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Spotlight | Libya
Misrata wants central bank as war booty if Khalifa Haftar wins

The Misrati forces fighting Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) are preparing to smuggle the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) out of Tripoli to their home city in the event that they are routed. This fall-back plan could cause serious [...]

Published on 20/06/2019 at 04:30 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Spotlight | Libya
Misrata wants central bank as war booty if Khalifa Haftar wins

Libya
Deal on new government leaves Dabaiba and Bashagha out in the cold

Libya
Central bank governor al-Kabir on a knife edge

Libya
Libyan Foreign Bank: to stay in power, Sarraj wrests LFB back from Central bank boss al-Kabir

Libya
Al Kabir places his men at head of Libyan Foreign Bank to keep eye on petrodollars

Libya
EY audit is Libyan prosecutor's new weapon against LIA chairman

Libya
Al Kabir seeks to retain control of Libyan Foreign Bank

Libya
Jones Group hopes to train Tripoli's troops under Erdogan's shadow

Libya
Interior Minister Fathi Bachagha purges security services

Libya
Haftar bungles Covid-19 response

Libya
Rada grabs TRB's VIP prisoners

Libya
Fathi Bachagha juggles with the LNA and Ankara

Libya
Fayez Sarraj leaves Turkey with no drones

Libya
Sanalla attacks CBL governor before British businessmen in Tunis

Libya
Washington wants to reunite the central banks before the end of 2019

Libya
Fayez Sarraj tries to save his migration deal

Libya
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Moscow gives Haftar camp red carpet

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Khalifa Haftar lacks manpower on the ground

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Ali El Hebri gives Fezzan banks extra cash for Khalifa Haftar

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