by WorldTribune Staff, June 15, 2017 The International Criminal Court (ICC) is calling for the “immediate” arrest of Saif al-Islam Gadhafi after he was granted amnesty by one of Libya’s two competing governments. The son of late leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi, Saif al-Islam Gadhafi was sentenced to death in absentia by a Tripoli court in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 23, 2017 Russia’s defense minister has warned the UK against interfering in Moscow’s foreign policy after Britain’s defense secretary said “we don’t need the bear sticking his paws” into Libya. Sir Michael Fallon had criticized talks held between Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu and Libyan National Army commander Gen. Khalifa Haftar, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 10, 2017 Gen. Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) attacked an air base in central Libya on Feb. 9 while two other rival factions battled in the capital Tripoli. The UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) that was installed last year has struggled to assert its authority over the various armed […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 13, 2016 Russian has sent several military advisers to Libya to assist forces loyal to Gen. Khalifa Haftar. “The Russian support is conducted through UAE and Egyptian mediation assistance,” the London-based New Arab newspaper reported last week. “There are tens of them (Russian advisers) and they are specialized in different war-related […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 18, 2016 Many Libyans, frustrated by poor government services, higher prices for almost everything and a country steeped in chaos have grown to miss life under longtime dictator Col. Moammar Gadhafi. Five years after then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton famously exclaimed, “we came, we saw, he died,” residents of the war-torn […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 28, 2016 Libya has been forced to grant Gen. Khalifa Haftar’s faction prominent representation in the new government, the country’s UN-backed prime minister-designate said. “We have no other choice but dialogue and reconciliation,” Fayez al-Sarraj told AFP in an interview in Paris on Sept. 27. “No one wants an escalation or […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 12, 2016 Gen. Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) seized as many as four oil ports from UN-backed unity government forces in an early morning operation on Sept. 11. Ahmed al-Mismari, a spokesman for Haftar’s LNA, said its fighters had full control of the Es Sider, Ras Lanuf, Brega and Zueitina […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 14, 2016 The battle to drive Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) out of their coastal stronghold at Sirte “is over,” the spokesman for Libya’s pro-government forces said. Meanwhile living conditions for the average Libyan is deteriorating. ISIL “has only control over one sector, residential district one in the heart […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 2, 2016 The United States conducted airstrikes on Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) targets as forces loyal to Libya’s unity government advanced on the terror group’s stronghold at Sirte on Aug. 1. Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook confirmed that airstrikes were authorized by President Barack Obama on the recommendation of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 13, 2016 The two months-long battle to drive Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) out of Sirte has seen 241 soldiers loyal to Libya’s unity government killed and more than 1,400 wounded. GNA forces have been shelling and carrying out airstrikes on the center of Sirte, but ISIL’s jihadists have […]
