08/04/2019
Libya: Haftar pushes towards Tripoli Hoping to Up the Ante at Upcoming Peace Conference
Don't miss from earlier today: Erdogan Putin Talk Despite US Warnings: Dis-illusionment TASS MOSCOW, April 8. /TASS/. The purpose of the Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar-led Libyan National Army?s push towards Tripoli may be to up the ante ahead of a national conference on the political settlement of the crisis, due in the middle of April, analyst Grigory Lukyanov, of the international discussion club Valdai, told TASS on Monday. Haftar declared the beginning of an offensive towards Tripoli on April 4. His forces approached the capital mostly from the south. Currently they are engaged in fierce skirmishes with the forces of the Government of National Accord, headquartered in the city. The...
