Libya’s culture minister said on Wednesday he would support irregular forces led by a renegade general who is challenging the Tripoli government, the first government member to back him. “I support the Libyan National Army,” Habib Amin told Reuters, referring to the forces of renegade general Khalifa Haftar. He said he would not recognise parliament any longer as it had [ Read More ]
A retired general waging an armed campaign against Libya’s government has urged the judiciary to appoint a crisis government to oversee new elections. Gen Khalifa Haftar, who has launched recent attacks in Benghazi and Tripoli, said the government had “fostered terrorism” and failed Libyans. Dozens of state bodies have pledged their support for Gen Haftar. But the government called the [ Read More ]
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