The head of the Libyan National Army, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, has told RT he is seeking Moscow’s support in lifting the “unfair” UN arms embargo in order to procure Russian weaponry to battle terrorism, human trafficking and to fully restore Libya’s sovereignty and statehood. In February 2011, in the wake of the Western-backed uprising […]
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Libyan strongman Haftar declares liberation of Benghazi from jihadists (VIDEOS)
Published time: 6 Jul, 2017 04:41 After more than three years of fighting, the self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) has liberated Libya’s second-largest city from Islamist militants, General Khalifa Haftar announced on state TV, declaring a “new era of peace” in Benghazi. Several Islamist militant and jihadist cells belonging to the so-called Revolutionary Shura Council […]