Apr 17, 2019 | Libya, Menas Associates
Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar’s assault on Tripoli has serious, and often overlooked, economic implications The current assault on Tripoli is having immediate economic as well as security consequences. The internationally recognised Government of National Accord...
Mar 20, 2019 | Libya, Menas Associates
Calls for former prime minister Baghdadi Mahmoudi’s (centre) release have been rejected by the internationally recognised Government of National Accord The justice ministry associated with the eastern Libya’s unrecognised rival government ruled that two of the...
Feb 22, 2019 | Libya, Menas Associates
Governemnt of National Accord delegation demand greater assistance during the global coalition to defeat ISIS A Government of National Accord (GNA) delegation — including Foreign Minister Mohamed Siala and Interior Minister Fathi Bashaaga — recently visited Washington...
Jan 14, 2019 | Libya, Menas Associates
Libyan militias not aligned to Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army are facing legal and political pressure The 2 January decision by the Prosecutor General’s Office in Tripoli to issue arrest warrants for Abdelhakim Belhadj, Ibrahim...
Dec 6, 2018 | Libya, Menas Associates
The divergent characters of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) and the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) reflect the different roles that they each played during the Qadhafi era. As the country’s principal source of income it was essential that the NOC remained...
Nov 7, 2018 | Libya, Menas Associates
By dangling his participation at Palermo over the Italian government’s head, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar may have sought to exploit Italian desperation for his own benefit. After weeks of hinting that he would not attend, and raising Rome’s anxiety that the 12-13...
