Libya

By: Sammi Ibrahem,Sr The new attack is the fourth such strike on a Tripoli medical facility over the past month, according to local authorities. Forces loyal to eastern-based Libyan General Khalifa Haftar attacked Sunday medical warehouses belonging to the Al-Khadra Hospital in the capital Tripoli for the third time in less than a week, according to the United Nations-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA). A barrage of Grad rockets hit medical depots from the Al-Khadra General hospital, where over 300 patients were being treated, including two for COVID-19 and many for shrapnel wounds and burns from bombs. The new attack is the fourth such strike on a Tripoli medical facility over the past month, according to local authorities. On March 6 and 7, shells also s...

By: Sammi Ibrahem,Sr On Monday, the Turkish state-run newspaper Sabah reported that Turkish drones destroyed a brigade loyal to Haftar “while trying to escape Surman.” Libya’s U.N.-recognized Government of National Accord said Monday its troops have seized control of two western coastal cities located between the capital Tripoli and the Tunisian border from the Libyan National Army of eastern-based military General Khalifa Haftar. "Our forces took control of Surman and Sabratha and are pursuing [Haftar's forces]," a spokesperson of the GNA Mohammed Gnunu, said in a statement. The official added that their forces also “captured a number of Emirati armored vehicles, Grad missile vehicles, and 10 tanks.” Video footage purportedly showing the captured weaponry was shared on an offi...

By: Sammi Ibrahem,Sr A five-year-old boy from Bangladesh was among the victims, according to the spokesman for Libya's Government of National Accord (GNA). At least seven civilians were killed Saturday in a shelling that targetted a shelter for displaced people in Tripoli's Fornaj district, Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) said Sunday, blaming the tragedy on eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA) under military commander Khalifa Haftar. A five-year-old boy from Bangladesh was among the victims, according to the spokesman for the GNA’s health ministry, Amin al-Hashemi, who wrote on Twitter that 17 other civilians were wounded. Located near a front line, Fornaj district is home to people displaced during earlier bouts of fighting, according to the spokesman...