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Members of Libyan pro-government forces, backed by the locals, walk with weapons during clashes in the streets with Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries, an alliance of former anti-Gaddafi rebels who have joined forces with Islamist extremist groups, in Benghazi, Libya, on April 1, 2015. (Reuters/Stringer)
One year on from Haftar’s Operation Dignity, Benghazi is sliding into anarchy
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—One year after Gen. Khalifa Haftar announced an operation to liberate Benghazi from the clutches of extremist groups, the city remains in chaos, with Haftar’s Libyan National Army failing to make inroads into the city which sparked the country’s...Caption:
General Khalifa Haftar speaks during a news conference at a sports club in Abyar, a small town to the east of Benghazi. on May 17, 2014. (Reuters/Esam Omran Al-Fetori)
Haftar to be named commander-in-chief “soon”: Libyan official
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Libya’s parliament on Tuesday took its first official steps towards naming Gen. Khalifa Haftar as commander-in-chief of the Libyan army. Libyan parliamentary spokesman Faraj Bouhashem told Asharq Al-Awsat that MPs had voted on a proposal to...Caption:
UN Special Envoy Bernardino Leon (C) attends a meeting in Ghadames, on September 29, 2014. (REUTERS/Stringer)
Libya’s elected parliament suspends participation in UN-backed talks
Benghazi, Reuters—Libya’s elected parliament voted on Monday to suspend its participation in a UN-sponsored dialogue between Libya’s rival conflict parties, vying for control of the oil producer, lawmakers said. The United Nations had been planning to hold...Caption:
Members of the Libyan Special Forces look on in an army camp in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, on February 1, 2015. (Reuters/Esam Omran Al-Fetori)