Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
August 2017 - Libya Special Weapons News
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- ICC issues arrest warrant for Libya commander Press TV 15 Aug 2017 -- The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued a warrant for the arrest of Mahmoud Mustafa Busayf al-Werfalli, a senior Libyan military commander, over the death of 33 people in the war-torn city of Benghazi.
- Libya's General Haftar meets Russian ministers, demands military help Press TV 15 Aug 2017 -- Powerful Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar has met Russian foreign and defense ministers during a visit to Moscow.
- Libyan National Army Head Discussed Possible Russian Military Aid With Lavrov Sputnik 14 Aug 2017 -- Libyan National Army Commander Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar said Monday he raised the issue of Russia providing military help to Libya during his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
- Libyan National Army to Keep Fighting Terrorists to Liberate Country - Haftar Sputnik 14 Aug 2017 -- The commander of the Libyan National Army said that his forces would continue fighting terrorists until taking full control of the country.
- Libyan National Army Head Arrives in Moscow for Talks With Lavrov Sputnik 13 Aug 2017 -- The commander of the Libyan National Army arrived in Moscow for the talks with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
- US Africa Command Confirms Sending Special Forces to Libya to Fight Daesh Sputnik 11 Aug 2017 -- Special forces of the United States and their allies have lately been providing support to Libya's local forces in their fight against the Daesh (banned in Russia) terrorist organization in the country, the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) confirmed to Russia's Izvestiya newspaper on Friday.
- Libyan Army Starts Liberating Derna From Al-Qaeda - Spokesman Sputnik 10 Aug 2017 -- The Libyan National Army (LNA) began military operation to liberate the country's eastern city of Derna from the al-Qaeda terrorist organization (outlawed in Russia), according to the army's spokesman Ahmed Mismari.
- Libya's Derna suffers as Haftar's LNA tightens siege on city Press TV 07 Aug 2017 -- The Libyan National Army (LNA), a militia group led by General Khalifa Haftar, has tightened a crippling siege on the northeastern city of Derna as the renegade military strongman seeks the permanent ouster of rival militia from the region he controls in eastern Libya.
- UN mission to gradually return to Libya: New envoy Press TV 06 Aug 2017 -- The United Nation (UN)'s mission to Libya has announced that it will "gradually" return to the conflict-ridden country after leaving its headquarters in the capital, Tripoli, amid unrest and political violence in 2014.
- Russia denies military presence in Libya Press TV 04 Aug 2017 -- Russia says it has deployed no military specialists to Libya, denying media reports that claimed otherwise.
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