The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has paid the Israeli regime to deliver an advanced anti-aircraft missile system to the Libyan rebels under the command of renegade general Khalifa Haftar, a report says.
The face of the Libyan Arab Spring, Mahmoud Jibril, felled by COVID-19
Pandemics don’t differentiate between pauper and prince. Yes, the world’s most vulnerable are generally the hardest hit, but so are a disproportionate number of its great statemen — likely due to their broad travels, wide
Libya War Escalates as Health Care System Crumbles
Minutes after the explosion on Monday, doctors and other witnesses started circulating videos online. Another hospital compound in Tripoli had been hit.
Tunisia: Two terrorists linked with ISIS killed in Kasserine
Tunisia security forces Saturday slain in restive Kasserine governorate two notorious terrorists whose group is known as an affiliate cell of the Islamic state terror group (ISIS).
Libya
Fighting around Tripoli between Haftar-led forces and those aligned with the Tripoli-based government intensified as international calls for a humanitarian truce to allow Libyan authorities to enact measures to contain COVID-19 went unheeded. Crisis Group
Tripoli Officials Say Clashes Escalating Over Libyan Capital
Clashes between rival Libyan forces for control of the capital escalated Wednesday as militias allied with the U.N.-supported government launched an offensive against a military base held by their rivals, officials said.
Ship Captain Arrested in Probe of Arms Trafficking to Libya
Authorities in northern Italy arrested the captain of a Lebanese-flagged cargo ship on suspicion of international arms trafficking Wednesday while they investigate if the vessel transported tanks, rockets and other weapons from Turkey to Libya.
A Police State With an Islamist Twist: Inside Hifter’s Libya
The field marshal stares from billboards into the wreckage of the Libyan city of Benghazi. His uniform is festooned with epaulets and honors, even as the civil war he is waging has stalled into a
Islamic State claims Algeria border attack
Islamic State said on Tuesday that it was behind Sunday’s attack on an Algerian military barracks near the country’s border with Mali that killed one soldier.
Algeria captures man planning suicide attack: defense ministry
Algeria’s army has captured a man planning a suicide attack targeting peaceful anti-government protest marches in the capital, the defense ministry said on Thursday.