Oorlog in Libi� #118 Vrede s.v.p

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Op maandag 11 april 2016 16:37 schreef Perrin het volgende:

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Op maandag 11 april 2016 16:54 schreef Perrin het volgende:

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Kan nog beide: Hij had er geen rekening mee gehouden dat de Europeanen er z�'n puinzooi van zouden maken

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Libyan forces enter main Islamic State bastion

BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) -- Libyan forces loyal to a U.N.-brokered government have advanced deep inside the coastal city of Sirte, the main stronghold of the Islamic State group's local affiliate, officials said Wednesday.

Brig. Gen. Mohammed al-Ghasri told The Associated Press that forces have seized a key bridge inside the city where the extremists used to hang the bodies of their enemies, and are only five kilometers (three miles) from the city center and Zafrana square, where IS killed prisoners convicted by its self-styled Islamic courts.

Sirte is the only IS-held city outside Syria and Iraq, and was seen as a possible fallback option for the capital of its self-styled caliphate. The extremists are currently struggling to fend off advances on a number of fronts, including in the Iraqi city of Fallujah and the northern Syrian provinces of Aleppo and Raqqa.

Al-Ghasri said the fighting on Wednesday killed five of his fighters and wounded another 25.

Another official said the forces, mainly militiamen from the nearby city of Misrata, had encountered little resistance in recent days aside from roadside bombs. Warplanes have supported the advance, bombing IS positions and destroying a car bomb the extremists had prepared to use against the advancing forces.

The official said the Libyan forces are now closing in on the IS group's headquarters in the Ouagadougou convention center, one of the city's main landmarks. They are also making their way toward the port. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief the press.

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alwasatengnews twitterde op woensdag 08-06-2016 om 18:12:46 Binyan Marsoos Forces (Unity Govt) liberate the Tagreft camp, Ghribat bridge in #Sirte & town of Abu Hadi from #ISIS https://t.co/9IyB59Asx2 reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 8 juni 2016 20:07 schreef Szura het volgende:
Hoe zit dat nou met die twee regeringen/parlementen in Tripoli en Tobruk die er al waren voordat de regering van nationale eenheid is ingevlogen? Zijn die allemaal al ontbonden?

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Lyobserver twitterde op woensdag 08-06-2016 om 21:27:23 Misrata-led forces control Zafaran roundabout, where ISIS executions were held, with only 5km remained to citycenter https://t.co/zQfJZ8GFRf reageer retweet

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Lyobserver twitterde op woensdag 08-06-2016 om 21:41:15 #ISIS suffers big blow in #Sirte today after losing more than 5 strategic locations with the liberation of entire city is now imminent reageer retweet

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Eljarh twitterde op donderdag 09-06-2016 om 14:15:58 Following IS fighters retreat from town of Harawah to #Sirte, the town is now under forces loyal to the GNA. #Libya #ISIS reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 9 juni 2016 16:52 schreef Zalmplaat010 het volgende:

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Interessant wat zijn je verwachtingen voor Libi�? Het stond op de rand van een burgeroorlog, gelukkig is het geen 2'e Syri� geworden, want het land is best belangrijk, ook voor de stabiliteit in Tunesi� is een veilig Libi� een must.

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Ik ben er ooit eens op vakantie geweest Libi�, vond het een bijzonder land met een aardige bevolking.

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Gaddafi son Saif al-Islam 'released' from Libya jail, his lawyer tells FRANCE 24

Muammar Gaddafi’s most prominent son has been released by his Libyan jailors, his lawyer at the ICC has told FRANCE 24. Saif al-Islam was sentenced to death in 2015 for crimes committed during the revolution that overthrew his father.

The former Libyan dictator’s second son "was given his liberty on April 12, 2016", lawyer Karim Khan said Wednesday, adding that Saif al-Islam was released under an amnesty and "in accordance with (Libyan) law".

Khan declined to say whether he had spoken to his client, saying only that he "is well and safe and in Libya".

Saif al-Islam, who was regarded as Gaddafi’s likeliest successor, had been held since 2011 by a militia in Zintan, in a mountainous western region beyond the control of authorities in the capital, Tripoli.

He was sentenced to death in absentia by a court in Tripoli in July 2015 for his part in the killing of protesters during the uprising that toppled his father, but the sentence wasn’t carried through.

The verdict had drawn condemnation abroad, with Human Rights Watch saying the trial was riddled with legal flaws and carried out amid widespread lawlessness undermining the credibility of the judiciary.

The proceedings began in April 2014 before fighting between rival factions in Tripoli erupted, and the power struggle has loomed large in the unravelling of state authority around the vast, oil-producing North African country.

Saif al-Islam is also wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, which issued an arrest warrant in 2011 on preliminary charges of crimes against humanity, murder and persecution for being part of the inner circle of his father’s regime.

Khan said he would file an application to make the ICC case inadmissable, arguing that his client has already been tried by his home country.

Invoking the principle of "double jeopardy", he said: "It is prohibited to try an individual twice for the same offense".

Asked whether dropping charges against Saif al-Islam would hurt reconciliation efforts in the war-torn country, the lawyer said it was "up to Libyans to decide what is best for peace and reconciliation", not the ICC.

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MENASTREAM twitterde op dinsdag 06-12-2016 om 17:15:27 #Libya-#BREAKING: Last buildings under the control of #ISIS finally declared liberated by #BAM forces after a 7-month long battle for #Sirte reageer retweet

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Rana_J01 twitterde op dinsdag 06-12-2016 om 18:14:36 Forces fighting IS in #Sirte have now taken over last area/buildings where militants were still holding out, a spokesman confirms. #Libya reageer retweet

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Rana_J01 twitterde op dinsdag 06-12-2016 om 18:17:16 Ahmed Hadia to BBC: "our forces in control in Sirte now, but doesn't mean military Ops have ended..too early to speak of 'liberation' #Libya reageer retweet

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A Trumpian Peace Deal in Libya?

Why Tripoli Needs an Unorthodox Approach.

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Beyond Islamists & Autocrats

Struggling to Advance in Post-Spring Libya

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After long Benghazi campaign, Libyan commander eyes capital

Buoyed by the end of a long military campaign in Benghazi and new signs of foreign support, Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar has been signaling his intent to extend his power to the capital, Tripoli.

Haftar, a one-time ally of Muammar Gaddafi who fell out with the former Libyan leader in the 1980s, emerged as a strongman in eastern Libya over the past three years, using the Benghazi campaign to build up his forces whilst shunning a U.N.-mediated peace plan.

His strategy now appears to be to forge the kind of local alliances used to advance into key oil ports and parts of the south over the past year. But it is a strategy that would be higher risk and harder to achieve in the capital.

It also remains unclear how any move on Tripoli would materialize, and whether Haftar will shift to politics by standing in elections.

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Op vrijdag 21 juli 2017 20:30 schreef Szura het volgende:
Haftar en Serraj spreken elkaar volgende week ook in Parijs:

https://www.reuters.com/a(...)france-idUSKBN1A5285

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Libya's neighbors and regional powers have often differed on how to help. Egypt and the UAE are closer to Haftar and his anti-Islamist militant campaign while Seraj is loosely supported by militias in the west of the vast country that include Islamist groups backed by Turkey and Qatar.

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Libyan rival leaders agree to ceasefire after Macron-hosted talks

Libya’s two main rival leaders have agreed to call a ceasefire and hold elections early next year after a meeting in Paris hosted by the French president, Emmanuel Macron.

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On paper, the agreement represents a step towards a political settlement to end years of violence – but previous peace deals since the 2011 fall of the dictator Muammar Gaddafi have not been honoured, and the absence of a specific date for proposed new elections will be seen as a diplomatic disappointment.

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The ceasefire does not cover efforts either by Haftar or Sarraj militias to counter terrorism, a phrasing that will leave both sides free to interpret legitimate targets. It is also contingent on Sarraj’s ability to persuade all Tripoli’s powerful militias, many opposed to his rule, to lay down their arms, with many doubting they will do so.

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Op dinsdag 4 september 2018 17:41 schreef LXIV het volgende:
We zijn nu ongeveer 7 jaar verder. Ik weet nog goed dat de usuele suspects (remlof c.s.) warme voorstanders waren van ingrijpen. Wat behalve een nog steeds voortdurende burgeroorlog en een vrije toegang tot Europa voor Afrikaanse migranten is nu precies bereikt?