On June 5, militias affiliated with the Government of National Accord (GNA), a UN-backed interim government based in Tripoli, pushed into Tarhuna following a retreat by the Libyan National Army (LNA), led by Benghazi-based Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar.
The largest export from Kosovo, the smallest country in the Balkans, has long been metals. However, it is the country’s export of foreign fighters to Syria which is causing an increasing number of sleepless nights for officials in Pristina.
Fedaa Majzoub a “mainstream” Imam in Australia is connected with two of Turkish president Erdogan’s senior advisors involved in funneling weapons from Libya to Syria through Turkey according to a secret police report leaked from the files of the Turkish intelligence.
On 9th April, the former Pakistani Taliban spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan gave a rare interview to the Investigative Journal since his escape from the army’s custody on 11 January.
The drive from Benghazi to Derna, a port city in Eastern Libya is stunning. After passing through the al Kouf valley, the route continues past picturesque Greek ruins and down a coastal highway overlooking the vast, blue Mediterranean.
Al Hol camp in Northeastern Syria holds holds more than 68,000 mostly ISIS-linked detainees. The Investigative Journal has made three trips to the camp over the past several months.
An estimated 5000 Syrian mercenaries have been sent to Libya by Turkey to fight in support of Tripoli’s Government of National Accord (GNA) since December 2019.
As Syrian and Russian forces bombard Idlib and the Aleppo countryside, thousands of militants from the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (TFSA) who would presumably be defending these areas in Syria are instead in Libya.
At the same time Pakistan is claiming to take action against banned militant organizations on its soil to avoid being blacklisted by the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the international watchdog that monitors efforts by countries in curbing terror financing
On January 19th, the German government hosted the two main warring parties in Libya, the Libyan National Army (LNA), and the Government of National Accord (GNA),to discuss the implementation of a ceasefire.
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