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As UN bides for time, Haftar and Sarraj prepare for clash in Fezzan

The historic southern Libyan region could become the next battleground between the Tripoli forces and Khalifa Kaftar's army while talks drag on. [...] (466 words)

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LIBYA
Ahmed Omar Maiteeq
Airbus
Belkacem al Abaaj
Brigade 116
Brigade 128
Fayez Sarraj
Government of National Accord
Hassan Mabrouk Zadma
Khalifa Haftar
Libyan National Army
National Oil Corp
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Roketsan
UN
Wagner

Haftar, denied immunity, loses lead US war crimes trial lawyer

Lawyer Duncan Levin withdrew from the case just after the State Department declined to grant diplomatic immunity to Khalifa Haftar, the strongman of eastern Libya. [...]

LIBYA 24/12/2020

Italy's diplomats and intelligence agents seek rapprochement between Libya's east and west

The rapprochement that Italy is seeking to engineer between General Haftar and Ahmed Miitig is economically as well as diplomatically motivated and has already resulted in the release of Italian fishermen detained by the strongman of the east. [...]

Libyan General Khalifa Haftar (right) and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte (left). © FILIPPO ATTILI/EPA/MAXPPP

The commander of the Libyan National Army Khalifa Haftar. © Yannis Kolesidis/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

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LIBYA 23/12/2020

Will Trump grant Haftar immunity in war crimes trials?

In the final days of Donald Trump's administration, Khalifa Haftar might be granted immunity over war crimes charges filed in the US. The Libyan general's alleged victims are lobbying against such an outcome. [...]

LIBYA SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 16/12/2020

Gaddafi's LAAICO African assets prosper far from Libyan treasury's reach

With all of its attention taken up by the war against Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army, Fayez Sarraj's Government of National Accord is struggling to profit from the many African projects launched by Muammar Gaddafi's money man Bashir Saleh. [...]

LIBYA 27/11/2020

Libyan Foreign Bank: to stay in power, Sarraj wrests LFB back from Central bank boss al-Kabir Free

Fayez Sarraj hopes to use the lack of any political agreement on Libya's future to keep his job. He is seeking to shore up his position by bringing national financial institutions under his sway, with the help of National Oil Corp boss Mustafa Sanalla. [...]

Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj. © CLAUDIO PERI/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

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LIBYA 12/11/2020

Far from the gilded conclave in Tunis, Sarraj and Haftar negotiate the ceasefire nuts and bolts in Sirte

Armed forces from the west and east of Libya are due to set out the modalities of the permanent ceasefire agreed in Geneva on 23 October. But the devil is in the details and neither side is keen to withdraw from the Sirte-Jufra axis. [...]

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LIBYA 29/10/2020

Haftar and Misrata still hold key to resolution of conflict following ceasefire

UNSMIL has succeeded in getting new crisis exit negotiations under way on the back of the ceasefire negotiated between eastern strong man Haftar and the city of Misrata. The question of how to demilitarise Syrte and Jufra axis has still to be resolved, however. [...]

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

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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. [...]

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

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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. [...]

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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 [. [...]

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UNITED STATES LIBYA 06/06/2019

Belkacem Haftar bids to cut off Fayez Sarraj's oil revenues

With the offensive he launched on Tripoli in early April bogged down, General Khalifa Haftar is now trying to cut off the oil revenues of the Government of National Accord (GNA). His son, Belkacem Haftar, took this message to Washington [. [...]

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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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LIBYA
Ahmed Omar Maiteeq
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Brigade 116
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Fayez Sarraj
Government of National Accord
Hassan Mabrouk Zadma
Khalifa Haftar
Libyan National Army
National Oil Corp
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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