With a close eye on the oil and gas reserves managed in Tripoli and old ties to rogue General Khalifa Haftar United States President Donald Trump is trying to balance his interests in Libya...

The latest contract was filed under the Foreign Agents Registration Act on 23 July – the same day Trump's senior Africa advisor Massad Boulos met Libyan Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dubaiba in Tripoli before travelling to Benghazi to meet General Khalifa Haftar the following day...

SAF commanders blamed these tensions on the UAE and its support for Libyan National Army commander Gen Khalifa Haftar and his son Saddam Haftar...

Now EU leaders are panicking about a spike in illegal crossings from eastern Libya for which they blame Russia's expanding operations and its alliance with key figures in rogue general Khalifa Haftar's regime in Benghazi eastern Libya...

The east and most of the south is controlled by the Benghazi-based warlord Gen Khalifa Haftar...

One is the political landscape of Southern Libya where Gen Khalifa Haftar's son Saddam has been stationed for several weeks...

It must keep a low profile due to the relatively good relations between Gen Khalifa Haftar and Kaka facilitated by Russian and Emirati mediation...

Rumaih and his union have also accused the clan loyal to General Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi of trying to lock down the oil sector claiming they had stolen over 30% of oil production...

If General Khalifa Haftar the warlord who backs the Benghazi government had wanted to close down the fields in the east and south he could have ordered and enforced it...