Khalifa Haftar, Libya’s strongest warlord, makes a push for Tripoli

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Khalifa Haftar, Libya’s strongest warlord, makes a push for Tripoli
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Plans for a UN peace conference are in disarray amid fears of a bloody battle for the capital

KHALIFA HAFTAR’S decision would be troubling enough under normal circumstances. On April 4th Libya’s strongest warlord ordered his men to march on Tripoli. His self-styled Libyan National Army already controls the east and took the south in a lightning offensive earlier this year. Now it turns to the capital, home to a weak United Nations-backed government that has no army of its own. A spokesman claims the LNA already controls three towns along a highway to Tripoli.

Many foreign powers involved in Libya have tolerated or encouraged the general’s machinations. France hopes he can bring other militias to heel. Egypt and the United Arab Emirates share his anti-Islamist politics. Russia has also sold weapons to General Haftar. All mistakenly thought they could control him, not least by threatening to restrict oil exports, and prevent the opening of a western front in Libya’s long-running conflict. They now look feckless.

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