Armed by erstwhile French ally in Libya warlord and rogue general Khalifa Haftar the FACT insurgents are heading south with about 300 to 400 armoured vehicles with several thousand fighters and heavy weaponry...
Not only are Libyans tired of the divisions and the economic and political chaos in which they have had to live they are now angry with those seen as responsible notably the Muslim Brotherhood and the eastern-based military leader General Khalifa Haftar...
That would put General Khalifa Haftar leader of the eastern-based forces in the firing line and would make him an unviable partner for the Russians...
That is a potential problem for General Khalifa Haftar leader of the eastern based forces...
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Manfi was expelled from Athens in December 2019 and it is unclear whether he will command support from the European Union's divided member states notably Greece and France who had been the main supporters of General Khalifa Haftar head of the eastern-based militia the Libyan National Army in the civil war...
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To much surprise neither eastern strongman General Khalifa Haftar nor Faiez el Serraj the head of the Government of National Accord in Tripoli are in the frame...
Sisi is aligned with the United Arab Emirates France and Russia in support of eastern Libyan forces led by General Khalifa Haftar (AC Vol 60 No 8 Whose chair is it anyway...
There are two main approaches to resolving the divide between the internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) led by Faiez el Serraj which is based in Tripoli and controls almost all the west and the rival Libyan National Army led by General Khalifa Haftar which controls the east...
The RSF is also in eastern Libya supporting General Khalifa Haftar backed by the UAE and less actively by Egypt...
The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia: The main backers of Burhan and Hemeti because of their supply of fighters into Yemen to combat Iran-backed Houthi forces and into Libya to support General Khalifa Haftar...
The last two points were directed at the fighters and officials supplied by Turkey to the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) as well as Russia's Wagner Group which is backing the eastern-based General Khalifa Haftar...
