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General Khalifa Belqasim Haftar

Date of Birth: 1943
Place of Birth: Tarhouna


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Political stalemate persists as missiles target premier's house

Aguila Saleh the speaker of the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR) which supports the GNS and a close ally of Libyan National Army commander General Khalifa Belqasim Haftar has said that he would 'not oppose any meeting that would help end the crisis ' in reference to UN envoy Abdoulaye Bathily's call to hold a meeting for all Libyan parties...

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Tuareg-Wagner clash in Libya?

Tripoli sources urged caution regarding the credibility of the story about Wagner operatives being captured but confirm that there has been an influx of Tuareg fighters in the south alongside speculation that they would wish to exact revenge on the Wagner men in Libya operating in support of Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) militia...


Why Tagadum could be a turning point

The route from Chad into Darfur was established in June when it became clear that the UAE could not depend solely on its Libyan ally General Khalifa Haftar commander of the Tobruk-based Libyan National Army...


Murky waters around Tobruk

Eyebrows have been raised in Washington DC by the lobbying contract filed in October between the Libyan House of Representatives now based in Benghazi and K-Street outfit Vogel Group which could benefit the political allies of Libyan National Army (LNA) leader General Khalifa Haftar...


Security threats multiply ahead of polls

In recent years the Gulf state has interfered in regional politics and wars backing the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia of General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo aka 'Hemeti' in Sudan as well as Libyan warlord General Khalifa Haftar (AC Vol 64 No 15 Hemeti's grand plan is stalemated)...


How militias police the Mediterranean for Europe

Militias linked to the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) and its erstwhile rivals in the Libyan National Army (LNA) led by General Khalifa Haftar have taken over national border control and are working with European Union forces in the region...


All quiet on the Wagner front

The mercenaries remain the backbone of Gen Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) militia even though the number of Russians has dwindled from around 2 500 to just a few hundred centred on the Kharouba air base east of Benghazi...


Prigozhin tests Putin with an African putsch

And the two men and their military forces have worked together in Sudan and in Libya where the RSF supplied at least 1 000 fighters in support of the rogue general and self-styled commander of the Libya National Army Khalifa Haftar...


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