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May 18th, 2025 - 09:52 GMT

Sally Shakkour

Did Khalifa Haftar die of a stroke in Russia? Libyan stronghold disappears with his kids

ALBAWABA - Speculations about the fate of the Supreme Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar, emerged online after claims that he could have suffered a health emergency. During his visit to Russia, many people took to social media platforms claiming that Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, 81, died of a stroke after he was taken to the hospital. What caused the rumor to spread fast was that the ...

Libya: Country’s Largest Oilfield Resumes Production

June 8th, 2020 - 06:00 GMT

Libya: Country’s Largest Oilfield Resumes Production

Fighters loyal to the internationally recognised Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) are pictured during clashes with forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar in an area south of the Libyan capital Tripoli on June 1, 2020. (AFP/File)

June 2nd, 2020 - 06:53 GMT

All UN Praises For Khalifa Haftar as He Agrees to Resume Ceasefire Talks

In this file photo taken on September 04, 2016 A picture taken on September 4, 2016 in the coastal city of Misrata shows Aero L-39 Albatros (top) and MIG-23 fighter jets (bottom) of the Libyan Air Force on the tarmac of the Air College, that was turned into an air base for jets targeting the positions of the Islamic State (IS) group in Sirte as well as in the north-central and north-western Libya. (AFP/File Photo)

May 31st, 2020 - 05:57 GMT

Libya Govt Discovers Mass Grave in South of Tripoli

A fighter loyal to Libya's UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) walks through debris along a street near a destroyed apartment balcony, following bombardment earlier in the day in the residential Bab Bin Ghashir neighbourhood of Libya's capital Tripoli, on May 9, 2020. Prior rocket and shell fire on Tripoli had killed at least 13 civilians and two policemen, Libya's UN-recognised government said on May 8. The GNA accused forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar of carrying out the attacks, whic

May 18th, 2020 - 08:42 GMT

Libyan Army Retakes Al-Watiya Airbase Which is a Blow to Warlord Haftar

Khalifa Haftar. (AFP/File)

May 7th, 2020 - 10:16 GMT

Libyan Army Strikes Arms Cargo Plane Belonging to Warlord Khalifa Haftar

Khalifa Haftar (Twitter)

May 6th, 2020 - 08:50 GMT

Are Libyan Tribal Leaders Turning Against Warlord Khalifa Haftar?

Pro-Haftar forces have been battling to seize the capital from the GNA since April 2019. The UN mission in Libya has urged warring parties to resume military talks that were launched in Geneva in January aimed at achieving a lasting ceasefire. Mahmud TURKIA / AFP

May 5th, 2020 - 06:46 GMT

International Crisis Group Urge Haftar's Regional Backers to Stop Him From Further Mayhem

A resident walks amidst the rubble of a building that was damaged when forces loyal to eastern-based strongman Khalifa Haftar shelled the residential neighbourhood of Znatah in the Libyan capital Tripoli, held by the UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA), on May 1, 2020. AFP

May 3rd, 2020 - 09:14 GMT

Sudanese Militants Fight For Warlord Haftar in Tripoli

Libya (Twitter)

April 30th, 2020 - 06:23 GMT

UAE Airstrike on Biscuit Factory in Libya Kills 8 Civilians, Injures 27 - Human Rights Watch

Khalifa Haftar (Twitter)

April 28th, 2020 - 08:35 GMT

Haftar Declares Himself as Unilateral Ruler of Libya. Moscow is Surprised!

Lybia (Twitter)

April 28th, 2020 - 07:26 GMT

Libyan Government Forces Attack Airbase Controlled by Khalifa Haftar

Fighters loyal to the UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) gesture in celebration in the coastal city of Sabratha on April 13, 2020, after it seized two coastal cities between Tripoli and the Tunisian border from troops backing military commander Khalifa Haftar. "Our forces took control of Sorman and Sabratha and are pursuing (Haftar's forces)," said a statement by Mohammed Gnunu, spokesman for the forces of the United Nations-recognised Government of National Accord. Control of war-torn Libya

April 14th, 2020 - 07:15 GMT

Tripoli's Govt Gets Upper Hand Over Haftar's Militia as it Seizes 2 Coastal Cities