Libya: UAE air strikes On July 5, Al-Watiya airbase in north-west Libya was attacked and some equipment air defense systems were damaged. The air base came under attack for the first time since May 18, when it was liberated from the illegal armed groups of Khalifa Haftar. Later, representatives of the Government of National Accord (GNA) of Libya blamed the ...
Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan agree to resume GERD negotiations On June 26, the African Union organized a “mini-summit” with leaders from Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan, South Africa, Kenya, DR Congo and Mali. As a result of negotiations on GERD – Ethiopia’s Blue Nile HPP – Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan decided to form a legal and technical committee to work out ...
China-EU-USA: an attempt to reach an agreement Over the past week, Chinese and European diplomats have agreed on a joint video conference to cool tensions. After a string of accusations and scandals about the Coronavirus, this will be the first attempt at constructive negotiations. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and Charles Michel, President of the European ...
New coronavirus outbreak in China China, the first to defeat the dangerous wave of coronavirus, has taken new tough measures in response to the discovery of new Covid-19 infections in Beijing. It all started with the detection of the virus on a salmon board in the Xinfadi market, Fengtai, Beijing’s largest wholesale market. According to the press service of the ...
Libyan front: Erdogan and Sarraj’s meeting, the GNA’s advancement, Haftar in Egypt On June 4, the Government of National Accord secured complete control of Tripoli. Last week, the GNA launched a large offensive on the LNA – as a result on June 6, the GNA entered Sirte (the hometown of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi). The LNA captured Sirte in ...
Coronavirus By the end of the week, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the world was almost 1,700.00 while deaths have exceeded 106,138. The European region (with over 880,000 cases) remains the record holder, followed by the American regions (over 573,000). The largest number of infected in the USA is more than 492.00 cases (according to official statistics alone, ...
New emergency measures for the coronavirus According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University, over 335 thousand have now been infected with the coronavirus. So far more than 14.6 thousand people died, and more than 95 thousand have recovered. The executive director of the WHO’s health emergencies program Michael Ryan said it would be at least a year before the new ...
The Idlib crisis continues The Presidents of Turkey and the US – Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Donald Trump – discussed the problems of Libya and Syria during a telephone conversation this week. In the course of the conversation, they noted the need for stability in Libya and an end to escalation in Idlib. In addition, the leaders agreed to resume ...