Jan 7, 2020 | Libya, Menas Associates
Dozens of pro-Turkish Syrian mercenaries reportedly landed at the recently re-opened Mitiga Airport on about five flights from Turkey to support Khalifa Haftar’s opponents in Tripoli. Allegedly in reaction — and video evidence purportedly showing Syrian fighters in...
Dec 3, 2019 | Libya, Menas Associates
Senior US officials met Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar in late November at an undisclosed location to urge him to end his nearly eight-month Tripoli offensive. But Haftar and other leaders within his self-styled Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF) remain defiant —...
Nov 12, 2019 | Libya, Menas Associates
As has been noted in previous issues, Libya has suffered from run-away spending that has only worsened this year. A combination of factors — the division within financial institutions; the continued and expanding conflict; a deep history of corruption; and a lack of...
Oct 31, 2019 | Libya, Menas Associates
Libya’s internationally recognised Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) recently announced that its 2020 Budget would probably be slightly less than LD48 billion (US$34 billion) and about US$200 million more than last year’s budget. The government is...
Oct 16, 2019 | Libya, Menas Associates
There is increased international concern that Islamic State (IS) could use the current security vacuum — caused by the US departure from northern Syria and subsequent confrontation between Kurdish forces and the Turkish military — to re-gain lost prestige in its...
Oct 1, 2019 | Libya, Menas Associates
There has been speculation that Khalifa Haftar and his self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) alliance of militias have sought to mislead his opponents and the international community into thinking that Russia is providing more support for his Tripoli campaign than it...
