BREAKING: Hafter steps down temporarily as Commander-in-Chief from 23 September to 24 December – in preparation for elections?
By Sami Zaptia. Khalifa Hafter steps down as Commander-in-Chief of the LAAF for three months to run for the 24 ...
Tag: Khalifa Hafter
Analysis: Libya’s status quo power elite continues to be unified in conspiring against public desire for elections?
By Sami Zaptia. Libya's status quo forces and their international backers are conspiring to avoid the holding of elections (Photo: ...
High State Council proposes alternative constitutional basis, parliamentary and presidential rules for holding 24 December elections – Another obstructionist move?
By Sami Zaptia. Head of the HSC Khaled Mishri (Photo: From HSC archives). London, 20 September 2021: In its latest ...
UNSMIL welcomes release of eight war prisoners by Hafter’s army
By Sami Zaptia. London, 6 September 2021: UNSMIL welcomed yesterday the release of another eight war detainees by the Khalifa ...
UNSMIL welcomes release of war prisoners by Hafter
By Sami Zaptia. London, 23 August 2021: UNSMIL welcomed Saturday the recent release of detainees as a result of the ...
Third draft 2021 budget presented by government to parliament totals LD 111.5 bn
By Sami Zaptia. London, 18 August 2021: The third draft budget presented by Prime Minister Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba’s government yesterday ...
U.S. Ambassador Norland meets Hafter in Cairo to push for 24 December elections
By Sami Zaptia. London, 11 August 2021: The U.S. Embassy revealed yesterday that U.S. Special Envoy and Ambassador to Libya ...
Updated: PM Aldabaiba to Hafter: The Libyan Army cannot be affiliated to individuals
By Sami Zaptia. (Photo: GNU archives). London, 11 August 2021: Prime Minister Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba told Khalifa Hafter, the Commander ...
Op-Ed: Hafter and HSC conspiring against elections in existentialist fight
By Sami Zaptia. Some of Libya's status quo forces are political enemies but allies in conspiring against elections (Photo: MoI). ...
Updated: Hafter says his Army will not be subject to civilian authority except that elected directly by the people
By Sami Zaptia. Khalifa Hafter says his eastern-based Libyan Arab Army will not be subject to any civilian authority except ...
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