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UNSMIL Expresses Concern Over Threats to Oil Production Format The United Nations Support Mission in Libya expresses its concern regarding the recent shutdown in oil production at Marsa al-Hariga and indications that other shutdowns may be imminent. The uninterrupted production of oil as well as maintaining the independence and impartiality of the NOC remains a vital cornerstone to the economic, social and political stability of Libya. It is incumbent on all parties to ensure that the NOC remai...

UN concerned over halt of oil production in eastern Libya NOHA ELHENNAWY, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations voiced concern Thursday over the recent halt of oil production at a Libyan eastern terminal and more imminent shutdowns of oil facilities prompted by a budget dispute. On Monday, Libyas National Oil Corporation said it had interrupted crude oil production and exportation from Marsa Al Hariga port, citing the Central Bank of Libya’s refusal to pay o...

This Libyan MiG Shootdown by F-14s Was Both Heroic and Gooned Up Off the waist catapults, launches an F-14B Tomcat assigned to Fighter Squadron THREE TWO (VF-32), (Swordsmen,) during flight operations onboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), on Dec. 26, 2004. (Philip V. Morrill/U.S. Navy) 22 Apr 2021 We Are The Mighty | By Ward Carroll Back in the ’80s – before 9/11 when the U.S. military’s focus shifted completely to the...

(April 23, 2021) This week, 80 years ago, the Siege of Tobruk was entering its third week. Before it was lifted, 241 days would pass. The garrison consisted of soldiers of the 9th Australian Division, together with an Indian cavalry brigade, commanded by Maj. Gen. Leslie Morshead, nicknamed, by his troops, “Ming the Merciless.” Soon, the defenders would earn the sobriquet “Rats of Tobruk,” courtesy of the traitorous Nazi radio announcer William Joyce, a/k/a “Lord Haw-Ha...

Libya Economic Monitor, Spring 2021 Format EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Libya entered 2020 as a divided nation, with competing political and military factions operating redundant and often conflicting systems of governance. The Government of National Accord (GNA) controlled the country’s western regions around the capital Tripoli, while the Interim Government (IG), backed by the Libyan National Army (LNA), controlled most of the eastern, central, and southern parts of the country. The separate controlli...

Chad’s French-backed President Idriss Déby dies fighting opposition militia Chadian President Marshal Idriss Déby Itno died yesterday from wounds sustained Monday while fighting the rebel Force for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT) militia in northern Chad. His son Mahamat Idriss Déby, aged 37, seized power at the head of a military commission staffed with 15 hand-picked generals. Military spokesman General Azem Bermandoa Agouna issued a communiqué yesterday, declaring: “The president o...

April 21, 2021 Image: JGC Libyan-based oil and gas exploration and production company, Waha Oil Company, has reopened its gas production plant, int the Jalu Oilfield in Libya. The plant has been closed for 18 months due to maintenance and despite the lack of spare parts and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic causing delays, maintenance work has been finalized. The production plant’s reopening is expected to significantly increase the country’s gas production capacity, boosting eco...

Listen to the story. Chadian President Idriss Déby arrives for a group photograph during the G5 Sahel summit, in Nouakchott, Mauritania, on June 30, 2020. Déby, who ruled the central African nation for more than three decades, was killed on the battlefield on April 20, 2021, in a fight against rebels, the countrys top military commander announced on national TV and radio. Credit: Share For days, as Chad’s military clashed with rebels north of the capital N’djamena, the governmen...

Response to "What is Progressive Realism" ["But the article was essentially about describing the differences between schools of thought while obviously giving evidence the author thought supported a different school than has predominated and was making a case for trying something different"] Robert Wright in the 2nd paragraph makes "realist" a synonym for Kissingers cynical "realpolitik", thus loading any "realist" with the baggage of Kissingers policies in Vietnam, turning a blind eye to dis...

Published date: 20 April 2021 14:46 UTC | Last update: 2 hours 3 min ago When Tekle learned that Kidane Zekarias Habtemariam, the head of a brutal human trafficking ring, was arrested by Ethiopian police in February 2020 and set to appear in court, he was elated. The 29-year-old Ethiopian migrant in Libya says that he was tortured and starved for months in a warehouse in Libya at the hands of Kidane. “Of course, I was happy. Kidane was responsible fo...