
Libya’s zero-sum politics and defiance of legitimacy – Part 2
by Mohammed Cherkaoui Retired general Khalifa Haftar stated that his ‘Libyan National Army (LNA)’ had a ‘popular mandate’ to rule Libya and vowed to press
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