An air defense system that was available to the forces of the Government of the National Accord [GNA] of Libya shot down a helicopter carrying Russian mercenaries from the private paramilitary company Wagner.
There is strategic consensus among political elites currently ruling the Islamic Republic of Iran and Turkey states. Despite of few turmoil, both states want to retain cordial relations that can lead towards the support of each other’s national sovereignty and stability.
Some factions seen courting Qatar but Ankara sticks with Fathi Bashagha as its man in Libya.
More signs of sharp divisions and rifts between power figures in western Libya are quickly emerging.
Tous les indicateurs devraient fortement se dégrader en 2020 à cause de la crise sanitaire et des mesures des autorités, avant de se redresser en 2021.
Plus sombres qu’en juin dernier, les nouvelles prévisions macroéconomiques pour le Maroc prévoient une récession plus brutale pour 2020 à cause de la crise sanitaire. L’économie du pays devrait se contracter de 6,3 %, et non de 5,2 % comme la banque centrale marocaine l’avait annoncé, en raison d’un « redémarrage plus lent que prévu » face à la pandémie. Des prévisions amenées à évoluer tant la situation est encore incertaine.
The agreement appears to be on hold because of the opposition of prominent figures in Fayez al-Sarraj’s Government of National Accord (GNA).
The Turkish news agency Anadolu has accused Russia of sending several hundred Syrian mercenaries to eastern Libya.
Anadolu claims that according to local sources, about four hundred Syrians have already arrived in Libya. It is reported that all these people are mercenaries and were trained in a special camp near the Syrian city of Kamyshly. The Turkish agency claims that the instructors for the Syrian fighters were Russian officers. After training, all the cadets were sent to Khmeimim, and from there they were transferred to Libya.
On September 21, the military junta that overthrew the Mali government of President Ibrahim Keita announced a transitional government. It is headed by retired Colonel Bah N’Daw, with junta leader Colonel Assimi Goïta as his vice president.
After a trip around South America, the USS Tripoli has arrived in San Diego and will be used to deploy Marines and their aircraft worldwide.
The America Class amphibious assault ship – the only one of its kind in San Diego – was virtually commissioned July 15 at its shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. The ship arrived in San Diego on Sept. 18.
LIBYA moved closer to reopening its battered oil industry after the state energy firm said it would resume exports, though only from fields and ports that are free of foreign mercenaries and other fighters.
The Head of the High Council of State Khalid Al-Mishri rejected Sunday the deal made by the member of the Presidential Council Ahmed Mitig and Khalifa Haftar’s son Khalid to resume oil production and exports, saying in a letter to the Presidential Council Head and members – two days after the deal was announced – that the deal violated Libyan Political Agreement laws.