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Heavy battles continue to rage in Tripoli as rival factions duel for control of the Libyan capital. The assault on the UN-backed government is led by a Misrata commander whose success in the anti-Gadaffi rebellion was secured by the 2011 NATO intervention. Clashes persisted in Tripoli Saturday between militias loyal the self-proclaimed National Salvation Government […]
Dozens of troops and civilians have reportedly been slaughtered in an attack on an airbase in southern Libya. The attack was blamed on the militia backing the Tripoli-based government of National Accord (GNA), which denies that it sanctioned the carnage. The attack unfolded Thursday afternoon at Brak Al-Shati airbase, which since December has been under […]
Thomson Reuters The United Arab Emirates has begun using US-made planes to support a Russian-backed general in Libya, Time reported. At least six American-made Archangel turboprop planes have been seen in satellite images of an airbase controlled by Russian-backed Gen. Khalifa Haftar, the leader of a faction fighting the US- and UN-backed government in Tripoli, […]
Published time: 4 May, 2017 14:46 French bank Societe Generale reported a 19 percent fall in quarterly net income on Thursday, following its agreement to pay €963 million ($ 1.1 billion) to the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) over alleged bribery. Net income fell to €747 million ($ 817 million) from the previous year’s €924 million […]
President Donald Trump does not see a US role in helping its European allies build a government in Libya. Instead, he told reporters, he wants to defeat Islamic State, after which the US can focus on domestic issues. Speaking to reporters in Washington, DC on Thursday, following a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, […]
