Libya

Submitted by Steve Brown…
This title is not intended to trivialize the very serious nature of the deadly conflict in Libya; the situation is an ever-escalating humanitarian disaster, and has been since US State and NATO destroyed the country in 2011.

The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the rising tensions in the Mediterranean as Turkey has now overtly entered the Libyan conflict, supporting the GNA-Tripoli government.
Erdogan is laying claim to a large swath of the Mediterranean sea, from Turkey’s south to Libya’s western port, covering Greek and Cypriot maritime territory, and irking France, Israel and Egypt in the process.

Submitted by InfoBrics, authored by Paul Antonopoulos, Research Fellow at the Center for Syncretic Studies…

Antiwar.com reports…
Eight months into Khalifa Hafter’s attempt to invade and occupy the Libyan capital of Tripoli, the general has given a televised address saying this is the “zero hour” for the battle, and that he believes his forces will capture the city shortly.

INTRODUCTION TO THIS UPDATED REPUBLICATION

NATO leaders’ meeting at The Grove hotel and resort in Watford, north of London, on December 4, 2019 (Al Drago for The New York Times)

NATO has celebrated its 70th Birthday in London this week. It’s an anniversary, by rights, but it shouldn’t have reached.  

By Paul Antonopoulos | December 4, 2019 Tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean are rapidly rising after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with a Libyan official of the internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA), based in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, in Ankara last week. They agreed on their own Economic Exclusive Zone that […]