On Monday, US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed France’s role in the Libyan conflict. Trump also held a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyep Erdogan last week to discuss the same matter. As Al-Monitor argues,...
In addition to taking the helm of the EU Council Presidency in the past few weeks, Germany is also now chairing the UN Security Council. Germany’s Foreign Minister Heiko Maas thus seeks to utilize Germany’s current position to find a...
Unidentified jet fighters delivered an air-strike to Al-Watiya air base in the west of Tripoli on July 5. The strike received significant international attention as the civil conflict in Libya is escalating, and the foreign backers of the opposing sides...
NATO members France and Turkey have been engaging in a rhetorical Cold War over these previous months, primarily over their respective involvements in Libya. However, a recent incident has intensified the situation. Now, NATO will try to mediate, while Turkey...
As tension heats up in Libya, the conflicting sides are finding themselves in a race against time. Despite the unceasing negotiations and the international pleads for ceasefire, Government of National Accord (GNA)-affiliated forces are getting ready for a major offensive...
In what would normally seem like an unlikely alliance, France and Russia have been not-so-secretly allying with each other in the Libyan civil war. While the UN recognizes the Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli, Russia has openly supported...
Al Jazeera reports that Aguila Saleh, the Speaker of Libya’s eastern-based parliament, has urged Egypt to intervene militarily if the Government of National Accord (GNA) and its allies attack the strategic city of Sirte. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi warned...
After sealing an agreement with Italy on June 9 that ended a decades-long pending issue over the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) between Greece and Italy, Athens next seemed to be turning its attention to the Aegean front. Greek Foreign Minister...
An end could be in sight for the civil war in Libya as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently said that “some agreements” have been reached with his US counterpart Donald Trump. According to Erdogan, these developments could herald a...
The beginning of June has marked an unprecedented series of victories for Libya’s internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA), as it recovered most of the country’s northwestern territories that had been previously controlled by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar...
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