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Spotlight LIBYA Issue dated 10/09/2020

Erdogan gives Sarraj a boost, as talks with Mohammed VI drag

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Erdogan sets out to conquer Africa

Keen to reassert Turkey's international status, and also to help Turkish companies to break into the African market, the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been spearheading a major diplomatic and business drive in Africa. To achieve its goals, the Turkish government is counting on the assistance of its religious networks. [...]

A meeting of representatives of eastern and western Libya, hosted by Mohammed VI in Morocco on 6 and 7 September, failed to reach an agreement on how to replace the Government of National Accord, whom Turkey has pledged to save with military aide. [...] (524 words)

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After Berlin and London, Dabaiba expected in Rabat on 27 June

After a trip to London on 25 June and an afternoon meeting with his British counterpart Boris Johnson, the Libyan prime minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba will fly to Rabat for his first official visit there since taking up his post in March. [...]

Mohamed Al Haddad (left), Libyan chief of staff, during a meeting with Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar in October 2020. © T.C. Millî Savunma Bakanligi/YouTube

LIBYA 04/05/2021

Russia's support for LNA dampens Haddad's ambitions as national army head Free

It may be up to the Presidential Council to appoint Libya's military chief of staff, but the legitimacy of Mohamed Al Haddad, whom the previous government put in that post, is being questioned by eastern authorities. [...]

President of the Libyan House of Representatives Aguila Salah Issa. © EPA/MaxPPP

LIBYA 18/01/2021

Air Libya and Abu Dhabi facilitate Aguila Salah Issa's diplomatic missions

The president of Libya's House of Representatives is able to carry out his diplomatic business thanks to an executive jet provided by Air Libya, and to the discreet support of Abu Dhabi's ruling family. [...]

Libyan Interior Minister Fathi Bachagha. © Xinhua/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

LIBYA 14/01/2021

Fathi Bachagha takes on role of go-between between Tripoli and Cairo

Government of National Accord foreign minister Mohamed Siala is to travel to Cairo in the next few weeks as part of the thaw in diplomatic relations with the Al-Sisi government begun by interior minister Fathi Bachagha. [...]

LIBYA 21/10/2020

San Marino Executive Aviation, the new pillar of Istanbul-Misrata airlift

The small private Turkish airliner domiciled in Saint-Marin is picking up cargo traffic to Libya. [...]

The tenure of Stephanie Williams, interim head of UNSMIL, will expire on 3 November 2020. © Tobias Hase/dpa

Spotlight LIBYA 15/10/2020

UNSMIL set to launch Tunis peace talks with no leader

The African Union has nixed the only candidate up for replacing Ghassan Salamé at the head of the UN mission. Interim chief Stephanie Williams' term expires on 3 November. [...]

In Libya, many cities, such as the capital Tripoli, suffer from long power cuts. © Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

TURKEY LIBYA 09/10/2020

Erdogan holds Turkish-Libyan trade forum amid power cuts in Tripoli

The DEIK-sponsored trade fair to be held in mid-October in Istanbul will open up opportunities for Turkish companies to shore up the government of Fayez Sarraj, with the restoration of the electricity supply in the capital being a particular priority. [...]

French president Emmanuel Macron tried to organise a mini-summit on the Libyan crisis on 17 September in Paris. © Ludovic Marin/POOL/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

LIBYA 18/09/2020

How Macron derailed UNSMIL head Stephanie Williams' peace plan

France's attempt to organise a meeting meeting between Fayez Sarraj, Khalifa Haftar and Aguila Salah Issa provoked a wave of protests in Tripoli. Its intervention has disrupted the crisis exit negotiations led by the United States and the United Nations. [...]

Aguila Salah Issa, speaker of the eastern-based parliament. © CC BY-SA 2.0

LIBYA 16/09/2020

Why the EU wants to remove Aguila Salah Issa from sanctions list

In its efforts to influence negotiations to end the crisis in Libya, the European Union is hoping for support from the speaker of the eastern-based parliament, despite having slapped sanctions on him in 2016. [...]

The head of the Libyan Presidential Council Fayez Sarraj. © Reuters

LIBYA 31/08/2020

Sarraj-Bachagha split driven by US-Turkey spat over ceasefire

The ceasefire announced by Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj has prompted a break with his interior minister, Fathi Bachagha, who was sacked on 28 August. Sarraj enjoys the support of Washington, while Bachagha - the guarantor of Misrata's interests - seems to have won the backing of Anakra. [...]

Khalifa Haftar and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in December 2019. © Egyptian Presidency/dpa

EGYPT LIBYA 28/08/2020

Sisi's support for Khalifa Haftar wavers Free

Fearful of a direct military confrontation with Turkey, Egypt is tempering its support for its Libyan ally and may opt to back the speaker of parliament Aguila Salah Issa. [...]

LIBYA MOROCCO 29/07/2020

Abdelmajid Saif Al Nasr and Rabat want new Skhirat accord, with Algiers' green light

To keep his job as ambassador to Rabat, the leading light of the Ould Slimane tribe is helping Morocco launch new Libyan peace talks, which explains his involvement in Aguila Salah Issa's latest visit. [...]

Spotlight LIBYA 16/07/2020

Malta becomes Turkey's stepping stone to Libyan markets

The alluring prospect of reconstruction, oil and energy contracts in Libya is attracting the interest of leading Turkish firms, who are taking advantage of the honeymoon between Tripoli and Ankara, an ally of the national unity government in its battle against General Haftar. [...]

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavusoglu was on a trip to Tripoli on 17 June, along with the head of the Turkish intelligence agency MIT, Hakan Fidan, as Ankara seeks to weigh in on the overhaul of Libyan intelligence. © Turkish Foreign Ministry/Handout via Reuters

Spotlight LIBYA 02/07/2020

Behind-the-scenes battle in Tripoli for top intelligence job

The coveted post of Tripoli intelligence chief is giving rise to a power struggle within the government as Turkey considers a major overhaul of the intelligence services. [...]

Sadat and Security Side are carrying out a training mission among the government's forces. © Reuters

Focus LIBYA 08/06/2020

Turkish military company Sadat turns Erdogan-Sarraj alliance into business opportunity

Turkish paramilitary company Sadat, headed by former Turkish general Adnan Tanriverdi, has set up a partnership with Fawzi Boukatif-led Libyan company Security Side to train the forces fighting for Fayez Sarraj's Government of National Accord. [...]

General Khalifa Haftar, head of the Libyan National Army. © Reuters/Costas Baltas

Spotlight EGYPT LIBYA 22/05/2020

Cairo gunning for General Haftar after loss of Watiya

The military defeat suffered in Watiya by General Khalifa Haftar, who was unable to hold on to the main military base in the west of Libya, has further soured his relations with his Egyptian ally. [...]

Spotlight LIBYA 26/03/2020

With no Haftar-Bachagha deal, Tripoli fighting continues

Following the failure of the humanitarian truce called for on March 18 by the United Nations to prevent the coronavirus (Covid-19) spreading in Libya, nothing seems likely to stop the fighting in Tripoli between Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) [. [...]

Spotlight LIBYA 06/02/2020

Jones Group draws up Sarraj's militia withdrawal plan

Mercenaires? American agents? The arrival of a group of Americans in Tripoli in a Libyan Airlines jet on February 2 provoked wild speculation. In fact, the delegation was from security consulting company Jones Group International (JGI), which is helping government [. [...]

Spotlight LIBYA 28/11/2019

Fathi Bachagha and the Misratis prepare for a Khalifa Haftar victory

The advances made by General Khalifa Haftar's forces on the Tripoli front have made the Misrati faction in Fayez Sarraj's government of national accord (GNA) nervous. Misrati businessmen, politicians and military commanders have started to drop their allies in the [. [...]

Spotlight LIBYA 21/11/2019

Khalifa Haftar looks for a prime minister in Abu Dhabi

Bogged down as he is in the suburbs of Tripoli after a seven-month offensive, Khalifa Haftar is now considering a more political solution involving the creation of a new government. This was the reason for his trip to Abu Dhabi, [. [...]

Spotlight LIBYA 03/10/2019

Khalifa Haftar has no Russian base but gets an airlift

Khalifa Haftar's inability to conclude his offensive on Tripoli has incited his Russian ally to strengthen its logistical and military support for him. The Watiya air base has in no way come under Russian control, contrary to claims from some [. [...]

Spotlight LIBYA 02/05/2019

Mercury comes to Fayez Sarraj's aid in Washington

Fayez Sarraj, who is under siege in Tripoli from a Khalifa Haftar who is still on the attack despite heavy losses, is looking for support in… Washington. To help him resist the eastern general's offensive, the head of the government [. [...]

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