UN chief urges end to flare-up after meeting Libya’s Haftar
Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar's self-proclaimed Libyan National Army War shows Haftar meeting with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres , at Haftar's office in the Rajma military.
Shortly afterwards, LNA forces clashed with a pro-government alliance less than 50 kilometres south of the capital, a unity government source said. The head of the UN-backed unity government, Fayez al-Sarraj, visited the checkpoint on Friday accompanied by military commanders.The Zawiya militia is one of dozens that have proliferated since the 2011 overthrow of dictator Moamer Kadhafi and are variously aligned with Sarraj’s government and a rival administration in the east backed by Haftar.
Sarraj condemned the strongman’s “escalation” and said he had ordered loyalist forces to prepare to “face all threats”. Russia called for “all possible efforts to fully resolve the situation with peaceful political means”.
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