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Op-Ed: Libyan government forces seize al-Wattiya air base from Haftar

By Ken Hanly
The internationally-recognized Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) has captured the al-Wattiya airbase from Khalifa Haftar's forces the so-called Libyan National Army (LNA)

Op-Ed: LNA head Haftar announces unilateral ceasefire in Libya

By Ken Hanly
Rebel Libyan Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar, who heads his self-declared Libyan National Army (LNA) has declared unilaterally a ceasefire during Ramadan. The move will also help LIbya to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Libyan government forces take areas west of Tripoli from Haftar

By Ken Hanly
The internationally-recognized Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) has won substantial territory from the control of Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar and his self-named Libyan National Army (LNA)

Op-Ed: Commander Haftar demands Misrata militia withdraw from Tripoli

By Ken Hanly
Khalifa Haftar who heads the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) has announced an ultimatum to the Misrata militia ordering them to leave Tripoli within three days.

Op-Ed: Libyan government Deputy PM reassured of US support

By Ken Hanly
Washington - In an interview with NBC, Deputy PM Ahmed Maiteeq of the UN-sponsored Government of National Accord GNA asked for the US to stand behind his government as its main ally.

Op-Ed: US seeks a political deal in Libya with a large role for Haftar

By Ken Hanly
Apparently the United States is pushing Haftar for a bigger role in official Libyan affairs but does not want him to continue his campaign attacking the Libyan capital Tripoli.

Op-Ed: Head of official Libyan NOC makes statement on oil port control

By Ken Hanly
The head of the official National Oil Corporation (NOC) in the Financial Times writes about the decision of General Khalifa Haftar to turn over control of the two oil ports of Es Sidra and Ras Lanuf to the rival Benghazi National Oil Corporation.

Eastern Libyan commander Haftar to meet with Lavrov in Russia

By Ken Hanly
Moscow - Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar commander of the Libyan National Army(LNA), the armed forces associated with the House of Representatives (HoR) government in eastern Libya arrived in Moscow for talks with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov scheduled on Monday.

Op-Ed: Eastern Libyan commander Haftar takes full control of Benghazi

By Ken Hanly
Benghazi - Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) the armed forces of the eastern-based House of Representatives (HoR) government claimed that his forces had taken full control of Libya's second largest city Benghazi.

Libyan Benghazi Defense Brigades agree to disband

By Ken Hanly
The Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB) has offered to dissolve itself and integrate some members into a legitimate army of the UN-brokered Government of National Accord (GNA). The group claims the move is to save Libya from further bloodshed.

Op-Ed: Libyan commander Haftar wages successful military campaign

By Ken Hanly
Forces loyal to Field Marshal Kahlifa Hafter, commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) of the House of Representatives Government (HoR) based in eastern Libya have advanced his power by capturing the Al Jufra region of south central Libya.

Op-Ed: Haftar helped by Egypt gaining ground in Libya attacks

By Ken Hanly
According to a report in Al Jazeera, forces loyal to eastern commander Marshal Khalifa Haftar launched attacks almost simultaneously against forces associated with the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA).

Op-Ed: Attack on Haftar air base in Libya kills at least 60 people

By Ken Hanly
At least 60 are dead, in what some media are describing as a massacre, in an attack by the Third Force Battalion along with members of the Benghazi Defense Brigades on the Brak-al-Shati airbase 650 km south of Tripoli.

Op-Ed: Libyan unity government foreign minister's claim creates trouble

By Ken Hanly
At a press conference in Algiers, Mohammed Siyala the foreign affairs minister of the UN-backed Government of National Accord issued a controversial statement about Marshal Khalifa Haftar commander of the armed forces of the rival eastern government.

Op-Ed: UN Libyan envoy has six point plan for peace in Libya

By Ken Hanly
Martin Kobler, head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) yesterday tweeted the outline of a six-point "road map for peaceful Libya".

Op-Ed: Agreement if any between Libyan factions still not clear

By Ken Hanly
There was no official statement after Khalifa Haftar, commander of the Libyan National Army associated with the eastern-based House of Representatives (HoR) government met with Faiez Serraj head of the Presidential Council (PC) of the rival GNA.

Op-Ed: Haftar spokesperson claims oil port attacks linked to Al-Qaeda

By Ken Hanly
A leaked recording between a Haftar military officer and a media tycoon show a propaganda effort to portray opponents of Haftar who recently seized the Benghazi Defense Brigades as al-Qaeda.

Op-Ed: Libyan oil ports still not retaken by eastern commander

By Ken Hanly
It has been a week since the Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB) launched a surprise attack on troops loyal to eastern commander Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar and seized Es Sider and Ras Lanuf two of the four main ports in the Libyan Oil Crescent.

Op-Ed: Guards loyal to Libyan unity government control two oil ports

By Ken Hanly
The Presidential Council (PC) of the UN-brokered Libyan Government of National Accord moved quickly to ensure that its Petroleum Facilities Guards(PFG) took over the two oil ports Es Sidra and Ras Lanuf recently captured by the Benghazi Defense Brigades.

Misrata Military Council brigades will join the "Libyan Army"

By Ken Hanly
Misratah - The Misrata Military Council (MMC) announced that all brigades under its control will join the Central Military Zone of "the Libyan Army".

Op-Ed: Misrata Military Council criticizes Libyan unity government

By Ken Hanly
Misrata Military Council together with the Union of Revolutionaries in the city demanded that the UN-brokered Government of National Accord make its position clear on the situation in Benghazi and Khalifa Haftar whom they call a war criminal.

Op-Ed: Russia expresses support for Libyan Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar

By Ken Hanly
In spite of pledging support to the UN-brokered Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA), Russia and other countries such as Egypt and the UAE are supporting the rival House of Representatives (HOR) and Khalifa Haftar commander of its armed forces.

Op-Ed: Algeria becoming more involved in attempts to solve Libyan crisis

By Ken Hanly
Algiers - Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) of the eastern-based House of Representatives (HoR), Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar visited Algeria at the invitation of the Algerian government.

Op-Ed: Sputnik spouting fake news about Haftar taking control in Libya

By Ken Hanly
A proposal by Ali Al-Gotrani, a member of the Presidential Council (PC) for a transitional phase of the Libyan government with the Libyan National Army (LNA) led by Field Marshall, Khalifa Haftar, was reported as reality by the Russian news site Sputnik.

Troops loyal to Libyan unity government defense minister killed

By Ken Hanly
Benghazi - Two members of the 204 Tank Brigade formerly commanded by Colonel Al-Mahdi Barghathi the acting defence minister of the Libyan Government have been killed with both showing signs of torture.

Op-Ed: Libyan Political Agreement under fire along with unity government

By Ken Hanly
For ages now there has been a constant refrain from supporters of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) and the UN envoy Martin Kobler that the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) is the only way forward in Libya.

Op-Ed: Interview with Faiez Serraj PM of Libyan unity government

By Ken Hanly
On the sidelines of the recent London meetings on Libya, the Libya Herald interviewed the head of the Presidency Council of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) who is also prime minister. The interview covers a number of important topics.

Op-Ed: Libya's western military officials brand Haftar a war criminal

By Ken Hanly
Tripoli - At the Tripoli Radison Blu hotel, military officials and officers from the western region of Libya gathered for their sixth annual meeting. The slogan for this year was "One Libyan Army".

Op-Ed: Oil exports increasing as Libyan ports reopen

By Ken Hanly
Last Thursday an oil tanker took on the first load of crude for export from the Libyan port of Zuwetina since late last year. The tanker, the Ionic Anassa loaded 800,000 barrels of crude to be exported to China.

Op-Ed: Russia to hold meeting to try to solve Libyan political deadlock

By Ken Hanly
Tripoli - An envoy from the Russian foreign ministry arrived in Tripoli bringing a new plan to solve the country's political deadock, local media report.
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