Herland Report: Libya, the Middle East biggest Proxy War: Russia threatens Allied Tripoli control amid US riots: General Khalifa Haftar, the commander of the Libyan National Army army, supported by Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt and other nations, is progressing to the point of threatening Western control over the nation. Haftar already controls much of the Libyan oil and …
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The NATO Libya war in 2011 sent the country spiraling into chaos and civil war, now characterized by militia rule, sectarianism and proxy war. The United Nations, in the form of its specific Libyan body, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) expressed its ‘‘strong condemnation of the violence, intimidation and obstruction to the work of Libya’s sovereign institutions …
Read More »Herland Report: “Killings and torture are being committed with impunity by all sides in Libya, according to a UN report. Human rights violations carried out by armed groups battling for control of the country could amount to war crimes, the report says. Victims include detainees, journalists and human rights activists. Scores of people have been tortured and killed,” wrote …
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