Special to WorldTribune.com Libya’s UN-backed unity government may get the blessing of one of the country’s most powerful military leaders. Gen. Khalifa Haftar, leader of the Tobruk-based Libyan National Army, has pledged to support any unity government that receives the parliament’s confidence. Meanwhile, Haftar was to meet with Egyptian President Abdul Fatah Sisi in Cairo […]
Special to WorldTribune.com In a boost to Libya’s unity government, the rival government in Tripoli has resigned. The National Salvation government on April 5 said it would “cease duties” as an executive authority. “We put the interests of the nation above anything else, and stress that the bloodshed stop and the nation be saved from […]
Special to WorldTribune.com As Libya’s unity government shows signs of taking hold, the United States and European allies are developing a plan to strike Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) targets in the north African country. The establishment of a unity government is a key precondition for launching an international stabilization effort and to […]
