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Libya’s Khalifa Haftar a no-show for US deposition in war crimes lawsuit

INTERNATIONAL Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar failed to appear for a deposition in a US federal court where he is at the centre of a lawsuit accusing him of war crimes and extrajudicial killings. Haftar was scheduled to appear on Monday in a long-sought video deposition where he was going to be asked about his alleged role in the extrajudicial killings and torture of Libyan civilians in the country's decade-long civil war. […]

today11 May 2022

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Libya’s Khalifa Haftar punishing critics in ‘sham’ military trials, Amnesty says

Military courts in eastern Libya have sentenced at least 22 people to death and imprisoned hundreds more in "sham, torture-tainted" trials, Amnesty International said in a report on Monday. The rights group said the trials were "aimed at punishing real or perceived opponents and critics" of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF), a military force led by eastern military commander Khalifa Haftar. Amnesty, which has previously documented widespread abuses in […]

today2 May 2021

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Palestine election: Israel’s wave of arrests sweeps up Palestinians before polls

Israeli forces arrested 24 Palestinians on Monday morning ahead of May's Palestinian legislative election, which Israel fears the Hamas movement will win with a landslide majority. This latest round of arrests targeted several towns in the West Bank, according to a statement by the Palestinian prisoners' rights group Asra Media Office, and included a former female political prisoner and Hamas members in the West Bank. In Arraba village, south of […]

today13 April 2021

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Arab League calls for Libya ceasefire, peace talks

Arab foreign ministers said on Tuesday that they wanted to avoid a new battle in Libya and called for a truce as the warring sides mobilise near the main oil region as their foreign backers threaten an escalation. "Libya is passing through a dangerous turn in the course of its conflict," Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit said in a statement. "The military option will not achieve victory for any […]

today24 June 2020

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Libya’s GNA recaptures strategic al-Watiya airbase

Libya's internationally-recognised government says it has captured the strategic al-Watiya airbase from fighters loyal to renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar. Military spokesman Mohamed Gnunu said in a Twitter post on Monday the forces of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) had taken over the entirety of the base near the Tunisian border. The announcement by the administration of Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj came after a month-long counteroffensive that has […]

today19 May 2020

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Three killed in Tripoli shelling blamed on Haftar’s forces

At least three people, including a civilian, were killed after rocket attacks by forces loyal to Libyan renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar hit the capital Tripoli and a nearby area, the government said early on Friday. Rockets struck Tripoli port, Mitiga International Airport and a coastal road, said Mustafa al-Mujie, spokesman for the government's military campaign to combat Haftar's assault on Tripoli, dubbed Operation Volcano of Rage. Amin al-Hashemi, a spokesman for […]

today8 May 2020

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