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

Mohamed Al Haddad (left), Libyan chief of staff, during a meeting with Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar in October 2020. © T.C. Millî Savunma Bakanligi/YouTube

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. [...]

Published on 04/05/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Abdelhamid Dabaiba
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Haftar dodges US courts thanks to blunder from opposing side

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Libya, Russia
Chief of staff Mohamed Al Haddad heads to Moscow

Libyan army chief of staff Mohamed Al Haddad is due to travel to Moscow on 10 July 10 for a five-day visit.

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Macron leavesel-Menfi and Libya off guest list for Parisian summits

The president of the Libyan Presidential Council Mohamed al-Manfi is disappointed at not being invited to the summit on African economies and the international conference on supporting the Sudanese transition being organised by Emmanuel Macron in Paris.

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Dabaiba and Haftar focus on Fezzan post-Déby

Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba and Presidential Council Vice-President Musa Koni are competing to control Libya's far south after the FACT rebel attack and the death of Chadian President Idriss Déby. The PM is pro-Turkish, while Koni is close to Khalifa Haftar.

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Sarraj slips away to Rome before leaving government jet to Dabaiba

Hours after the vote of confidence for the new unity government, outgoing prime minister Fayez Sarraj slipped away to Rome. He might not attend the handover ceremony for Abdelhamid Dabaiba.

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

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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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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Khalifa Haftar consolidates his Tripoli front as the UN marks time

The United Nations discreetly opened a new round of crisis-exit talks in Montreux, Switzerland, on November 1 and 2. But, as these talks drag on, Khalifa Haftar is consolidating his positions on the Tripoli battle front.

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Commander Mohamed al Haddad finds himself sidelined

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