Search: Khalifa Haftar,Libya (5 materials)

Libya Interregnum

... candidates mostly concerned the backgrounds of potential applicants. According to Al Jazeera , the High Council of State insists that members of the military should not be allowed to run for presidency, which is a clear shot at the Supreme Leader of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Khalifa Haftar, a loyalist to the parliament who controls the country’s east. The uncertainty surrounding the new date for the election has already had a negative impact on the socio-political situation in the country, which had somewhat settled down ...

26.07.2022

Russia's “Wait and See” Policies and the Libyan Settlement

... difference in approaches is the support Paris and Rome have given to different parties. Analysts agree that Italy relies mainly on Sarraj's GNA, which Rome sees as a tool to solve migration problems. At the same time, it is assumed that France supports the Libyan National Army led by Khalifa Haftar, considering it effective in the fight against terrorism. Turkey’s blunt support for the GNA may have played a role in the Macron-Erdogan war of words during the NATO summit in December 2019. The conflicting positions of intra-European ...

23.12.2019

March to Tripoli, or a Third Civil War in Libya: Initial Results

... financial costs of the military campaign. Indeed, without proper funding, the LNA, which claims to be a regular army, will split into factions and groups with different ideologies. Elisabeth Barbier, Special Envoy of France to Libya: We do not believe that Khalifa Haftar can conquer Libya (2017) Faultline: The Salafists Versus the Muslim Brotherhood At the same time, the advantage that the LNA had thanks to the deliveries of weapons and military equipment from its allies could be negated by the fact that Turkey started supplying ...

13.06.2019

Haftar’s and Macron’s Shared PR

The Consequences of the Paris Declaration for Finding a Consensus in Libya On July 25, 2017, negotiations were held between Prime Minister of the Government of National Accord of Libya (GNA) Fayez al-Sarraj and Head of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar in La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France, under the aegis of the President of France Emmanuel Macron. The two iconic figures of modern Libyan politics both appeared at the joint press conference that was held following the meeting and even shook ...

30.08.2017

Playing Pick-Up-Sticks in Libya

... closely related to the search for reliable partners among the key actors in the longstanding confrontation. Russia has also been taking part. Over the past six months, experts and news agencies in Russia and around the world have been actively touting Khalifa Haftar as the “most likely” person to potentially unify the Libyan nation as well as the potential leader of a new Libya who is backed by Moscow. However, upon closer examination of the situation in the country, and given the specific features of the country and the various interests pursued by external actors,...

06.06.2017

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