Tripoli Government

South African anti-apartheid stalwart Andrew Mlangeni dies at 95

Mlangeni spent 27 years in prison alongside Nelson Mandela, Dennis Goldberg, Walter Sisulu and other activists who were sentenced for planning to overthrow the apartheid government.

Haftar illegally seized state land, properties – Libya govt report

Documents published by the government show the illegal seizure of state land and property by the Military Investment Committee, a shady financial authority under warlord Khalifa Haftar.

Intervening in Libya won't secure Egypt, but will make it 'vulnerable'

Egypt is sounding the drums of war in Libya, but any military incursion faces daunting military and political obstacles.

Libya: Egypt’s military threat is a declaration of war

Libya's UN-backed government says Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el Sisi's threat of military intervention is "unacceptable" and "amounts to a declaration of war."

Libya, Egypt spar as Sisi warns of military 'intervention'

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el Sisi says advances by Libya's UN-recognised unity government to strategic city of Sirte could prompt an Egyptian military intervention, a warning Tripoli-based government denounces.

Why Egypt's options are shrinking in Libya amid Turkey's presence

Cairo has been reduced to a mere observer in the Libyan conflict as Turkish drones in the service of the UN-recognised Tripoli government alter the battleground equation.

Russian fighters flown out of Libya after retreat of Haftar militia - mayor

Local officials said the Russian fighters allied to the warlord Khalifa Haftar retreated with their heavy equipment from the capital to the airport of Bani Walid, a town some 150 km southeast of Tripoli.

How Turkish drones are changing the course of the Libyan civil war

Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar assumed that Ankara’s support of the UN-recognised Tripoli government would not stand in his way. That turned out to be a miscalculation.

Haftar loses more ground after ceding crucial territories in western Libya

Warlord Khalifa Haftar’s militias have been hit by stinging defeats in the country’s west after the collapse of their siege of Tripoli.

Tripoli trapdoor trounces Khalifa Haftar

The Libyan warlord has consistently upped the ante, but only has a losing hand to show for it.

Faced with military defeats, Libya coup attempt is sign of Haftar’s failure

A year after he launched his offensive on the Libyan capital Tripoli, the warlord and self-styled ‘Field Marshal’ showed his desperation by declaring himself ruler of the North African state.

Will the US take on a bigger role in Libya?

Publicly, the US backs the UN-backed government in Tripoli. It's time it starts showing that support.