Libya: who controls what? And above all who decides?

Marshal Khalifa Haftar, leader of the Libyan national army and strongman of the east of the country. (Illustrative photo) Abdullah DOMA / AFP

By: Eric Bataillon

Besieged since April 2019, by the troops of Marshal HAFTAR from Cyrenaica, Tripolitania remains controlled by a government recognized by the United Nations.

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However, the parties to the conflict are much more numerous: Touareg, Toubous, pro-Daesh Islamists, but also Qatar, Russia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, France, Turkey. Jalel HARCHAOUI, researcher at the CLINGENDAEL Institute in The Hague, will help us to see a little more clearly in this imbroglio.

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