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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]
7 May 2019, 5:00 am by Frederica Saini Fasanotti
General Khalifa Haftar started his long march toward power in May 2014. [read post]
8 Sep 2017, 8:00 am by Elissa Miller
The most troubling aspect of Johnson’s visit was his meeting with Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, the rogue figure who leads the Libyan National Army in the east and refuses to recognize the U.N. [read post]
Amnesty International Monday accused armed group Tariq Ben Zeyad (TBZ) of committing war crimes and other human rights abuses to enforce the reign of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF) and its leader Khalifa Haftar. [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]
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]
7 May 2017, 7:00 am by Alex Thurston
In the northeast was the internationally-recognized House of Representatives and the Libyan National Army, led by a retired general named Khalifa Haftar. [read post]
5 Feb 2021, 8:56 am by Alexei Abrahams, Joey Shea
In June 2020, forces aligned with Libyan General Khalifa Haftar suffered further losses in Libya’s long civil war. [read post]
15 Jun 2021, 3:51 pm by Tom Smith
The incident took place in March 2020, when soldiers with the Government of National Accord (GNA) were battling troops supporting the Libyan National Army of Khalifa Haftar (called Haftar Affiliated Forces, or HAF, in the report). [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]
-backed Presidential Council (PC) in Tripoli and switch their allegiance to the eastern strongman General Khalifa Haftar. [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]
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]
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]
In contrast, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt supported the rival eastern administration backed by renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar. [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]
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]
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]
12 Sep 2016, 8:43 am by Beverly Milton-Edwards
France also supports the powerful General Khalifa Haftar, who continues to reject the GNA. [read post]