31 PM

A drone air strike by eastern Libyan forces on the southern Libyan town of Murzuq has killed at least 43 ...

Drone strike near Tripoli kills seven fighters loyal to Haftar -military source

by Yolanda Mhlathi

21 July 2019, 6:00 PM

At least seven fighters loyal to Libyan National Army (LNA) forces commanded by Khalifa Haftarwere killed overnight in a drone ...

Libya government fears Haftar prepping new push on Tripoli

20 July 2019, 9:35 PM

Libya's UN-recognised government said Saturday it feared forces led by strongman Khalifa Haftar were prepping a new "military escalation" in ...

According to the UN, some 5,700 refugees and migrants are being held in detention centres in Libya, 3,300 of whom are vulnerable to fighting in and around Tripoli.

UN calls for Libya ceasefire as death toll climbs to 1,000

by Skhangiwe Mthiyane

6 July 2019, 7:04 AM

The UN Security Council called Friday for a ceasefire in Libya as the death toll from a three-month offensive on ...

Libya is one of the main departure points for African migrants fleeing poverty and war to reach Italy by boat.

UN says Libyan guards reportedly shot at migrants fleeing air strikes

4 July 2019, 5:32 PM

The United Nations said on Thursday it had information that Libyan guards shot at refugees and migrants trying to flee ...

Turkey's support for Libya follows air strikes on Tajoura as part of Gen Haftar's Tripoli offensive.

Nearly 40 killed in an air strike on Libyan migrant centre

3 July 2019, 5:20 AM

Nearly 40 migrants were killed in an air strike Tuesday night on their detention centre in a Tripoli suburb blamed ...

A Libyan boy displaced from the town of Tawergha fills containers with water at a displaced camp in Benghazi, Libya.

In battle for Libya’s oil, water becomes a casualty

2 July 2019, 9:34 AM

Interruptions to water supplies are common after eight years of near-anarchy since Muammar Gaddafi was ousted, but a wider crisis ...

halifa Haftar, the military commander who dominates eastern Libya, arrives to attend an international conference on Libya at the Elysee Palace.

Libya’s Haftar orders forces to attack Turkish ships, interests

29 June 2019, 11:05 AM

Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar has ordered his forces to attack Turkish ships and interests, his spokesman said on Friday, accusing ...

Key dates in two-month battle for Libya capital

4 June 2019, 2:38 PM

Libya's military strongman Khalifa Haftar launched an offensive to seize the capital Tripoli, the seat of the internationally recognised government ...

Fayez al-Sarraj, Emmanuel Macron and Khalifa Haftar

Libyan strongman Haftar tells Macron no ceasefire for now

22 May 2019, 8:12 PM