Russia has been doing well in Libya — and it likes the fact that few seem to notice it. When describing the relationship between eastern Libyan-based commander Khalifa Haftar and the Kremlin, press articles have been littered with phrases such as “the Russian-backed Libyan general,” “Moscow’s man,” and other verbiage that gives the impression of a straightforward dynamic …
Read more from the source : War on the rocks
Tags : Libya, Russia, Khalifa Haftar,
Petroleum facilities guards at Libya’s eastern Hariga oil terminal have delayed the loading of a one million-barrel cargo as they press salary demands, the port’s manager said on Wednesday. The guards at Hariga, where Mesla and Sarir grades are loaded, have been staging a sit-in, which continued …
Read more from the source : Hellenic shipping news
Tags : Libya, Hariga, oil, sit-in,
Four crew members of the Captain Khayyam tanker, detained in the territorial waters of Libya on February 13, 2016, are returning to Ukraine. Sailors Yevhen Morar, Volodymyr Tostohan, Oleh Voinerovsky, and Pavlo Chaika are already on their way home, according to the President’s Office…
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Tags : Libya, Ukranian sailors,
Tunisia, the current president of the UN Security Council, called Monday (4 January) for a resolution sending international monitors to support Libya’s brittle ceasefire to be adopted as soon as possible. “We hope that it will be adopted as soon as possible” because “there is a momentum, yet…
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“The region of the Middle East and North Africa are chronically unlucky: after the start of the Arab Spring, these countries’ became territories for “wars on the periphery”. These are grim geopolitical sandboxes where regional and great powers play and resolve their conflicts. And if in 2020 only two…
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Tags : Libya, Turkey, Erdogan, Syria,
Tunisia, the current president of the UN Security Council, called Monday for a resolution sending international monitors to support Libya’s brittle ceasefire to be adopted as soon as possible. “We hope that it will be adopted as soon as possible” because “there is a momentum, yet it’s a little bit…
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Tags : Tunisia, Libya, ceasefire,
Tunisia, the current president of the UN Security Council, called Monday for a resolution sending international monitors to support Libya’s brittle ceasefire to be adopted as soon as possible. “We hope that it will be adopted as soon as possible”…
Read more from the source : Barron’s
Tags : Tunisia, Libya, UN,
A delegation of Egyptian diplomats and intelligence officials visited the Libyan capital on Sunday. Headed by Ayman Badea, the deputy chief of the General Intelligence Service, they met with senior officials of the North African country’s internationally recognized Government …
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Tags : Libya, Egypte,
JEDDAH: Fears of a new military confrontation in Libya grew on Monday after Turkey issued a direct threat to the forces of eastern commander Khalifa Haftar. Turkey is the main backer of Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli, which Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA)…
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Tags : Libya,Turkey, Haftar,
Uganda’s dictator of 35 years in power Gen. Yoweri Museveni likes accusing leading presidential challenger Bobi Wine of being a Western tool yet Wikileaks documents show that he’s always been so close to the U.S. that he even betrayed Libya’s Qadhafi and Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe to…
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Tags : Libya, Yoweri Museveni, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Mugabe,