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Libya: Armed militias map Tripoli

Armed militias briefly took over a resort within the Libyan capital Tripoli that serves because the headquarters of the interim authorities, officers mentioned on Saturday, suggesting that underlying tensions stay within the war-torn nation that has entered right into a political course of. Friday's growth got here after the three members of the presidential council earlier this week appointed a brand new head of the intelligence service, Libya's model of the CIA. The militia, which controls Tripoli,…

Russia’s Wagner is pressing Libya’s southern tribes

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…

Haftar receives weapons through Egyptian planes in the middle

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…

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