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25 Jan 2021, 5:01 am by Agneska Bloch, Israa Saber
On Jan. 25, Turkey and Greece will begin exploratory talks in an effort to resolve the issues at the root of their often hostile relations. [read post]
17 Sep 2020, 5:14 am by Ali Wyne, Colin P. Clarke
Recent news that China and Iran are close to finalizing an economic and security partnership, initially proposed by Beijing in January 2016, has renewed anxieties among some U.S. observers that Washington is gradually ceding the Middle East to its principal strategic competitor. [read post]
10 May 2020, 7:00 am by Sandy Alkoutami , Frederic Wehrey
But when the eastern-based renegade general Khalifa Haftar launched an unsanctioned military operation in eastern Libya in May 2014, the country entered a second civil war. [read post]
30 Mar 2020, 6:20 am by Daniel Byman, Israa Saber
The West’s open willingness to work with unsavory actors for the sake of counterterrorism has taught warlords, like Libya’s Khalifa Haftar, to present themslves as important in the fight against terrorism in order to gain foreign support. [read post]
26 Feb 2020, 9:44 am by Elliot Setzer
Two Libyan families have filed a U.S. civil lawsuit against Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar and his sons for torturing and killing their relatives, reports Al Jazeera. [read post]
18 Feb 2020, 10:00 am by William Ford
Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) launched an offensive aimed at overthrowing the U.N. [read post]
18 Feb 2020, 8:02 am by Alina Rizvi
  The Libyan National Army, led by commander Khalifa Haftar, are fighting with the internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli since April of last year, with an objective to gain control of the capital. [read post]
24 Jan 2020, 6:00 am by Jeffrey Feltman
The answer rests on what those key external actors, especially those indulging Khalifa Haftar’s bloody fantasy of becoming Libya’s next “dear leader,” do now. [read post]
20 Dec 2019, 4:55 am by Frederica Saini Fasanotti
In April of this year, Libyan Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar—who leads the armed wing of the Tobruk-based House of Representatives—launched an offensive on the capital of Tripoli, marking a major new stage of the country’s now almost eight-year civil war. [read post]
1 Jul 2019, 8:00 am by Ryan J. Farrick
Haftar and his fighters--explicitly endorsed by the White House last April--are responsible for a bombing campaign in that's killed hundreds around the Libyan city of Tripoli. [read post]
9 Jun 2019, 7:00 am by Jason M. Blazakis
Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army have contributed to destabilization and civil war. [read post]
13 May 2019, 4:49 am by Bruce Riedel
Already they have persuaded the president to back the General Khalifa Haftar movement in Libya, which borders Algeria. [read post]
7 May 2019, 5:00 am by Frederica Saini Fasanotti
General Khalifa Haftar started his long march toward power in May 2014. [read post]
19 Apr 2019, 1:25 pm by Matthew Kahn
President Trump on Monday spoke of a “shared vision” for Libya with militia leader Khalifa Haftar, who earlier this month began an offensive against the U.N. [read post]
12 Apr 2019, 8:34 am by Lev Sugarman
The Saudi government offered tens of millions of dollars to Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar, who controls large swaths of territory in Libya, in support of his recent campaign to seize the capital city Tripoli from the internationally-recognized government, according to the Wall Street Journal. [read post]
8 Apr 2019, 12:42 pm by Lev Sugarman
The Libyan National Army, under control of General Khalifa Haftar, advanced outside of its zone of territorial control in the east towards Tripoli, as fighting escalated between Libya’s two competing governments, according to Reuters. [read post]
19 Aug 2018, 7:00 am by Rhiannon Smith, Jason Pack
The Paris conference brought together the three heads of Libya’s legitimate political entities under the LPA—GNA Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj (the executive), HoR President Agilah Saleh (the legislative), and president of the advisory body, the High Council of State (HCS), Khaled Mishri—along with Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar (military), the commander of the so-called Libyan National Army (LNA) forces based in Eastern Libya. [read post]
8 Jul 2018, 7:00 am by Kimberly Marten
A different group, RSB, aided regional strongman Khalifa Haftar in Libya. [read post]
30 May 2018, 10:20 am by J. Dana Stuster
-backed government in Tripoli, Aguila Saleh Issa, the speaker of the parliament in Tobruk, and Khalifa Haftar, the ailing strongman who heads the Libyan National Army, among others. [read post]
17 Apr 2018, 7:00 am by J. Dana Stuster
Khalifa Haftar, the powerful head of the Libyan National Army, hospitalized for urgent medical care, experts are concerned that a vacuum could soon emerge, and renewed violence with it. [read post]