Libya
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For King and BP: How MI6 Infiltrated Libya
In early March, Libya launched an “oil and gas licensing roadshow”, seeking to “drum up interest” among international investors, and boost its oil production by 50%. Subsequently, representatives of Tripoli’s UN-recognised National Unity Government (GNU), and state-owned National Oil Corporation, have toured cities across the US and Europe, making “in-depth” presentations on the voluminous riches… Continue reading
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Why the media aren’t telling the whole story of Libya’s floods
The reality of the West’s trademark current foreign policy – marketed for the past two decades under the principle of a “Responsibility to Protect” – is all too visible amid Libya’s flood wreckage. Continue reading
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Propaganda By Omission: Libya, Syria, Venezuela And The UK
We live in a war-like society; one that supports, and is in league with, the world’s number one terrorist threat: the United States of America. Corporate media propaganda plays a key role in keeping things that way. Continue reading
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Turkey’s unprecedented ascent to drone superpower status
In late February 2020, at least 33 Turkish soldiers were killed in an airstrike in Syria’s Idlib province which Ankara blamed on the government of President Bashar al-Assad, although many suspected that it was in fact carried out by Russian forces. At the time, those monitoring events in Syria feared that the attack could trigger… Continue reading
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Libya: The Battle of Sirte
The Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) and Syrian militant groups with a direct support from Turkey are preparing for a new attempt to capture the port city of Sirte from the Libyan National Army (LNA). Continue reading
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Turkey hangs tough on Libya
The series of debilitating military setbacks that Libya’s renegade general Khalifa Haftar suffered in the recent weeks have spurred diplomatic activities over the conflict in the country. But the war is far from over. Continue reading
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Libyan War Escalates as Regional Powers Attempt to Gain Stronger Influence
Alarms are sounding in Europe as Turkey, Russia and Arab states could potentially agree on shared influence in Libya, and therefore the entirety of the eastern Mediterranean, according to some experts. This comes as European states have no influence over the war in Libya despite it occurring on its southern doorstep and Turkey, Russia and Arab… Continue reading
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Libya News Links 16 May – 2 June 2020
2 June 2020 — The New Dark Age Libya: Why a New Flashpoint between Russia and the West? https://journal-neo.org/2020/06/01/libya-why-a-new-flashpoint-between-russia-and-the-west/ Libyan war escalates as regional powers attempt to gain stronger influence http://infobrics.org/post/31020/ Continue reading
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Backing the Wrong Horseman
Nobody knows how many people died as a result of the UK/US Coalition of Death led destruction of Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and, by proxy, Syria and Yemen. Nobody even knows how many people western forces themselves killed directly. That is a huge number, but still under 10% of the total. To add to that you… Continue reading
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Which target after Syria? by Thierry Meyssan
Events in the “Broader Middle East” since 2001 have followed a relentless logic. The current question is whether the time has come for a new war in Turkey or Saudi Arabia. The answer depends in particular on the resumption of hostilities in Libya. It is in this context that the Additional Protocol negotiated by Presidents… Continue reading
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US gatecrashes into Libyan endgame. But Russia stands in the way By M.K. Bhadrakumar
The United States has alleged that Russia’s presence in Libya is having an “incredibly destabilising” impact. Washington is stepping out of the shade and making way to the centre stage of the Libyan conflict. Continue reading
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How the West’s War in Libya Has Spurred Terrorism in 14 Countries By Mark Curtis
Eight years on from Nato’s war in Libya in 2011, as the country enters a new phase in its conflict, I have taken stock of the number of countries to which terrorism has spread as a direct product of that war.The number is at least 14. The legacy of David Cameron’s, Nicolas Sarkozy’s and Barack Obama’s… Continue reading
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Libyan National Army Press Conference on Developments in the Battle to Liberate Tripoli
An extraordinary press conference by the Spokesman for the Libyan National Army, Ahmed Al-Mesmari with English translation included. Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 24 April 2019
24 April 2019 — The New Dark Age Terrorists in Libya try to carry out expansion to neighboring countries, Lavrov says http://tass.com/world/1055350 Large Military Reinforcements Join the Libyan National Army in the Battle to Liberate Tripoli from Militias https://libya360.wordpress.com/2019/04/23/large-military-reinforcements-join-the-libyan-national-army-in-the-battle-to-liberate-tripoli-from-militias/ Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 22 April 2019
22 April 2019 22:28 — The New Dark Age North Korea Pleads for Food Aid as Trump Sanctions Noose Tightens https://www.mintpressnews.com/north-korea-pleads-for-food-aid-as-trump-sanctions-noose-tightens/257726/ NATO at 70: Retirement or Renaissance? https://journal-neo.org/2019/04/22/nato-at-70-retirement-or-renaissance/ Continue reading
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Libya And The Scramble For Africa By Christopher Black
North Africa is in turmoil again and the cause of it can be found in the plots of the Europeans and Americans to break nations states into pieces in order to control the oil and gas producing areas of the region and in the plots of against each other. In Libya the CIA trained General… Continue reading
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Military Situation In Libya On April 9, 2019 (Map Update)
10 April 2019 — South FRONT Forces loyal to the Government of National Accord (GNA) recaptured Tripoli Airport and Swani from the Libyan National Army (LNA). Clashes in the area are ongoing as the LNA attempts to fend off the GNA counter-attack; LNA warplanes bombed a military runway of Tripoli’s Mitiga airport; LNA units kicked Continue reading
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Battlefield Libya: Fruits of US-NATO Regime Change By Tony Cartalucci
Forces under the control of Khalifa Haftar – a former Libyan general under the government of Muammar Qaddafi – turned opposition during the 2011 US-led NATO intervention – turned “opposition” again against the UN-backed “Government of National Accord” (GNA) seated in Tripoli – have most recently reached Tripoli’s airport. Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 9 April 2019
9 April 2019 23:20 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting On its 70th Birthday, NATO Trembles from Within https://journal-neo.org/2019/04/09/on-its-70th-birthday-nato-trembles-from-within/ Libya: From the Tribes of the Central and Southern Regions https://libya360.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/libya-from-the-tribes-of-the-central-and-southern-regions/ Continue reading
The New Dark Age 