After years of working quietly behind the scenes, Algeria has adopted a more assertive, if uneven, policy towards the war in neighboring Libya. In the latest dramatic move, Algerian Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum traveled to the east…
Read more from the source : Atlantic Council
Tags : Algeria, Libya, diplomacy,
War has raged in western Libya since 4 April 2019. On one side is the Government of National Accord (GNA), Libya’s main internationally recognised government. It is heavily dependent on armed groups for the defence of Tripoli, and increasingly reliant on Turkey, which has provided military…
Read more from the source : Institute for security studies
Tags : Libya, Khalifa Haftar, GNA, Turkey,
In the wake of clashing international positions on the civil war in Libya, it was easy to ignore Algeria, Libya’s neighbor to the west, which was busy dealing with its own internal affairs. Today, a new government in Algeria is trying to…
Read more from the source : The Media Line
Tags : Algeria, Libya,
Conflict, divisions and war have affected Libya for many years. International actors and the United Nations have certainly not stood idly by. They have committed to support Libyans as they build a peaceful, inclusive state. The recent Berlin Summit has opened a new window of…
Read more from the source : UNDP
Tags : Libya, UNDP, peacekeeping,
The sound of artillery rumbled across the city, resonating through the windows of the prime minister’s residence in Tripoli. Fayez al-Sarraj shrugged and smiled. Little in his manner suggested that he thought he was going to lose this war. Once renowned for his caution and mild manners…
Read more from the source : The Sunday Times
Tags : Libya, Fayez Al-Sarraj,
Forces affiliated with the Libyan National Army (LNA) used cluster munitions in a residential area in Tripoli on December 2, 2019, Human Rights Watch said today. The forces, under the command of Khalifa Hiftar, have been battling forces loyal to the United Nations-recognized Government…
Read more from the source : Kenya Star
Tags : Libya, cluster munitions,
The last time Libya’s war had the world’s full attention, it was being fought mainly by Libyans. For much of 2011, young revolutionaries in mismatched fatigues clamored on anti-aircraft guns, and the narrative driving events was the Arab Spring, an uprising that promised to place the power…
Read more from the source : Time
Tags : Libya, internationalized battle,
Senior military officers from both sides of Libya’s escalating conflict are in Geneva this week to try to negotiate a “permanent and lasting” ceasefire, the UN’s envoy to the country said Tuesday. Ghassan Salamé told reporters he believed there was a “genuine will to start negotiating” between…
Read more from the source : The New Humanitarian
Tags : Libya, humanitarian aid,
Algeria’s president is proposing that Libya’s tribal groups hold meetings in a neighboring country to find new solutions to the conflict tearing oil-rich Libya apart. Fighting among militias, arms and migrant trafficking and extremism in Libya are a big concern to neighboring Algeria and Tunisia, whose presidents met Sunday in Algiers. Both leaders were elected in recent months…
Read more from the source : PalestinianNews.Net
Tags : Algeria, Libya, tribal meeting,
Algeria’s president is proposing that Libya’s tribal groups hold meetings in a neighboring country to find new solutions to the conflict tearing oil-rich Libya apart. Fighting among militias, arms and migrant trafficking and extremism in Libya are a big concern to neighboring Algeria and Tunisia…
Read more from the source : PalestinianNews.net
Tags : Libya, Algeria, tribal meeting,