...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks...
(UN), Taher al-Sunni, said in a speech before the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), that the national judiciary is determined to prosecute all those who commit crimes against Libyans on Libyan soil.
Al-Sunni stressed that the Libyan judiciary, monitors all violations and crimes, particularly those committed by Khalifa Haftar
...Self-proclaimed Field Marshal, served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy, so it's kind of hard to describe him as a Qadaffy holdover. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all. Actually, he is, but slowly...over a one-year period, since the beginning of his illegal attack on Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
He also called on the UNSC to take a firm stance against Haftar, and to confront him by name, exposing his hindrance to the political agreements and to denounce his recent proclamations; asking specifically that Haftar militias, not be called the ’National Army’, as his forces do not represent the nation.