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Interpreting Haftar’s Gambit in Libya
Khalifa Haftar, who commands forces besieging Tripoli, has announced he will replace UN-backed mediation in Libya with a new political roadmap and government.
His proposal divided supporters; adversaries called it a coup.
- ICG
To stop a power struggle, Haftar’s regional backers should press him to reconsider.
In a short televised speech late on 27 April, Khalifa Haftar declared that he accepted the people’s “mandate” to scrap the 2015 UN-mediated Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) and empower the General Command of the Arab Libyan Armed Forces (ALAF), the…