Power dynamics shift in Libya as former strongman Fathi Bashagha falls out of favor within Haftar's camp. Might this unexpected twist lead to newfound stability? Stay tuned!
Haftar, a Gaddafi-era soldier turned into exile, and since backed by Egypt and other foreign powers, launched an assault on Tripoli in 2019 that left thousands more dead, but ultimately failed.efforts for new electionsBashaga, from the port city of Misrata and formerly a political heavyweight in the western camp, had sought Haftar’s support in late 2021, vowing to work for “national reconciliation”.
Bashagha “always had an expiry date”, says Emadeddin Badi of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime, a Switzerland-based research body. “His usefulness ended the day he lost the possibility of establishing himself in Tripoli,” the analyst says. The elites, already well in place today, have absolutely no intention of leaving power in order to allow credible and authentic electionstalks have been held between representatives of Haftar and Dbeibah.
Dbeibah’s nephew and one of Haftar’s sons “have been in almost continuous talks for months”, researcher Jalel Harchaoui told
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