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(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) In the last 24 hours, Libyan forces fighting ISIS in Sirte have liberated most of the city with the help of US airstrikes which have enabled the Libyan forces to take over strategic areas in the city centre. Mokhtar Khalifa, the mayor of Sirte, said …
Read More »GNA Forces Take Over Strategic Buildings in Sirte
(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) On Wednesday, Libyan forces fighting ISIS in Sirte were able to take over and secure the Ouagadougou Conference Centre, a hospital, and university buildings in the coastal city. The advance came after the United States began its airstrikes campaign last week. Libyan forces were struggling …
Read More »French Collaboration with UAE and Egypt in Eastern Libya Weakens UN-Backed Government in Tripoli
(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Intelligence Online, a publication that analyzes intelligence agencies around the world, published a document on July 27th saying that the UAE was endorsing French operations in eastern Libya. A UAE news site reported a meetings between UAE and French officials which was coordinated by Arif …
Read More »Obama Holds Meeting at Pentagon to Review Operation Odyssey Lightning
(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday met the National Security Council for a debriefing of the airstrike campaign on ISIS in Libya, named Operation Odyssey Lightning, at the Pentagon. Obama and Biden met with Defense Secretary Ash Carter, CIA Director John Brennan …
Read More »GNA Fighters Say They Wish US Airstrikes Came Sooner
(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Mohamed Darat, a commander of the GNA forces, said on Wednesday that the US airstrike campaign against ISIS has allowed unity government forces to make greater advances against the extremist group. As a result of the airstrikes fired on Monday, Darat’s brigades was able to …
Read More »HoR has Mixed Feelings About Foreign Intervention, Condemns US Airstrikes and Accepts French Support of Haftar
(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) The Libyan pro-Haftar parliament, known as the House of Representatives (HoR), is denouncing US airstrikes in Sirte. The HoR, who are rivals to the UN-backed unity government in Tripoli (GNA), consider the US forces to have breached Libyan air space without prior coordination with the …
Read More »Two Journalists Murdered in Libya
(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Abdala Fassouk, the father of Abdelqadir Fassouk, holds a picture of the his son and cameraman, Yusuf Badi, when they were kidnapped. (AP/Manu Brabo) Abdelqadir Fassouk, a 28 year old photojournalist, was shot dead by ISIS fighters as he was covering the fight between the …
Read More »Haftar’s Forces Make Gains in Benghazi
(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) General Khalifa Haftar’s forces were able to gain control of areas around Benghazi that were taken over by Shura Council of the Benghazi Revolutionaries (SCBR) fighters. Khalifa Al-Obeidi, spokesperson for Haftar’s forces, said Al-Gwarcha is now under Haftar’s control. “We are presently pursuing terrorists who …
Read More »Haftar Forces Suffer Major Losses in Battle with Ansar Al-Sharia and Co.
(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Ongoing fighting between rivals vying for control of Benghazi killed 19 and wounded several more. 17 of those who were killed belonged to General Khalifa Haftar’s forces as they fought against the Shura Council of the Benghazi Revolutionaries (SCBR). 20 more of Haftar’s forces …
Read More »Egypt Hosts High-Level Talks with Political and Military Rival
(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) \ High-level political and military figures in Libya are meeting in Egypt with the hope of finding a solution for the ongoing clashes between political rivals. Over the past two-days Prime Minister Fayez Serraj of the Government of National Accord (GNA), the UN-backed government, met …
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