Jun 19, 2020 | Libya, Menas Associates
The Libyan Arab Armed Forces’ (LAAF) withdrawal from western Libya has redrawn the fault lines of Libya’s conflict. It has emboldened the internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) which, with Turkish backing, will push hard to extend its area of...
Jun 15, 2020 | Libya, Menas Associates
The Arab League’s Assistant Secretary-General, Hossam Zaki, recently affirmed on Egyptian TV that Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) is the ‘accredited government for the Arab League, the African Union and the United Nations.’ This statement from a senior...
Jun 1, 2020 | Libya, Menas Associates
One of the most poignant signs of Khalifa Haftar’s declining fortunes in western Libya was last week’s withdrawal of thousands of foreign mercenaries — supplied by the Wagner Group which is owned by President Vladimir Putin’s close friend Yevgeny Prigozhin — operating...
May 22, 2020 | Libya, Menas Associates
Tensions are rising in western Libya between two competing religious currents: the Salafists on one side, and those who are of a more political Islamist bent and who support the country’s Grand Mufti, Sheikh Sadiq al-Ghariani on the other. These two ideological...
May 11, 2020 | Libya, Menas Associates
On 7 May three senior US State Department officials — Special Representative for Syria Engagement and the Special Envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIL, James Jeffrey; Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Near East Henry Wooster; and Deputy Assistant Secretary...
Apr 18, 2020 | Libya, Menas Associates
The deteriorating relationship between Prime Minister Fayez Serraj and Central Bank of Libya (CBL) governor Sadiq El-Kabir will aggravate existing tensions within the Tripoli camp. Serraj’s efforts to pressurise el-Kabir will only serve to bring further accusations...
