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    Post  George1 Tue Aug 26, 2014 12:20 pm

    Clashes Among Pro-Government Forces, Ex-Rebels Continue in Libya

    DUBAI, August 18 (RIA Novosti) – Clashes between pro-government forces and former rebel groups, as well as Islamic extremists, resumed in the Libyan city of Benghazi on Monday despite international calls for a ceasefire, Sky News Arabia reported.

    Unidentified fighter jets shelled residential areas of the city on Monday. No casualties or damages have been reported. None of the sides have claimed responsibility for the raid.

    The country's security services suggested that the month-long shelling, coming from Misratah and Zintan, could be aimed at suppressing new firing points.

    Libya has been in the midst of political turmoil since 2011 following the overthrow of country’s long-standing leader Muammar Gaddafi. Clashes among a large number of armed groups are ongoing in the country, taking over whole districts. The militants possess a significant arsenal of weapons, including heavy artillerythat was seized from government forces during the 2011 uprising.

    Since mid-July, violent clashes have claimed 102 lives, with 452 people injured in Libya’s capital Tripoli. At the same period of time, 77 people were killed and 289 injured in Benghazi, Libya’s second-largest city.


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    Post  George1 Tue Aug 26, 2014 12:20 pm

    US, European Allies Discuss Escalation of Violence in Libya – Reports

    MOSCOW, August 26 (RIA Novosti) – The United States in a joint statement with France, Germany, Italy and Britain has condemned the escalation of combat actions and violence in Libya and called for a democratic transition in the conflict-torn country, Agence France-Presse reported.

    In the statement released late Monday, the sides stressed that “outside interference in Libya exacerbates current divisions and undermines Libya's democratic transition.” The agency also said that high-ranking US officials confirmed the United Arab Emirates had dropped bombs on Islamist rebels in Tripoli, aiming to regain control of the airport in the capital.

    On Monday, airstrikes, targeting the positions of armed Islamist factions that seized and destroyed the airport in Tripoli last weekend continued. According to witnesses, the main building of the airport, adjacent buildings, as well as dozens of civilian planes on the territory have been completely destroyed.

    Libya is currently facing its worst wave of violence since the 2011 overthrow of the country’s long-standing leader Muammar Gaddafi and the subsequent civil war. Clashes between government forces and Islamist - allied militias, armed with weapons, seized from Gaddafi government ammunition depots, have been ongoing in the country for months. Many countries are evacuating their citizens and diplomatic staff from the country.

    The Russian Foreign Ministry said earlier on Monday that the current political chaos in Libya is triggered by the attempts of the United States and its NATO allies to "forcefully democratize the country."
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    Post  George1 Thu Aug 28, 2014 5:41 pm

    At Least 150,000 Flee Libya, Ceasefire Talks Unsuccessful - UN Libya Envoy

    UNITED NATIONS, August 28 (RIA Novosti) - A record number of Libyans are leaving the country amid new airstrikes, outgoing UN Libya envoy, Tarek Mitri, told the UN Security Council Wednesday.

    “In Tripoli, we have seen an unprecedented movement of population in an attempt to escape the fighting,” Mitri said.

    “The damage inflict on the public institutions in Tripoli's southern and western sections - including the airport, the main oil depot, roads and bridges - is nothing less than tragic,” he added.

    Despite the destruction of the airport, many are leaving the Tripoli airport and the country as a whole.

    “Conservative figures for those displaced are estimated at over 100,000, with at least another 150,000 having sought refuge abroad, including migrant workers, who also fled the country,” Mitri said.

    The UN Support Mission in Libya has pulled out its international staff, including Mitri, who is to be replaced as UN envoy by Bernardino Leon of Spain on September 1.

    On August 7, a small team led by Mitri's deputy traveled to Tripoli to explore options for an unconditional ceasefire.

    "While all engaged constructively with our proposals, it is clear that more work is needed to overcome mistrust between the parties to the conflict,” he said.

    Libya is currently facing its worst wave of violence since the 2011 overthrow of the country’s long-standing leader Muammar Gaddafi and the subsequent civil war. Clashes between government forces and Islamist-allied militias, armed with weapons, seized from Gaddafi government ammunition depots, have continued in the country for months. Many countries are evacuating their citizens and diplomatic staff from the country.
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    Post  George1 Sun Aug 31, 2014 5:35 pm

    At Least 10 Killed, 25 Injured in Fresh Violence in Libya’s Benghazi - Agency

    MOSCOW, August 31 (RIA Novosti) – The forces of the former general Khalifa Haftar and Islamist fighters clashed in Benghazi, Libya’s second largest city, on Saturday, leaving at least 10 people dead and 25 injured, Reuters reports citing medical and military sources.

    Islamist militants, including Ansar al-Sharia, considered a terrorist organization by the US, shelled the area around the Benina airport to the east of Benghazi in an attempt to seize it from the Haftar forces.

    On Friday, Islamists from Ansar al-Sharia said they downed a plane belonging to Haftar’s fighters in the city of al-Bayda located in eastern Libya. However, the spokesman for the general denied the reports saying the aircraft crashed due to technical glitch, according to AFP.

    On Thursday, Abdullah al-Thinni stepped down as the country’s prime minister so that the new government could be formed following June elections. Currently, there are two rivaling parliaments in Libya - the newly elected House of Representatives, located in Tobruk, and the General National Congress (GNC) controlled by Islamists in Tripoli.

    The House of Representatives backs al-Thinni. For its part, GNC has appointed Omar al-Hassi prime minister of Libya and tasked him with forming new government, according to al-Jazeera.

    On Wednesday, the UN Security Council passed Resolution 2174 condemning the ongoing fighting by armed groups and the incitement to violence in Libya and in particular around Tripoli and Benghazi. It also expressed deep concern over the threat fresh violence poses to stability and democratic transition of the conflict-torn country.

    Libya plunged into turmoil following the overthrow of the country’s long-standing leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. The country has been ravaged by civil war ever since rivaling militias and armed forces have been fighting for power as well as control over Libya’s oil resources.

    Clashes between government forces and Islamist-allied militias armed with weapons seized from Gaddafi government ammunition depots have been escalating in the country for months. Many countries, including the US, Britain, Germany and France among others, have evacuated their diplomatic staff from Libya.

    Earlier on Monday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that the current political chaos in Libya is triggered by the attempts of the United States and its NATO allies to “forcefully democratize the country”.
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    Post  George1 Mon Dec 01, 2014 1:09 pm

    Benghazi Death Toll Rises as Haftar Offensive Continues

    Libyan government forces, led by former general Haftar, have clashed with Islamists in Libya’s second largest city.

    The eastern Libyan city of Derna residents are terrorized by the Islamic Youth Shura Council extremist group, which has pledged allegiance to Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq. Above: A man with an armed group of Libyan people holds a weapon to defend their local area from Islamic.

    MOSCOW, November 30 (Sputnik) – Medics in the Libyan coastal city of Benghazi have told Reuters that 400 people have been killed there in the last six weeks, as heavy conflict continues between pro-government forces led by former general Khalifa Haftar, and Islamist groups.

    "The death toll has risen to 400," a source at a Benghazi hospital told Reuters, an estimate confirmed by officials at other hospitals.

    A spokesman for Haftar told Reuters that his forces have surrounded Islamists in Benghazi’s commercial port area, and that “all types of weapons, including aircraft supporting the infantry, are being used to deal with them.”

    The Middle East Eye reported on Saturday that general Haftar has said taking Benghazi was “a priority”, and that he had given his forces a deadline of December 15 to capture the city from Islamists. “The Ansar al-Sharia is battle-hardened, that takes more work, even though we control 80 percent of the city and we are pushing forward,” he said on Friday.

    He also committed to an assault on Tripoli, which has been occupied since August by the alliance known as Libya Dawn. "I have given myself three months, but maybe we will need less. The Islamists of Fajr Libya (Libya Dawn) are not difficult to fight, no more so than the Islamic State at Derna." The MEE reports the general told an Italian newspaper that the Tripoli operation was “only at the beginning,” and that “we need more men and more supplies and weaponry.”

    On Tuesday, the Tobruk-based Libyan government, which has formed an alliance with Haftar, announced the aerial bombardment of Mitiga International Airport, in Tripoli, by the Libyan Air Force. In a statement quoted by Middle East Monitor, Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah Al-Thani said, "What the Libyan government has done is part of its responsibility to protect the civilian population."

    The airport is being used by the Libya Dawn alliance, which has formed a government in Tripoli called the General National Congress, a rival to the internationally recognized Al-Thani administration.

    Haftar militias joined forces last month with the Libyan government in Tobruk, which endorsed the general’s military offensives, named Operation Dignity. "Operation Dignity is leading officers and soldiers of the Libyan army… Operation Dignity is an operation of the Libyan army," a Libyan House of Representatives spokesman told Reuters in October.
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    Post  George1 Wed Jan 28, 2015 7:50 am

    Libyan PM Reportedly Main Target of Deadly IS Hotel Attack

    Islamic State (IS) extremists have claimed responsibility for the attack on the Corinthia Hotel in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, the SITE Intelligence Group said Tuesday.

    MOSCOW, January 27 (Sputnik) — Several gunmen broke into a luxury hotel in the Libyan city of Tripoli after detonating a car bomb outside the building.

    Latest reports suggest that the attackers have blown themselves up inside the hotel.According to local media, Prime Minister Hassi was the main target of the attack on the Corinthia.

    The reported number of casualties range from three to eight, and many more have been reportedly wounded.

    It was earlier stated that Islamic State militants were holding 12 foreign diplomats hostage at the hotel, which is popular with local and foreign officials as well as journalists.

    "They ascended to the 21st floor, which houses foreign diplomats and representatives from foreign companies," the source said, adding that the attackers had "taken 12 foreigners hostage,"

    According to SITE, IS fighters dubbed the operation "Battle of Abu Anas al-Libi". Abu Anas Libi was an alleged al-Qaeda member suspected in the bombings of the US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya in 1998. He was captured by US forces in Tripoli in October 2013 and died in a US hospital earlier in January.

    Eyetwitnesses report gunmen are holed up in the 20th floor of the Corinthia Hotel, have taken at least five hostages. According to local TV channel al-Nabaa, "senior officials" are inside the hotel. Reuters reports citin a security source that Prime Minister of the Tripoli Government Omar Hassi was also in the Corinthia hotel during the attack.

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    Post  ahmedfire Mon Feb 16, 2015 12:48 pm

    Egyptian, Libyan airstrikes on ISIS targets in Libya after terrorists behead 21 Copts
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    Post  George1 Mon Feb 16, 2015 1:54 pm

    Libya may suspend oil extraction due to military conflict

    The output has fallen from 3.5 million barrels daily in February, 2011 to 350,000 barrels a day in January, 2015

    MOSCOW, February 16. /TASS/. Libya's National Oil Corporation can suspend oil extraction at all its deposits due to an armed conflict, says a statement of the company.

    The company has trouble ensuring the safety of its employees, and fears the technical staff might leave the extraction sites due to danger of repeated armed attacks. The company called the country's Defense Ministry to provide the necessary means for protection of oil extraction sites.

    Libya, a member of OPEC, has the largest hydrocarbon deposits in Africa. The daily output before the start of the armed conflict in 2011 stood at 1.6 million barrels a day. In 2014, a little over 430,000 barrels was extracted daily. In January, 2015, the output fell to 350,000 barrels a day.
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    Post  George1 Thu Feb 26, 2015 12:52 pm

    UN Mission Seeks to Revive Faltering Talks Between Libyan Rivals

    The United Nations Support Mission in Libya is shuttling between Libya's rival governments to bring them to the negotiating table this week, in a bid to safeguard the country's unity and ability to fight terrorism.

    UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – In a statement published Wednesday on the UNSMIL website, the mission said it is "undertaking a series of urgent consultations with the parties to ensure the convening of the next round of UN-facilitated Libya talks soon."

    This comes after the Libyan parliament on Monday suspended its participation in the talks, scheduled to take place in Morocco this week.

    The parliament has its seat in eastern Libya, same as the internationally-recognized government, while a rival political group is holding the Libyan capital of Tripoli in the west.

    Some lawmakers in the east have blamed their rivals in the west of having links to Islamist militants, who bombed last Friday the eastern town of Qubbah, killing 45 people.

    The UN mission has appealed on the rival conflicting parties "not to allow this window of opportunity to slip away" and renew their commitment to a peaceful resolution of the Libyan crisis.

    It also stressed that the rival parties should work together to end terrorism in this North African country, urging the opponents to reach an agreement on a "strong and independent" unity government.

    Libya is currently facing the worst wave of violence since the beginning of the 2011 civil war and the ouster of the country's long-time leader Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed following a NATO intervention.

    Read more: http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20150225/1018757604.html#ixzz3Sqoz2daL
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    Post  George1 Thu Apr 16, 2015 1:32 pm

    West Should Take Responsibility for Chaos in Libya – Prime Minister

    Libyan prime minister says that the West must take complete responsibility for the current political chaos in the country.

    MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The West must take complete responsibility for the current political chaos in Libya, the country's prime minister said Wednesday.

    "Western countries should take full responsibility for the chaos that Libya is facing," Abdullah Thani said during the meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

    The Libyan Prime Minister underscored that "Western states have overthrown the former regime, destroyed the capacity of the Libyan army completely and left the people in Libya without effective government institutions."

    Thani urged Russia to support the restoration of the Libyan government institutions and security in the country, including through the efforts of the international organizations, "whose ultimate goal should be lifting arms embargo to the Libyan army."

    Libya has been struggling with unrest in the country since long-standing leader Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown in 2011.

    There are now two rival governments in the country, with the self-proclaimed authorities controlling the Libyan capital of Tripoli and adjacent western areas. The forces of the internationally recognized government are fighting numerous rebel groups, including Islamic State-affiliated militants.

    Read more: http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20150415/1020944954.html#ixzz3XTFaiZNw
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    Post  George1 Sat Jun 06, 2015 2:31 pm

    Islamic State Captures Another Town in Libya
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    Post  flamming_python Sat Jun 06, 2015 3:26 pm

    It seems that ISIS and affiliated forces are gaining on every front; Libya, Iraqi-Syrian, Afghan, etc...
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    Post  max steel Sun Jul 12, 2015 4:47 pm

    Lebanese army captured crashed Israeli drone

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    Post  Fred333 Sun Jul 12, 2015 6:33 pm

    flamming_python wrote:It seems that ISIS and affiliated forces are gaining on every front; Libya, Iraqi-Syrian, Afghan, etc...

    And will continue to do so as long as the west continues its ridiculous belief in "moderates". Come on, if they are willing to cooperate with Al-Qaeda to get rid of Assad alarm bells should be ringing. First cleanse the ME of all non-Sunnis and then it will be a struggle between ISIS and all other Sunni Islamists.
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    Post  medo Sun Jul 12, 2015 7:06 pm

    max steel wrote: Lebanese army captured crashed Israeli drone

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    This Tripoli is in Lebanon, not the one in Libya.
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    Post  Book. Sat Jul 18, 2015 6:22 pm

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    Post  George1 Mon Jul 27, 2015 10:13 am

    Libyan Army Could Crush Islamic State by End of Year If Arms Embargo Lifted

    Libyan Information Minister said that Libyan Armed Forces could eradicate the Islamic State (ISIL) jihadist group by the end of 2015.

    CAIRO (Sputnik) – Libyan Armed Forces could eradicate the Islamic State (ISIL) jihadist group by the end of 2015 if the UN Security Council lifts its arms embargo against the country, Libyan Information Minister Omar Qweri told Sputnik Arabic.

    “The ISIL positions have been identified and the militants have been surrounded. The Libyan Army is ready, one only needs to lift the embargo. If that happens, it can solve the ISIL problem before the end of the year,” Qweri said in an interview.

    Asked to assess Arab military intervention in Libya, the information minister said “we would have asked for it if we had wanted intervention.”

    “Perhaps, we could allow Egypt to intervene, but not all the Arab countries,” Qweri told Sputnik.

    In May, the UN Security Council refused to lift its four-year arms embargo after Libya again urged the organization to give it means to deal with ISIL militants.

    Libya has been torn by a power struggle between two rival governments and numerous rebel groups since a NATO invasion toppled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. In early 2015, the ISIL militant group took advantage of a security vacuum in Libya and gained a foothold there.

    The West is interested in keeping Libya volatile, while Russia’s approach toward the Libyan crisis is “wiser” and "more mature,” Libyan Information Minister said.

    “The West supports chaos, rather than the General National Congress [in Tripoli]. Their strategy can be described as ‘acceptable violence,’ while Russia’s stance and Russian-Arab relations over the past 70 years have been wise and mature,” Qweri said in an interview.

    Qweri noted that when the United Nations and the Arab League planned the invasion, Russia insisted that Qaddafi should be deposed by Libyans or Arabs, not NATO forces.

    Libya has been split up between numerous rival forces since the start of the 2011 civil war and the UN-backed Western invasion to oust long-standing Libyan ruler Muammar Qaddafi.

    At present, two de-facto governments are competing for power in the country. The internationally recognized Council of Deputies has its seat in the northern port city of Tobruk, while their rivals in the largest Libyan city of Tripoli have the support of a broad Islamist coalition called Libyan Dawn.

    Tobruk government’s Prime Minister Abdullah Thani, who was in Moscow last April, bashed the NATO invasion for stripping the nation of effective government institutions.

    According to Libyan Information Minister, Libya is considering the purchase of Kalashnikov semi-automatic rifles from Russia.

    “I visited a Kalashnikov factory where I received offers and information on prices. I submitted this information to [Libyan Army General] Khalifa Haftar and we are forming a delegation to study this issue,” Qweri said in an interview.

    He added that the Russian side welcomed Libya’s interest in its arms deliveries.

    During Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah Thani’s visit to Moscow last April, Russia said it was ready to renew military contracts signed with late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi if the UN permits.

    Libya has been under a UN arms embargo for four years. In May, the UN Security Council again refused to lift arms restrictions after Libya insisted it needed weapons to roll back the Islamic State (IS) insurgency.

    The North African country has been struggling with unrest since Gaddafi was overthrown in a 2011 invasion by NATO forces.

    Any foreign military bases on Libyan soil are absolutely ruled out said.

    “This is totally unacceptable,” Qweri said. “Libyans have a proud Bedouin world understanding, and their sovereignty is the ‘red line’ they will not allow to be crossed. No American soldier will ever settle in our land… or else there will be a war.”

    Libya has been engulfed in violence since the 2011 overthrow of the country's leader Muammar Gaddafi during an intervention by NATO forces.

    Currently there are two rival governments in Libya, one based in Tobruk and the other in Tripoli. The forces of the internationally-recognized Libyan government in Tobruk are fighting numerous rebel groups, including Islamic State-affiliated militants.

    Russia has been busy building trust with the internationally recognized Libyan authorities. Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah Thani traveled to Moscow last April to discuss the revival of some Gaddafi-era contracts with the Kremlin.

    Read more: http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20150727/1025083773.html#ixzz3h4qsSyvr
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    Post  George1 Thu Aug 13, 2015 1:54 am

    Libya Peace Talks Underway While Thousands Flee the Lawless State

    The consequences of the Arab Spring and the uprising of Islamic State along with the overthrow of Libya’s leader Colonel Gaddafi are ricocheting across the world and landing on Europe’s doorstep - where key peace talks aimed at stabilizing Libya are taking place in Geneva.

    Stories emerge with chilling frequency about the number of migrants that need rescuing from Mediterranean waters – with many drowning in the process. More than 2,000 people are believed to have died so far this year making the deadly journey on unseaworthy boats.

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    Post  George1 Tue Aug 18, 2015 3:58 am

    Libya Calls for Airstrikes to Save Country from Islamic State
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    Post  d_taddei2 Fri Sep 18, 2015 11:47 pm

    looks like Libya are improvising using Sa-3 as surface to surface missles.

    https://www.bellingcat.com/news/africa/2015/04/25/libya-dawn-going-diy-s-125-sams-used-as-surface-to-surface-missiles/
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    Post  Guest Thu Oct 15, 2015 3:16 pm

    "The militias of Misrata have signed a joint declaration, announcing support for the unity government"

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    Ill just say: "Dear lord".

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    Post  Hannibal Barca Thu Oct 15, 2015 3:57 pm

    What doe this mean Militarov? I am not knowledgeable around the Libyan affairs.
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    Post  Guest Thu Oct 15, 2015 4:00 pm

    Hannibal Barca wrote:What doe this mean Militarov? I am not knowledgeable around the Libyan affairs.

    Doesnt mean much actually, but check number of stamps on the document. Each one is different "militia" and its only in region of Misrata.
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    Post  George1 Wed Oct 21, 2015 4:56 am

    Regrets of a Revolution? Libya After Qaddafi

    In Muammar Qaddafi’s Libya, people used to say, “We had one enemy.” Today, “people don’t know who their enemy is.”

    That is how Magda Mughrabi, a Libya researcher for Amnesty International, described the current situation in Libya. “There are potentially tens or hundreds of enemies, because of the myriad of armed groups,” Mughrabi said.

    Four years after Arab Spring protests turned into an armed uprising that led to the overthrow and death of the former strongman, Libya is torn between two governments and dozens of militias and armed groups. Like many of their Middle Eastern neighbors in 2011, Libyans protested against a dictator hoping for more political freedom and an end to the Qaddafi regime’s repressive four-decade-long reign. However, life for the average Libyan today, in some ways, has become more dangerous and unstable than it was under Qaddafi, according to experts.

    “Libya today — in spite of the expectations we had at the time of the revolution — it’s much, much worse,” said Karim Mezran, resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East. “Criminality is skyrocketing. Insecurity is pervasive. There are no jobs. It’s hard to get food and electricity. There’s fighting, there’s fear… I see very few bright spots.”

    While Libya was able to hold elections in 2012, the government that emerged was never able to control the numerous militias and armed groups that gained power during the uprising, and skirmishes continued.

    Fighting intensified in May 2014, when a renegade general, Khalifa Haftar, launched an assault on the Islamist militias operating in the city of Benghazi. One month later, Libyans frustrated with the Islamist-dominated General National Congress (GNC) and its inability to bring stability elected a new legislative body — the internationally-recognized House of Representatives. Now, each of Libya’s rival parliaments is roughly aligned with armed actors, with Haftar and his “Operation Dignity” fighters supporting the House of Representatives based in the northeastern city of Tobruk, while “Libya Dawn,” an umbrella term that includes Islamist militias and revolutionaries who battled Qaddafi, supports the GNC, based in Tripoli in the northwest.

    The fight has only grown more complicated in recent months, as many of these groups have fragmented over time, and several other local militias and tribal fighters fight for control within the country. Added to this mix are groups like Ansar al Sharia, suspected of being behind the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi in 2012, and a Libyan affiliate of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, which now controls Qaddafi’s home town of Sirte.

    In all, an estimated 1,700 armed groups and militias are active in Libya, according to a recent report from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

    “People don’t feel safe, because the law doesn’t protect them anymore,” Mughrabi said, describing a situation in which police stations are either not operational or are too frightened to intervene. Meanwhile, people can use militias that they have a personal connection with to settle scores.

    Mughrabi said courts have also come under attack by armed groups, as have many attorneys, especially when they represented clients thought to be Qaddafi supporters.

    “It’s really the rule of militias and armed groups, as opposed to the rule of law,” she said.

    More than 4,600 people have died in the fighting since the beginning of 2014, according the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project, a group that monitors violence using media reports.

    Some of the worst damage from the fighting is in Benghazi, where many buildings in the city’s center have been reduced to rubble. “The level of destruction, apart from Benghazi, is maybe not one that captures the world’s imagination,” Mughrabi said, but “the fear that it creates is massive.”

    That fear has driven at least 435,000 Libyans from their homes to elsewhere in the country, according to the United Nations, although officials say the true total is likely higher. Libyans reported that a third of those displaced within the country were living in “precarious” accommodations, including unfinished buildings, garages, collective shelters or public spaces, according to an assessment carried out by the U.N. in August.

    The U.N. estimates 2.44 million people — about a third of Libya’s population — have been affected by the fighting, which has led to shortages of food, water, electricity and medical supplies and reduced access to health care and public services. As of June, an estimated 2.5 million Libyans needed access to health services, according to the U.N., and around 400,000 required food aid.

    Quality of life and access to basic services also depends on where you live in Libya. While the security situation in Libya’s capital, Tripoli, is worse off than it was five years ago, it is still more stable than cities like Benghazi, experts say.

    For example, while a majority of Libyans interviewed by the U.N. in August said school-age children were able to access formal education in their communities, Benghazi’s enrollment rate had dropped 50 percent since fighting intensified in 2014.

    “Libyans are incredibly disenchanted with life,” said Frederic Wehrey, a senior associate of the Carnegie Endowment’s Middle East program.

    Wehrey, who has made multiple trips to Libya since the revolution, said that many there have become so frustrated by insecurity and instability that they have expressed regret about taking part in the revolution. Some have even wished for a return to the relative stability of Qaddafi’s rule.

    Such sentiments should be “taken with a grain of salt” he said, adding, “You could walk down the streets at night under Qaddafi, but it was the peace of the graveyard.”

    The revival of political life in some pockets of Libya is one improvement from the Qaddafi years, according to observers. With the central government practically non-existent, Wehrey said the towns and cities that have managed to function are those where Libyans have come up with local solutions.

    “In the realm of politics, there is more freedom,” Mezran added, “more people who can talk, more who can demonstrate, more who are participating in politics. That’s the only bright spot, probably.”

    Libyans must now pin their hopes for stability, slim as they are, on a U.N.-brokered peace agreement that calls for a unity government made up of officials from both parliaments. The deal calls for a cease-fire and disarming the various militias and armed groups, but yet to be determined is how it would be enforced.

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    Egyptian President Urges NATO to Take Part in Libya Reconciliation

    Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi has called NATO member countries to take part in Libyan reconciliation.

    MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi has called Britain and other NATO member countries to take part in reconciliation of the political situation in Libya, the Telegraph newspaper reported Tuesday.

    “We must support all efforts to help the Libyan people and the Libyan economy. We need to stop the flow of funds and weapons and foreign fighters to the extremists. All the members of Nato – including Britain – who took part in the mission to overthrow Gaddafi need to give their help," Sisi said in an interview with the Telegraph.

    According to Sisi, NATO's mission in Libya was not completed, therefore, Libya was left without necessary leadership.

    Libya has been in a state of turmoil since early 2011 after the Arab Spring protests led to a civil war and the overthrow of long-time leader Muammar Gaddafi following a US-led military mission.

    The country has been ruled by the two rival governments: the internationally recognized Council of Deputies based in Tobruk and the Tripoli-based General National Congress.

    In early July, political parties and the internationally recognized parliament of Libya signed a framework agreement in the Moroccan city of Skhirat, distributing powers in the country.

    Read more: http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20151104/1029563065/fattah-sisi-urges-nato-libya-reconciliation.html#ixzz3qWgZTVav

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