Amid retreats, hundreds of deaths and injuries as well as captives, Libya’s “weakman” Khalifa Haftar was barley surviving his ill-considered offensive of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, when he got the phone call that breathed life into him and thus his forces; hence making him the strongman...
White House advisor Stephen Miller said that US president Donald Trump's announcement of a state of emergency could allow hundreds of miles to be built from the border wall with Mexico before the elections in 2020. "We expect to build hundreds of miles, maybe 200 miles by September 2020, two...
The Italian Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, said on Wednesday that it is not vital for Libya to vote this year, signaling doubts about a French-led push to hold elections on December 15 this year to stabilise and unify the country. Conte told journalists in Rome on Wednesday that the Italy...
The President of the United States Donald Trump has allegedly sent a letter on Tuesday to the Speaker of the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR) Aqilah Saleh and the Head of the Tripoli-based Presidential Council, Fayez Al-Sirraj, scolding them for badly tackling the oil crescent region...
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he may go to Jerusalem, where the United States is moving its embassy from Tel Aviv later this month after Trump broke with other world powers last year to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, according to Reuters. Trump made the comment to...
US President Donald Trump on Friday extended the state of emergency that imposed unilateral sanctions on Libya, a measure ordered by former President Barack Obama nearly seven years ago. "The sanctions were put in place to address what Obama considered a threat to U.S. national security posed by...
President Trump has announced that the US now recognises Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Mr Trump described the move as "a long overdue step" to advance the Middle East peace process. The president said the US would support a two-state solution, if approved by both the Israelis and the...
The US Supreme Court approved on Monday, President of the United States, Donald Trump travel ban on six Muslim-majority countries to the United States, despite continued efforts against the law. Libyan citizens will not be allowed to travel to the US. The court, which consists of nine...
Libyan social media users, activists and political activists have lashed out at the double standards' policy used by the US when dealing with the sources of news on the media. Since November 15 and onward and up until last Tuesday, the US has been condemning slave markets in Libya where migrants...
Paul Manafort, a former campaign manager for President Donald Trump, surrendered to the FBI on Monday and another ex-aide pleaded guilty to lying to agents in the most serious steps yet of a federal probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Manafort, 68, a longtime...
Bloomberg - President Donald Trump, less than 24 hours after an awkward first meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel that highlighted their divides on policy and personality, said Germany must pay the U.S. more for providing defense. “Germany owes vast sums of money to NATO & the United...
BBC - A US judge has declined to issue an emergency order banning President Donald Trump's revised travel ban. The ruling came from Seattle district judge James Robart, the same judge who had issued the order that in effect halted implementation of the first ban. Judge Robart said lawyers...
The US President, Donald Trump, vowed to make Arab gulf states help pay for safe zones in Syria to curb the flow of Syrian refugees at a campaign rally in Florida Saturday, the Daily Caller wrote. Trump’s comments echo language from his January executive order suspending immigration from seven...
Battle for Libya’s capital after Trump’s call with Haftar will be very long
Tripoli's only functional airport resumes flights as Haftar's spokesman vows more airstrikes tonight
President of the Libyan Democratic Party: Haftar targets civilians in Tripoli
Death toll in Tripoli war reached over 254 as calm prevails in different frontlines
High Council of State's member urges Al-Sirraj to name countries supporting Haftar
Al-Sirraj lashes out at silence of international community as offensive on Tripoli toughens
Tripoli-allied forces push back Haftar's forces in most violent clashes in Tripoli so far
Tripoli's only functional airport resumes flights as Haftar's spokesman vows more airstrikes tonight
Tunisia detains French and European armed experts trying to cross border from Libya
Al-Sirraj lashes out at silence of international community as offensive on Tripoli toughens
Tripoli-allied forces push back Haftar's forces in most violent clashes in Tripoli so far
Tripoli's only functional airport resumes flights as Haftar's spokesman vows more airstrikes tonight
Tunisia detains French and European armed experts trying to cross border from Libya
