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January 14, 2021 |
Dr Mustafa Fetouri On 20 January, Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. This will end four years of Donald Trump's foreign policy that has...
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US Forces loyal to Libya's renegade Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar have kidnapped two Turkish workers in the North African state, Anadolu has reported. Nurettin Calik and Halil Gozel were taken...
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News![Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (2nd R) is welcomed by Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman (R) ahead of the 41st Summit of Gulf Cooperation Council in AlUla, Saudi Arabia on January 05, 2021 [Royal Council of Saudi Arabia/ Anadolu Agency]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/20210105_2_46194755_61267546-1.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
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By any standards, it was necessary for the Gulf States to rearrange their affairs, as the conflict has exhausted them for little or no benefit. They are essentially one...
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Videos & Photo Stories The World Health Organisation has used an aircraft belonging to the Syrian regime to deliver medical supplies to the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, making it the latest of...
The family of the Turkish citizen Halil Gozel, who was kidnapped by the militia of renegade General Khalifa Haftar about 11 months ago, expressed concern about his fate, while...
A man who fought for an Islamist militant group as a teenager in Libya was jailed for the rest of his life on Monday for murdering three men in...
Libya's United Nations-backed government was urged on Thursday to investigate the deaths of hundreds of people in Tarhuna, an agricultural town 45 miles southeast of the Libyan capital, which...
Libyan authorities on Saturday discovered a new mass grave in the city of Tarhuna, 90 kilometers (56 miles) northeast of the capital Tripoli, likely committed by militias of retreating...
Palestine, Libya and Qatar announced more infections and deaths linked to the novel coronavirus on Friday as they continued efforts to contain the disease, Anadolu Agency reports. In a statement, the...
The Libyan army's confidence in renegade General Khalifa Haftar's commitment to the ceasefire has been "shaken", a spokesperson said yesterday. In a statement to Anadolu Agency spokesman for the Sirte-Jufra Liberation Operations...
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January 7, 2021 |
Dr Mustafa Fetouri The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres, in a letter to member states dated 31 December, asked regional blocs to nominate observers to monitor Libya's shaky ceasefire and arms...
Head of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez Al-Sarraj has welcomed the outcomes of the Gulf summit held on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia, which he believes: "Succeeded...
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UAE The Libyan army yesterday announced that its forces were fired at by the militia of renegade General Khalifa Haftar in the Bukharia region, west Sirte. The spokesman for the...
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News Tunisia assumed the presidency of the 68th session of the UN Security Council yesterday and immediately pushed to send a peacekeeping force to maintain the ceasefire in Libya. Tarek Ladeb,...
Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister has said that the different political forces in Libya, including supporters of the late leader Muammar Gaddafi, should participate in the national dialogue. Sergey Vershinin...
Turkey on Monday commemorated Libyan cadets who were martyred last year in an airstrike by forces loyal to warlord Khalifa Haftar, Anadolu Agency reports. The National Defence Ministry recalled...
The Central Bank of Libya on Sunday introduced a new unified exchange rate agreed last month after years of division between rival branches based on opposing sides of the...
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News![Image from the exhibition "Retracing A Disappearing Landscape", held in Madrid and Cordoba, in 2018 and 2019 [image: Najlaa Elageli]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/D8A5230-scaled-e1609600172201.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
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January 2, 2021 |
Naima Morelli MEMO speaks to London-based Libyan gallerist and curator Najlaa Elageli
The Libyan army has rejected a proposal made by United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to deploy international forces to support and monitor the Joint Military Commission's permanent ceasefire...
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UN![People carry a crossed out image of President of Egypt Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi during a protest against him following his intervention threat at Martyrs Square in Tripoli, Libya on 21 June 2020. [Hazem Turkia - Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/20200621_2_43081663_56126393.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
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December 31, 2020 |
Dr Mustafa Fetouri For the first time in about six years, an Egyptian delegation visited Tripoli, Libya, in an attempt to improve relations between Egypt and the Government of National Accord (GNA)...
Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamed Taha Siala announced on Wednesday that his country has asked Russia for help evacuating foreign fighters from the country. Siala's statement came during a joint...
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stated that the US sanctions imposed on prominent figures in the Turkish defence industries violate his country's sovereign rights. This came in a press...
Egypt has decided to be more open to the internationally recognised Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) in an effort to country the Turkish influence in the areas under...
Turkey's Armed Forces are providing the Libyan Navy with five weeks of training in underwater warfare, Anadolu Agency reported Turkish defence officials saying on Sunday. The move is part of Turkey's...
An Egyptian delegation arrived in Tripoli on Sunday to meet with Libyan officials, marking the first visit by an official Egyptian delegation to the Libyan capital since 2014, reports...
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News The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Saturday hailed the success of implementing a prisoner exchange between the Libyan government and Khalifa Haftar's forces, reported Anadolu Agency....
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UN Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar warned on Sunday that the forces of Khalifa Haftar and their supporters based in eastern Libya would be viewed as "legitimate targets" if they...
Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar has issued statements to Turkey, giving Turkey a choice between leaving the country peacefully or war, confirming that:...
Libya's eastern-based House of Representatives revoked the membership of 35 legislators and referred them to the attorney general, local media reported. The 35 parliamentarians who have been sacked are...
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News The deployment of Turkish troops in Libya was extended for another 18 months, the Turkish parliament announced on Tuesday, Anadolu Agency reports. The parliament approved a motion calling for an extension...
The release of the Sicilian fishermen in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi has taken place in exchange for restoring relations with the commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA),...
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December 24, 2020 |
Dr Mustafa Fetouri Acting United Nations (UN) Envoy to Libya Stephanie Williams announced on 23 October: " a crucial sign of hope for the Libyan people." Williams was enthusiastically describing a...