Libyan Civil War

Russia's Wagner group is increasingly pushing tribes in southern Libya to support Putist general Khalifa Haftar as the latter declines with Libya embarking on a new political path towards normalization and ending the country's decadelong war. Sources on the ground told the Daily Sabah that the Wagner group is trying to help Haftar through pressing tribes that want to support the newly elected government of national unity (GNU). Sources stressed that Wagner used the argument to fight Daesh when he…

The UN Security Council is voting on a draft resolution calling on all foreign forces and mercenaries to leave Libya and authorizing a small UN team to monitor last October's ceasefire order ordering their departure. The results of the e-mail vote on the proposed resolution - due to COVID-19 - are expected to be announced on Friday. The UK draft resolution would approve Secretary - General Antonio Guterre's proposal on the composition and operational aspects of ceasefire monitoring set out in a letter…

Rival militias loyal to putschist general Khalifa Haftar collided on Thursday in the coastal town of Sirte for unknown reasons, military sources said. At least one person was killed and four others were injured in clashes between militants from the Kaniyat Brigade, the 166th Brigade and the Versefane Brigade in Sirte, General Abdulhadi Dirah, spokesman for the Libyan army's Sirte-Jufra Joint Operations Unit, told Anadolu Agency (AA). ). On February 2 this year, a collision between pro-Haftar militias…

As Libya makes progress towards peace through renewed efforts to resolve the country's decadelong conflict, East-based Putist General Khalifa Haftar continues to acquire weapons and ammunition, according to the Libyan army. The army on Wednesday stated that two Egyptian planes that landed at Libya's southern Sabha International Airport had brought weapons and ammunition to Haftar. Abdulhadi Dirah, a spokesman for the Libyan army's Sirte-Jufra Joint Operations Unit, said the weapons were hidden in a…

Russia's Wagner group is preparing to send 300 Syrian fighters from Bashar Assad's regime-controlled Deir el-Zour to fight alongside Libyan putsch general Khalifa Haftar, security sources said on Monday. Sources told the Daily Sabah that the new Syrian mercenary group consists of fighters loyal to the regime, Iran-backed foreign groups and volunteers from Assad's army. The group is currently training in Syria and will be sent to eastern Libya's Benghazi towards the end of April. Sources said that the…

The head of the Libyan National Unity Government will visit Turkey on Monday for talks, a government spokesman told the Anadolu Agency (AA) late on Saturday. Mohammed Hammude said a high-level delegation led by Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah will include five deputy prime ministers and 14 ministers, as well as Secretary-General Mohammed Al-Haddad along with other officials. Hammude said the visit will focus on the return of various partners in the service sector, such as energy and health, as well…

The United Arab Emirates (UAE), which supported Libya's East-based Putist General Khalifa Haftar during its offensive against the legitimate administration, has promised support for the new unity government in Tripoli formed after UN-sponsored peace talks. Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan received Libya's caretaker Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah in the United Arab Emirates' capital late on Wednesday. He "renewed his support for the new executive in Libya and their quest…

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis resumed the Greek embassy in Libya throughout a go to to the North African nation on Tuesday, aiming to revive relations geared toward by the Tripoli authorities's maritime border settlement with Turkey in 2019. "It's time to depart behind what has examined our relationships previously," Mitsotakis stated in TV feedback with Libya's interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah. Greece had ordered the expulsion of Libya's present head of the Presidential Council, Mohammad…

Libya's presidential council has created a national reconciliation commission with the aim of establishing social peace, as the country seeks to heal the wounds during the year - long war between the internationally recognized National Accord Government (GNA) and the Putz general Khalifa Haftar's forces. The President - in - Office of the President, Mohammad Younes Menfi, said that the Commission would establish justice among the Libyans and create solidarity in the country. He was speaking at a press…

Two more mass graves were discovered in the city of Tarhuna, about 90 kilometers (56 miles) northeast of the capital Tripoli, where Putis general Khalifa Haftar's militias committed many war crimes during a year of control, according to Libyan authorities. A statement from the General Authority for Research and Identification of Missing Persons said the two tombs were discovered in the Mashru'a Alrabet area of ​​Tarhuna. The statement did not specify how many bodies were excavated from the two graves.…