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President Obama reportedly has signed an intelligence finding that authorizes U.S. support for Syrian rebels seeking to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad’s dictatorship. It remains unclear what is included in this “covert” aid, publicized in what looks like another leak, or when the finding was signed.
Although Libya has rid itself of the Moammar Gadhafi regime, it faces an uncertain future endangered by radical Islamist factions, warring militia commanders, tribal rivalries, a lack of democratic traditions, and a civil society ravaged by decades of authoritarian rule. Last week, two militias clashed violently in a turf war in Tripoli, the Libyan capital.
Manchester bomber Salman Abedi, Reading knifeman Khairi Saadallah and London Bridge terrorist Rachid Redouane all fought with Islamist groups in the UK’s 2011 war in Libya Another veteran was Tunisian terrorist Seifeddine Rezgui who mowed down 30 Britons on a beach six years ago next month Qatar provided arms and money to the Libyan rebels in 2011 with the blessing of David Cameron’s government Britain likely had covert contacts with the Islamist forces and may even have been involved in training them While David Cameron faces awkward questions about his role in political lobbying, he i...
December 31, 2020 at 7:30 am For the first time in about six years, an Egyptian delegation visited Tripoli, Libya, in an attempt to improve relations between Egypt and the Government of National Accord (GNA) – Libya's only United Nations (UN)-recognised government in the war-torn country. The two-day visit focused on technical issues like the reopening of the Egyptian embassy in Tripoli, which closed in 2014, and the possibility of allowing Libyan Airlines to land in Cairo instead of Alexandria, where all Libyan flights have been landing for over seven years. Such a visit is a huge breakt...