...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...’s militia groups, backed by Wagner and Sudanese mercenaries, launched an all-out attack in Mashrou and Yarmouk frontlines in southern 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...
on Saturday night, but it ended in failure.
The attack was backed by sleeper cells and a wave of fake news on TV and social media pages. As the fighting began, media outlets loyal to Haftar claimed that "our forces had taken control of Abu Salim and Furnaj districts and members of Presidential Council, ministers and
Pro-Haftar social media activists flooded Facebook with fake news and disinformation in attempt to weaken the morale of government forces and local residents of Tripoli.
Libyan government forces has managed to repel the attack and arrested a group of armed sleeper cells in Hadbah neighbourhood. The button men closed some streets and attempted to attack government forces from the back.
Last week, spokesperson of warlord Haftar, Ahmed al-Mismari, claimed that their forces will enter Tripoli by the will of its sons, a day after sending an audio message to Tripoli youth urging them to turn against the Presidential Council and what he called militia leaders.