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Ankara launches major offensive in Libya

The Libyan National Army command possessed information on preparations for a decisive offensive in Tripoli by the Government of National Accord. The official statement was made by General Ahmad …

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• 02.03.2020 09:07

  North Korea launches unidentified shell

  North Korea launched two unidentified shells, in the direction of the Sea of Japan, the South Korean Committee of Chiefs of Staff reported on Monday. According to the agency, launches were made from …

• 26.02.2020 09:06

  Saudi Arabia's new Minister of Investment Al Falih to work on implementing Vision 2030

  Saudi Arabia's former Energy Minister Khalid Al Falih who has been appointed as Minister of Investment will work on attracting investment for implementing the Vision 2030 plan. In his statement on …

• 25.02.2020 09:59

  Libyan parliament suspends participation in political intra-Libyan talks in Geneva

  Libya’s House of Representatives (internationally recognized parliament) decided on Monday to suspend participation in the political track of intra-Libyan talks in Geneva, the first round of …

• 25.02.2020 09:53

  Turkey closes border with Iran over coronavirus outbreak

  Turkey has announced the border with Iran will be closed in the face of a spike in confirmed coronavirus cases in Iran, the Turkish Interior Ministry said on Sunday. "The Turkish-Iranian border has …

• 19.02.2020 10:18

  Libya's Government of National Accord withdraws from Joint Military Commission

  Libya's Government of National Accord headed by Fayez al-Sarraj has announced withdrawal from the work of the Joint Military Commission in Geneva after the Libyan National Army (LNA) shelled the port …

• 18.02.2020 10:35

  Libya’s interim foreign policy chief dismisses Erdogan’s accusations against Moscow

  The foreign policy chief at Libya’s interim cabinet, Abdelhadi Al Houij, dismissed on Monday Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s claims that Moscow is "managing" the conflict in Libya …

• 17.02.2020 13:06

  NATO has no plans to provide military support to Turkey in Idlib

  NATO has no plans to provide Ankara with military support if Turkey launches a military operation in northern Syria, a diplomatic source from a NATO country told TASS on Monday. "NATO countries will …

• 17.02.2020 10:35

  Situation in Libya didn’t change after Berlin conference

  The state of affairs in Libya has not transformed following the Berlin conference on Libya, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Italian La Stampa newspaper published on …

• 14.02.2020 15:43

  Reaction of Islamic world to 'deal of the century' was definitively negative

  The reaction of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to the Israeli-Palestinian settlement plan proposed by the United States — the so-called "deal of the century" — was …

• 12.02.2020 17:30

  Putin, Italian prime minister exchange views on Libya

  Russian President Vladimir Putin and Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte held a phone conversation to exchange views on the situation in Libya, the Kremlin press service said on Wednesday. "A …