Tag Archives: Hiftar

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) loyal forces announced on Monday that they have taken over the Sirte security headquarters from ISIS who has held it since February 2015. “We’re slowly tightening our grip on them,” said a Libyan senior official. GNA loyal forces have …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Photo by Ismail Zitouny, Reuters. Photo of closed emergency room in Tripoli Central Hospital taken on July 18, 2016. A father and his six year old daughter with a plastic anemia, a rare blood cell disease, attempt to make their way to Europe via the …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Photo taken from the Nigeria Newsdesk. The Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) has called on the French ambassador to address the unconsented unwelcomed presence of French troops in Libya. Last week the Defend Benghazi Brigade shot down one of General Khalifa Haftar’s helicopters in …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Background On June 1, 2016 revolutionaries living in Benghazi declared the start of a defensive effort in support of the Shura Council and the Chamber of Ajdabiya, according to an official statement they issued. They named themselves ‘Defend Benghazi Brigade’ (DBB) stressing that they do …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) After a three-day hearing London’s High Court set a date for the lawsuit between the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) and Societe Generale (SocGen), a French investment bank, over the $67 billion investment of Libya’s sovereign wealth. The date set is April 25, 2017 four months …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) 30 bodies were found dead in eastern Libya on Friday. 14 bodies were found in a garbage bin in Benghazi and were brought by the Red Crescent to the Benghazi Medical Centre. It was evident that all 14 were killed execution style as they all …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) President Francois Hollande confirmed Wednesday that three French soldiers on board a helicopter in eastern Libya were killed. Hollande has called it an “accident” contradicting Defend Benghazi Brigade (DBB)’s statement who claim they shot down the helicopter. DBB said the helicopter carrying the French troops …

The Defend Benghazi Brigade reported on Monday that more than 30 of Haftar’s forces were killed in clashes in an area known as Al-Maqroun in the outskirts of Benghazi. Suluq General Hospital released a medical report stating that over 25 of Haftar’s men sustained injuries from the clashes and the …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Defending Benghazi Brigade (DBB), a militia group in eastern Libya, is reported to have shot down a helicopter carrying French special forces on Sunday. The Libyan officials who reported the crash on Tuesday have requested to remain anonymous as they report to not have authority …

(Republished From: Al Jazeera) By: Natasha Ghoneim Survivors tell of horror at the hands of smugglers and say they would rather “die at sea” than return to Libya.   The anguished faces and the stories of desperate journeys have been supplanted by scenes of bloody attacks around the globe and racial …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) The Libyan Government of National Accord has finally decided to react to power outages in Libya’s capital. Improving the living conditions of Tripoli residence has been an ignored issue for way too long. Power shortages became unbearably especially during the month of Ramadan making fasting …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) On Sunda-y ISIS in Sirte launched two separate failed attacks on GNA loyal forces. The first attack took place near Ouagadougou Hall where ISIS fighters were taken out by GNA fighter jets. In the second attack ISIS fighters attempted to sneak through an area between …

  News DigestJuly 18, 2016 Your top stories from the past week: War on ISIS: Ouagadougou Hall a Symbol of the Fall of Ghaddafi and Soon the Fall of ISIS (Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Muammar Qaddafi has been killed in his home town of Sirte. It is ironic that …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Court sessions continue in the lawsuit filed by the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) against the American investment bank Goldman Sachs. In a recent court appearance an expert witness said the investments that Goldman was able to persuade the LIA to take on were “dint of …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Martin Kobler, the UN special envoy to Libya, has been calling for the formation of three regional Libyan armies, one for the western region, one for eastern region and one for the southern region. Meanwhile Prime Minister Fayez Al-Sarraj has been calling on his people …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Libya’s Minister of Defense Mahdi Al-Barghathi survived an attempted car bomb assassination on Wednesday night in the eastern city of Benghazi. Four people were were injured, including two children, according to Khalil Qwaider, director of media office at Benghazi Medical Center. There has been conflicting …