Thursday, December 12, 2019

LIBYAN COMMANDER ORDERS FORCES TO ADVANCE ON TRIPOLI IN ‘FINAL BATTLE’

Libyan Commander Haftar launched an offensive on Tripoli in April, 2019. 

Tripoli, LIBYA

Libyan Commander Khalifa Haftar urged his forces to advance towards the centre of Tripoli on Thursday in what he said would be the “final battle” for the capital.

Haftar, who heads the eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA), launched an offensive in April to try to take control of Tripoli which stalled on the outskirts of the city.

“Today we announce the decisive battle and the advancement towards the heart of the capital to set it free ...advance now our heroes,” Haftar said in a speech broadcast on Al Arabiya TV.

His forces have often issued announcements of advances or decisive military action that have been followed by little concrete change on the battlefield.


Field Marshal Khalifa Belqasim Haftar is a dual Libyan-American citizen who is a military officer and the head of the Libyan National Army, which, under Haftar's leadership, replaced nine elected municipal councils by military administrators, and as of May 2019, was engaged in the Second Libyan Civil War.

Haftar is backed by Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and most recently Russian mercenaries, according to diplomats and Tripoli officials. The LNA denies it has foreign backing. – France24

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