The feeble government in Tripoli is losing ground to General Khalifa Haftar’s forces ahead of yet another round of UN-backed talks, eight years after NATO’s “humanitarian” intervention plunged the North African country into chaos. Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) moved west and engaged “illegal” armed groups, LNA spokesman Ahmed Mismari told al-Arabiya[…]
US-backed Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido has announced “tactical actions” by his supporters will begin next week after a nationwide protest, part of his “Operation Freedom” designed to topple President Nicolas Maduro. The ominously vague “tactical action” relies on the organization of so-called “Aid and Freedom Committees,” according to a tweet from[…]
Russia is opposed to any efforts by the US to use ‘humanitarian aid’ as a pretext to intervene in Venezuela, Deputy FM Sergey Ryabkov told US special envoy Elliott Abrams, adding that Moscow will protect its interests there. The diplomats met in Rome on Tuesday to discuss the increasing tensions[…]
Qatar has accused Saudi Arabia of trying to engineer “regime change” during its four-month blockade of its Gulf neighbour. Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani told CNBC on Tuesday that Riyadh is attempting to destabilise Qatar’s leadership. “We see [Saudi] government officials talking about regime change… We see[…]
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