A collapse in US-backed unification efforts in Libya has followed allegations that the son of warlord Khalifa Haftar oversaw a drone attack campaign targeting fuel depots and power stations in the west of the country. The Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) has now declared cooperation with Haftar’s forces "impossible," undermining a key U.S. strategy to reconcile Libya’s divided factions. The revelations have further strained efforts to merge security, judicial, and political institutions under a unified leadership. With tensions rising, the future of Libya’s fragile political process hangs in the balance.
Western Libya’s GNU say working with Saddam Haftar ‘impossible’ as US-backed merger plan breaks downAllegations that the son of the Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar oversaw a “terror cell” that launched drone attacks on fuel storage facilities and power stations in western Libya have upended plans for the Tripoli-based government of national unity (GNU) to continue cooperating with Haftar on a plan to unify the country.Saddam Haftar, the deputy commander of the so-called Libyan National Army (LNA), has increasingly been seen by the US as an important figure in its plans to unify Libyan security, judicial and political institutions. Continue reading...
