Under the terms of Hemeti's public relations contract with US lobbyist Ari Ben Menashe (see Pointer Lobbyist of last resort) he is said to have despatched a further 1 000 fighters to support General Khalifa Haftar's rebel forces based in eastern Libya...
Abu Dhabi and Cairo have provided Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar with aircraft and other vital military support as his Libyan National Army (LNA) first took – and destroyed – Benghazi and then marched on Tripoli...
Ben-Menashe returned to Africa politics in late 2016 on a $6m retainer with Aguila Saleh Issa President of the Tobruk-based Libyan Parliament and chief ally of Libyan National Army leader General Khalifa Haftar (AC Vol 58 No 9 Finding Africa on K Street)...
There is already a plan to hire out Sudanese troops to Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army which is besieging Tripoli accused by the United Nations-recognised regime there of multiple war crimes including the bombing of a shelter for migrants on 2 July (AC Vol 60 No 14 Air strikes risk escalation)...
When Libya's eastern military strongman General Khalifa Haftar launched his offensive to capture Tripoli on 4 April he hoped for a blitzkrieg...
Four years of efforts by the UN to end the crisis in Libya have been rendered almost futile by eastern-based strongman General Khalifa Haftar...
It was the catalyst for a dramatic change in the strategic balance between General Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) and the UN-backed Presidency Council (PC) led by Faiez el Serraj and based in Tripoli (AC Vol 59 No 23 Posturing in Palermo)...
The Libyan National Army leader General Khalifa Haftar recently launched a huge operation to 'secure southern Libya' after making official visits to Niger and Chad...
France is the main European supporter of Khalifa Haftar head of the largest military force in eastern Libya the Libyan National Army (LNA)...
retainer from Libya's General Khalifa Haftar (AC Vol 58 No 9 Finding Africa on K Street)...