Tag: Libya
CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s top diplomat Monday called for the departure of foreign forces and mercenaries from the North African country as it heads toward elections later this year. Najla al-Manqoush, foreign minister of Libya’s ...
Turkey’s parliament on Tuesday authorized an 18-month extension of its troop deployment in Libya in support of the Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli, the Anadolu state news agency reported Turkey’s support GNA in ...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday questioned the viability of a ceasefire signed between Libya’s two rival factions, one of whom is supported by Ankara. “Today’s ceasefire agreement was actually not made at the ...
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s president Saturday ratified a maritime deal setting its Mediterranean Sea boundary with Greece and demarcating an exclusive economic zone for oil and gas drilling rights, the state-run news agency reported, in ...
A Turkish court gave jail sentences on Wednesday to five journalists for revealing identities of two security agents who died in Libya where Ankara is helping the Tripoli government fight off an assault by eastern ...
Aug 6, 2020 The fragile cease-fire in Idlib —- in place since early March when a Turkish-Russian deal ended a violent escalation — seems to be teetering on the brink of collapse amid growing signs that ...
In August 2011, as Libya’s rebels and Nato jets began an assault on Tripoli, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi delivered a speech calling on his supporters to defend the country from foreign invaders. “There is a conspiracy ...
A Russian Su-24 fighter lands on a Libyan airfield. (US African Command reconnaissance photo) Today, Turkey and Russia stand on opposing sides of the next battle line in Libya’s escalating civil war. But even if ...
The Independent employs reporters around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support us, please consider a contribution. Egypt and Turkey edged closer to the possibility of armed conflict this week over Libya, with ...
Turkey has invested too much in Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) to allow a conflict between its prime minister and interior minister to bring it down, a leading expert told Al Arabiya on Wednesday. ...