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UN envoy reports 'progress' in Libya talks
Feb 07, 2020 04:53The UN's Libya envoy on Thursday reported "progress" in talks between military representatives of the country's warring parties on coming up with a lasting ceasefire that could include a UN monitoring role.
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Russia objects to UN draft resolution on Libya
Feb 06, 2020 09:42Russia has blocked a United Nations Security Council draft resolution on the Libyan conflict, insisting that any foreign militants in Libya be labeled “foreign terrorist fighters,” not just “mercenaries,” as the draft text proposed.
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Libya rivals agree to ceasefire in principle, UN envoy says
Feb 04, 2020 10:58The United Nations (UN) envoy for Libya says the warring sides in the North African country have agreed in principle to transform a shaky truce into a permanent ceasefire.
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Sudanese promised jobs in UAE but taken to war in Libya, Yemen
Feb 02, 2020 11:53Sudanese youths have revealed that the UAE pledged them jobs with high salaries in the Persian Gulf small country, but instead took them to Libya which is embroiled in a war between rival groups.
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France condemns Turkey for ‘violating Berlin agreement on Libya’
Jan 30, 2020 09:49French President Emmanuel Macron has lambasted his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, for sending warships and “mercenaries” to crisis-hit Libya, stressing that Ankara is breaching an agreement reached at a summit in Berlin earlier this month to halt foreign interference in the North African country.
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Libya’s government forces shoot down rebels’ Emirati-supplied drone
Jan 28, 2020 13:52Libyan government forces have shot down an Emirati-supplied drone operated by rebel forces in western Libya.
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Libya’s Haftar marches on Misrata; truce at risk
Jan 27, 2020 11:45Forces loyal to Libya’s renegade Military Commander Khalifa Haftar advance towards the key northern city of Misrata as threats mount against a truce that was brokered between the country’s warring sides earlier this month.
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Libyan crisis can affect entire Mediterranean region: Erdogan
Jan 24, 2020 13:52Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned that chaos in Libya will affect the entire Mediterranean region if peace is not established as soon as possible.
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Turkey says Libya’s Haftar must avoid military solution
Jan 23, 2020 03:55Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says Libyan military commander General Khalifa Haftar seems seeking a military solution to the conflict in the war-torn country. He urged the general to abide by calls for a political solution to the conflict in Libya and take steps to secure clam on the ground.
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Flights in, out of Tripoli airport suspended after attack
Jan 22, 2020 10:49Libya's embattled UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) says all flights into and out of the sole functioning airport in the capital, Tripoli, have been suspended after it came under a rocket attack.