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Erdogan gives Sarraj a boost, as talks with Mohammed VI drag

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Erdogan sets out to conquer Africa

Keen to reassert Turkey's international status, and also to help Turkish companies to break into the African market, the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been spearheading a major diplomatic and business drive in Africa. To achieve its goals, the Turkish government is counting on the assistance of its religious networks. [...]

A meeting of representatives of eastern and western Libya, hosted by Mohammed VI in Morocco on 6 and 7 September, failed to reach an agreement on how to replace the Government of National Accord, whom Turkey has pledged to save with military aide. [...]

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Libya's Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba.

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Russia's support for LNA dampens Haddad's ambitions as national army head

It may be up to the Presidential Council to appoint Libya's military chief of staff, but the legitimacy of Mohamed Al Haddad, whom the previous government put in that post, is being questioned by eastern authorities.

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Mohamed Al Haddad (left), Libyan chief of staff, during a meeting with Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar in October 2020.

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Air Libya and Abu Dhabi facilitate Aguila Salah Issa's diplomatic missions

The president of Libya's House of Representatives is able to carry out his diplomatic business thanks to an executive jet provided by Air Libya, and to the discreet support of Abu Dhabi's ruling family.

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President of the Libyan House of Representatives Aguila Salah Issa.

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Fathi Bachagha takes on role of go-between between Tripoli and Cairo

Government of National Accord foreign minister Mohamed Siala is to travel to Cairo in the next few weeks as part of the thaw in diplomatic relations with the Al-Sisi government begun by interior minister Fathi Bachagha.

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Libyan Interior Minister Fathi Bachagha.

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San Marino Executive Aviation, the new pillar of Istanbul-Misrata airlift

The small private Turkish airliner domiciled in Saint-Marin is picking up cargo traffic to Libya.

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Spotlight | Libya
UNSMIL set to launch Tunis peace talks with no leader

The African Union has nixed the only candidate up for replacing Ghassan Salamé at the head of the UN mission. Interim chief Stephanie Williams' term expires on 3 November.

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The tenure of Stephanie Williams, interim head of UNSMIL, will expire on 3 November 2020.

Libya, Turkey
Erdogan holds Turkish-Libyan trade forum amid power cuts in Tripoli

The DEIK-sponsored trade fair to be held in mid-October in Istanbul will open up opportunities for Turkish companies to shore up the government of Fayez Sarraj, with the restoration of the electricity supply in the capital being a particular priority.

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In Libya, many cities, such as the capital Tripoli, suffer from long power cuts.

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How Macron derailed UNSMIL head Stephanie Williams' peace plan

France's attempt to organise a meeting meeting between Fayez Sarraj, Khalifa Haftar and Aguila Salah Issa provoked a wave of protests in Tripoli. Its intervention has disrupted the crisis exit negotiations led by the United States and the United Nations.

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French president Emmanuel Macron tried to organise a mini-summit on the Libyan crisis on 17 September in Paris.

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Why the EU wants to remove Aguila Salah Issa from sanctions list

In its efforts to influence negotiations to end the crisis in Libya, the European Union is hoping for support from the speaker of the eastern-based parliament, despite having slapped sanctions on him in 2016.

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Aguila Salah Issa, speaker of the eastern-based parliament.

Libya
Sarraj-Bashagha split driven by US-Turkey spat over ceasefire

The ceasefire announced by Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj has prompted a break with his interior minister, Fathi Bashagha, who was sacked on 28 August. Sarraj enjoys the support of Washington, while Bachagha - the guarantor of Misrata's interests - seems to have won the backing of Anakra.

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The head of the Libyan Presidential Council Fayez Sarraj.

Egypt, Libya
Sisi's support for Khalifa Haftar wavers

Fearful of a direct military confrontation with Turkey, Egypt is tempering its support for its Libyan ally and may opt to back the speaker of parliament Aguila Salah Issa.

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Khalifa Haftar and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in December 2019.

Libya, Morocco
Abdelmajid Saif Al Nasr and Rabat want new Skhirat accord, with Algiers' green light

To keep his job as ambassador to Rabat, the leading light of the Ould Slimane tribe is helping Morocco launch new Libyan peace talks, which explains his involvement in Aguila Salah Issa's latest visit.

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Spotlight | Libya
Malta becomes Turkey's stepping stone to Libyan markets

The alluring prospect of reconstruction, oil and energy contracts in Libya is attracting the interest of leading Turkish firms, who are taking advantage of the honeymoon between Tripoli and Ankara, an ally of the national unity government in its battle against General Haftar.

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Spotlight | Libya
Behind-the-scenes battle in Tripoli for top intelligence job

The coveted post of Tripoli intelligence chief is giving rise to a power struggle within the government as Turkey considers a major overhaul of the intelligence services.

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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavusoglu was on a trip to Tripoli on 17 June, along with the head of the Turkish intelligence agency MIT, Hakan Fidan, as Ankara seeks to weigh in on the overhaul of Libyan intelligence.

In Focus | Libya
Turkish military company Sadat turns Erdogan-Sarraj alliance into business opportunity

Turkish paramilitary company Sadat, headed by former Turkish general Adnan Tanriverdi, has set up a partnership with Fawzi Boukatif-led Libyan company Security Side to train the forces fighting for Fayez Sarraj's Government of National Accord.

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Sadat and Security Side are carrying out a training mission among the government's forces.

Spotlight | Egypt, Libya
Cairo gunning for General Haftar after loss of Watiya

The military defeat suffered in Watiya by General Khalifa Haftar, who was unable to hold on to the main military base in the west of Libya, has further soured his relations with his Egyptian ally.

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General Khalifa Haftar, head of the Libyan National Army.

Spotlight | Libya
With no Haftar-Bachagha deal, Tripoli fighting continues

Following the failure of the humanitarian truce called for on March 18 by the United Nations to prevent the coronavirus (Covid-19) spreading in Libya, nothing seems likely to stop the fighting in Tripoli between Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) [.

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Spotlight | Libya
Jones Group draws up Sarraj's militia withdrawal plan

Mercenaires? American agents? The arrival of a group of Americans in Tripoli in a Libyan Airlines jet on February 2 provoked wild speculation. In fact, the delegation was from security consulting company Jones Group International (JGI), which is helping government [.

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Spotlight | Libya
Fathi Bachagha and the Misratis prepare for a Khalifa Haftar victory

The advances made by General Khalifa Haftar's forces on the Tripoli front have made the Misrati faction in Fayez Sarraj's government of national accord (GNA) nervous. Misrati businessmen, politicians and military commanders have started to drop their allies in the [.

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With no Haftar-Bachagha deal, Tripoli fighting continues

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Jones Group draws up Sarraj's militia withdrawal plan

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Spotlight | Libya
Erdogan gives Sarraj a boost, as talks with Mohammed VI drag

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After Berlin and London, Dabaiba expected in Rabat on 27 June

Libya
Russia's support for LNA dampens Haddad's ambitions as national army head

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Air Libya and Abu Dhabi facilitate Aguila Salah Issa's diplomatic missions

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Fathi Bachagha takes on role of go-between between Tripoli and Cairo

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San Marino Executive Aviation, the new pillar of Istanbul-Misrata airlift

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UNSMIL set to launch Tunis peace talks with no leader

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Erdogan holds Turkish-Libyan trade forum amid power cuts in Tripoli

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How Macron derailed UNSMIL head Stephanie Williams' peace plan

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Why the EU wants to remove Aguila Salah Issa from sanctions list

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Sarraj-Bashagha split driven by US-Turkey spat over ceasefire

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Sisi's support for Khalifa Haftar wavers

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Abdelmajid Saif Al Nasr and Rabat want new Skhirat accord, with Algiers' green light

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Malta becomes Turkey's stepping stone to Libyan markets

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Cairo gunning for General Haftar after loss of Watiya

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With no Haftar-Bachagha deal, Tripoli fighting continues

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Jones Group draws up Sarraj's militia withdrawal plan

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Fathi Bachagha and the Misratis prepare for a Khalifa Haftar victory

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Khalifa Haftar looks for a prime minister in Abu Dhabi

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Khalifa Haftar has no Russian base but gets an airlift

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