Haftar

The US President Donald Trump is going to receive Khalifa Haftar, a renegade commander leading forces positioned in eastern Libya and now attacking Tripoli for seizing power, at the White House, Libyan Express has learned. Sources, who…

A total of 607 people have been killed and 3,261 others injured in the fighting in and around Libya's capital Tripoli, the World Health Organization (WHO) said."The toll of the Tripoli crisis is now 607 dead, including 40 civilians,…

Local media outlets have reported heavy fighting between Libyan Army forces of the Government of National Accord (GNA) and Khalifa Haftar's forces on different frontlines in southern Tripoli.The sources confirmed that the forces under…

Khalifa Haftar has arrived in Russia's capital Moscow in order to meet with officials and review support for his military offensive on Tripoli and against the UN-backed Government of National Accord, local media sources reported.The…

The Presidential Council's Head Fayez Al-Sirraj has told Radio Télévision Suisse that he won't allow division in Libya, saying the unity of the country is a red line.He added in an interview on Tuesday with RTS that he will pass his…

The Head of the Libyan Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez Al-Sirraj is visiting Malta on Monday for talks with Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, the Maltese government announced, without further details.…

The commander of Mohammed Al-Zintani Brigade Ibrahim Al-Madani said Khalifa Haftar asked him to kill Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, who was at the time imprisoned in Zintan, and offered him money and other privileges.In a video posted on social…

Khalifa Haftar has ruled out a ceasefire in the battle for Tripoli and accused the United Nations of seeking to partition Libya, an interview published Sunday by French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche said.Haftar told the French…

The member of the High Council of State (HCS) Abdelrahman Al-Shater has slammed JordanJordelivery of KADDB armored vehicles to Khalifa Haftar in his war on Tripoli as a violation of the United Nations arms embargo on Libya. Al-Shater…

Khalifa Haftar’s fifty-day assault on Libya's Tripoli, so far, has stalled and he can’t take the city, according to the Russian special envoy to Libya, Lev Dengov, told Bloomberg Tuesday.Dengov said Haftar's attack failure was…

Khalifa Haftar, speaking on Wednesday with French President Emmanuel Macron, ruled out a ceasefire.Reuters reported that Haftar told Macron that he wanted to rid the capital of militias that had “infested” the U.N.-backed…

The elders and dignitaries of Zintan in Libya have voiced rejection to the attack led by Khalifa Haftar on Tripoli, saying they support the Government of National Accord (GNA) and its Burkan Al-Ghadab Operation. The Zintan statement…

Water supplies have been cut off in Tripoli and some cites in central and western Libya after an armed group attacked the Man-made River pipelines and forced workers to block their velves."The department for the Man-Made River…

The Libyan Foreign Minister Mohammed Sayala said the world has become more knowledgeable about who in Libya is calling for the civilian and democratic state and who is calling for the military and totalitarian rule, referring to Khalifa…

Clashes between the forces under the command of the Government of National Accord (GNA) and those under the command of Khalifa Haftar erupted again in early hours of Saturday on southern Tripoli frontlines. Local sources reported…

Bipartisan group of US lawmakers sent a letter Thursday to Attorney General William Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray asking the Department of Justice to investigate allegations of war crimes against Khalifa Haftar, who is also an…

The Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte met Thursday morning with Khalifa Haftar, who has been leading an offensive on the capital Tripoli to seize power, and discussed with him the ongoing fighting and the need to reach a ceasefire.…

The US House Foreign Affairs Committee urged in a hearing on Wednesday on Libya for the American Justice Department, Attorney General, and FBI to investigate war crimes committed by Khalifa Haftar in Libya, especially his and his…

Amnesty International said Wednesday that six weeks on, the offensive to take over Tripoli by Khalifa Haftar's forces has resulted in unlawful attacks that could amount to war crimes which must be investigated by international prosecutors,…

Reuters reported Wednesday the senior United Arab Emirates Minister official Anwar Gargash as saying that Libya's Khalifa Haftar did not consult with the Gulf Arab state before his move on the capital Tripoli.Minister of State for…