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ليبيا جميلة شرقاً وغرباً ـ لقطات من برقة
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Berlin Conference on Libya, January 19th, 2020 - Recommendations
My recent visit to Eastern Libya, October 20th - November 25th, 2019
I recently returned from an extended visit to Eastern Libya at the invitation of Libyan Interim Government. I learned much about the House of Representatives (HoR) through its President Counsel Aguila Saleh, met and held long discussions with Prime Minister Abdullah Al-Thani, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulhadi Lahweej, and some members of the Libyan National Army.
48 hours after a White House delegation met with General Khalifa Haftar, Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) in Amman, Jordan on November 24th, I had the benefit of a meeting with U.S officials in Tunis. They expressed concerns over the presence of Russian solders in LNA ranks and increased civilian casualties. In April, General Haftar launched a military campaign to capture Tripoli from the Government of National Accords (GNA). Learning from four years of experience fighting a war against hundreds of Islamic terrorists in eastern Libya, in Derna and Benghazi, Haftar is more cautious about committing more civilian casualties in his pursuit of Tripoli. Much of historical Benghazi was leveled to the ground from airstrikes in pursuit of Islamic extremists in 2014. (See video clips below)
Devastation, City of Benghazi
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Devastation, City of Benghazi
Much of historical Benghazi was leveled to the ground from airstrikes by General Haftar forces in pursuit of Islamic extremists in 2014 - 2015 |
Driving in the Center of Benghazi
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Devastation, Center of Benghazi
Much of historical Benghazi was leveled to the ground from airstrikes by General Haftar forces in pursuit of Islamic extremists in 2014 - 2015 |
Benghazi: The Forgotten City
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Benghazi: The Forgotten City
by: Aya Burweila The film was produced and narrated by Aya Burweil, a Libyan Political Activist and a renowned Expert in Terrorism & Radicalization. Ms. Burweila is the Founder & Head of Operations at Code on the Road. On October, 14th, 2019, Code on the Road’s bid to bring its programs to Benghazi, Libya and the wider region was announced as the First Place Winner of the Harvard Arab Alumni Association’s 3arabi Impact Initiative competition. |
Who else to blame for Libya's mess ?
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Migrants, slave and Human trafficking
Al-Jazeera English interviews Omar Turbi on migrants, slave and human trafficking in Libya. Human trafficking lords in the Island of Malta, and Italy profit from the flow of African migrants from the Sub Sahara to Libya through to Europe. What is the solution so that Libya can realize peace soon ? and How ? November 28th, 2017 |
Has ISIS been removed from Libya?
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ISIS & Libya
Al-Jazeera English interviews Omar Turbi on ISIS in Libya. Has ISIS been removed from Libya? Can Libya realize peace any time soon ? and How ? December 6th, 2o16 |
Current Libya crisis
"It has become abundantly clear, three years after the fall of the Qaddafi regime; the Libyan people have not been able to establish viable democratic institutions, and a functioning state. The crisis at present has reached alarming levels and threatens the peace and security, not only of Libya but also of North Africa, the Sahel countries and the Mediterranean. The prospects of an intractable crisis are looming, and Libya is on the brink of becoming a failed state at the center of a critical region of the World." June 25, 2014 ...... Continued proposed UN intervention in a testimony to the U.S Congress, June 25, 2014
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Sir David Frost Host of Frost on the World - Al-Jazeera English discusses Libya's post-Gaddafi future with Omar Turbi, advisor to the National Transitional Council (NTC). London, November 26th, 2011 Discusses the newly formed Libyan government headed by Dr. Abdelrahim Alkeib and the future of Libya.
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