Three months earlier as tempers rose in the dispute with Athens  Khalifa Haftar  the Benghazi-based military leader in Eastern Libya had sent a flotilla of boats carrying migrants onto the shores of Crete to assert maritime territorial claims in the Eastern Mediterranean...
	 
    
    
    
			
        
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	    Having previously rejected it due to Ankara's support for the rival government based in Tripoli  the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR) aligned with General Khalifa Haftar is set to approve a deal for Turkey to explore for oil and gas off Libya...
	 
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	    With a close eye on the oil and gas reserves managed in Tripoli and old ties to rogue General  Khalifa Haftar  United States President Donald Trump is trying to balance his interests in Libya...
 The latest contract was filed under the Foreign Agents Registration Act on 23 July – the same day Trump's senior Africa advisor Massad Boulos met Libyan Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dubaiba in Tripoli  before travelling to Benghazi to meet General Khalifa Haftar the following day...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	      SAF commanders blamed these tensions on the UAE and its support for Libyan National Army commander  Gen Khalifa Haftar and his son Saddam Haftar...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Now EU leaders are panicking about a spike in illegal crossings from eastern Libya for which they blame Russia's expanding operations and its alliance with key figures in rogue general Khalifa Haftar's regime in Benghazi  eastern Libya...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The east and most of the south is controlled by the Benghazi-based warlord  Gen Khalifa Haftar...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     One is the political landscape of Southern Libya  where Gen Khalifa Haftar's son  Saddam  has been stationed for several weeks...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     It must keep a low profile due to the relatively good relations between Gen Khalifa Haftar and Kaka  facilitated by Russian and Emirati mediation...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Rumaih and his union have also accused the clan loyal to General Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi of trying to lock down the oil sector  claiming they had stolen over 30% of oil production...
	 
    
    
    
			
        
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            Vol 65 No 25 | 
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	     The latter saw Russia's mercenary group  Wagner  train forces loyal to General Khalifa Haftar  who still control swathes of eastern Libya (AC Vol 63 No 2  Moscow guns for African gold)...
	 
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