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Thani’s Parliament Picks Controversial General as Libyan Army Chief
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A Libyan soldier, loyal to #Libya's internationally-recognized government and General #Khalifa_Haftar, monitors a street from his sniper nest in the eastern coastal city of Benghazi on February 28, 2015. AFP/Abdullah Doma.

Former Libyan general Khalifa Haftar was appointed as army commander for the country’s internationally-recognized government on Monday, in a decision that may complicate #UN talks to end fighting in Libya. The appointment of Haftar, a former Gaddafi ally who later became his enemy and in 2011 joined the revolt against the Libyan leader, is likely to stoke tensions with the Tripoli government, which sees his rise as a sign that the old guard is gaining strength. read (...)

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#Libya PM says ready for dialogue with rivals
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Libya’s internationally recognized Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani said Wednesday he was ready to talk to militias who control most of his country if “all sides” made concessions. Al-Thani’s government took refuge in the remote eastern town of of Tobruk in August after Islamist-led militia seized the capital #Tripoli and then set up a rival administration. “We open the doors of dialogue with our brothers on the condition that there be concessions from all sides,” he told reporters at Khartoum airport as he ended a three-day visit to #Sudan. read more

Forty-three dead, over 100 wounded in #Benghazi clashes
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Chief of Staff of the Libyan Armed Forces, Major-General Abdessalem Jadallah al-Salihin (L) looks on as #Libya's interim premier Abdullah al-Thani, speaks during a press conference in Tripoli on the security situation in the country’s eastern coastal city of Benghazi on May 16, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Mahmud Turkia) Chief of Staff of the Libyan Armed Forces, Major-General Abdessalem Jadallah al-Salihin (L) looks on as Libya’s interim premier Abdullah al-Thani, speaks during a press conference in Tripoli on the security situation in the country’s eastern coastal city of Benghazi on May 16, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Mahmud Turkia)

The death toll from clashes in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi has risen to 43 from 19 and more than (...)

Libyan parliament sacks prime minister over failure to control #oil_ports
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The Libyan parliament voted Tuesday to oust Prime Minister Ali Zeidan amid anger at his government’s failure to stop eastern rebels from independently exporting oil. Libyan state television said Defense Minister Abdullah al-Thani will become acting prime minister. “The Congress voted to withdraw its confidence in the prime minister by 124 votes,” MP Suleiman al-Zubi told AFP. Defense Minister Abdullah al-Thani was named interim premier for the two weeks that General National Congress now has to agree on a permanent replacement, he added. read more

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