Khalifa Haftar

Egypt carrying out air strikes on RSF in Sudan from secret base

Libya's largest oil refinery at Zawiya suspended operations as a precautionary measure during armed clashes involving heavy weapons nearby, with authorities launching a security operation against criminal groups while fuel supplies continue normally.

Faith-based groups demand an immediate ceasefire to end Sudan's crisis, now in its fourth year, to protect civilians.

Russia and Libya reactivated their dormant intergovernmental commission after 15 years, enabling Russian companies to return to Libya's economy and expand cooperation across trade, energy, and reconstruction sectors.

Turkey and Israel engage in a heated war of words with threats and insults.

The UN Security Council unanimously tightened sanctions on Libya this week, requiring oil revenues flow through official channels rather than parallel networks sustaining the country's division, revealing the international community's inability to prevent systematic resource plunder by fractured power structures over fifteen years.

Libya approves its first unified budget in over a decade, showing rare cooperation.

Human rights in Libya

Libyan businessman Ahmed Gadalla facilitated $300 million in loans for Khalifa Haftar's failed 2019-2020 Tripoli offensive, leaving ordinary Libyans bearing unpaid debts while key figures escaped accountability, according to investigative findings.

Libya's reconstruction efforts are cementing Haftar's ambitions in the east.

Catastrophic earthquakes and flooding across North Africa killed over 8,200 people, with Libya suffering at least 5,300 deaths from dam collapses and flooding while Morocco's earthquake claimed more than 2,900, overwhelming relief operations amid infrastructure damage and political divisions.

Following the 2011 U.S.-backed intervention that toppled Libya's leader, over a decade of political divisions and security crises have destabilized the nation; despite a 2020 ceasefire reducing humanitarian needs from 1.3 million to 300,000 people, rival factions continue blocking elections and facing new challenges including economic instability and arms proliferation.

The Trump administration pursued Libya's political settlement through economic incentives, securing major oil deals with U.S. companies while UN envoy Tetteh worked parallel diplomatic channels, creating uncertainty about whether American and UN initiatives aligned toward resolving the country's deep divisions.

Libyan General Khalifa Haftar's forces have acquired warplanes. The UN had imposed an arms embargo. Haftar controls eastern Libya.

Greece's Foreign Minister met Haftar in eastern Libya. Discussions focused on migration and maritime zones. Economic ties were also on the agenda.

How a remote airstrip in Libya reshaped Sudan’s civil war

The US is orchestrating a power-sharing agreement between Libya's two dominant families-replacing current leaders with younger relatives from the Dbeibeh and Haftar clans-to stabilize the oil-rich nation amid regional tensions and surging energy prices.

Sudan War Becomes ‘Direct Security Threat’ to Chad

The UAE's 2020 Abraham Accords with Israel and the US damaged its regional standing, causing Iranian missile strikes on Al Dhafra Air Base, eroding stock markets by 120 billion dollars in one month, and forcing currency negotiations with Washington.

Turkey and Israel engage in a heated war of words with threats and insults.

Over 200 Ukrainian military officers operate in western Libya training forces and executing drone strikes against Russian assets, transforming the nation into a proxy battlefield for the Russia-Ukraine conflict at significant cost to Libyan sovereignty and regional stability.

General Khalifa Haftar exploits Libya's geopolitical vacuum to consolidate military control over oil fields and strategic resources, threatening democratic stability while the international community accepts fragile power-sharing as preferable to renewed conflict.

Libya's Rival Govt Draws Up $13B Budget Amid Oil Revenue Clash

Libya is poised for a new interim authority in 2026 through US mediation between rival factions.

Since Libya's 2011 collapse into civil war between competing militias and jihadists, external powers supporting rival factions have worsened the conflict, though Turkey's intervention preventing Russian influence offers a potential pathway toward constructive international engagement for lasting peace.

Over a decade after Gaddafi's fall, Libya remains politically fragmented between rival governments and militia-controlled militias, squandering nearly 48 billion barrels of oil reserves while citizens face persistent insecurity and poverty despite a 2020 ceasefire.

Libya has deteriorated into a kleptocracy with billions stolen from state treasuries and frozen politics, as leaders Dbeibeh and Haftar refuse to relinquish power despite failed international reconciliation efforts since the 2020 ceasefire.

The United States is reengaging militarily with Libya after fourteen years to counter Russian and foreign influence, capitalize on oil majors' return, and stabilize the fractured nation amid regional security threats and European energy concerns.

Libya's military leader may possess combat drones. Satellite images show at least three drones at Al Khadim airbase.

Greek official GeraPETritis travels to Libya. He will meet General Haftar.

Sudan Civil War: Endless Conflict Threatens Region

In April 2026, Libya's rival governments reached their first unified budget since 2013 with U.S. support and conducted joint military exercises, signaling cooperation. However, endemic corruption, armed militias, and foreign interference continue undermining reunification efforts and economic recovery prospects.

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The UN Security Council unanimously tightened sanctions on Libya, mandating oil revenues flow through official channels to prevent parallel financial systems sustaining the country's decade-long division between rival eastern and western administrations locked in institutionalized fragmentation.

Sudan war: A simple guide to what is happening

Pakistan signs a $4 billion defense deal with Libya, including JF-17 fighter jets and pilot training.

Libya’s fractures drift toward permanence

Libya's fragile deadlock persists due to rival leaders' refusal to compromise, backed by foreign powers.

Libya's rival governments are competing for influence in Washington to gain support in the ongoing civil war.

Libya's Haftar family clan has exploited a power struggle between Tripoli's competing factions to secure unprecedented infrastructure funding, consolidating control over eastern Libya while western regions stagnate under political deadlock.

Libya's rival western and eastern authorities escalated their dispute over Central Bank control in August 2024, triggering an economic crisis that halted imports and suspended foreign financial institutions' dealings, threatening severe economic collapse and potential civil unrest.

Multiple foreign powers including China, Russia, Italy, France, and Gulf states have intensified Libya's civil conflict by competing for lucrative reconstruction and oil contracts, preventing peace as Khalifa Haftar's forces and the UN-backed government remain deadlocked over control of strategic resources and ports.

Pakistan can sell weapons in the Middle East, but can it sell security?

Greece's Foreign Minister met with Marshal Haftar. They discussed migration and maritime zone delimitation.

Greek Foreign Minister Georgios Gerapetritis meets General Khalifa Haftar. He will attend the inauguration of the new Greek Consulate in Benghazi.