Libya after Haftar?

On 10 April 2018 Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, commander of the so-called Libyan National Army (LNA) and the strongman of Eastern Libya, took ill. His illness marked an inflection point in Libya’s fragile political situation. The prospect of a Haftar-shaped hole in the Libyan political scene could easily provoke coup attempts within the LNA or spark wider instability in Libya.

It could also impact on the activities of regional states that have based their policy on him, and on the diplomatic efforts to unify Libya’s fragmented political and security actors.

• Primary Source

France24, 19.04.18: Why Haftar’s absence could tip Libya into further chaos http://www.france24.com/en/20180419-libya-khalif-haftar-national-army-tribes-east-jihadists-absence-chaos

Euro|Topics: Debates, July 2017: Will Macron secure peace in Libya? (et al) http://www.europeansources.info/record/will-macron-secure-peace-in-libya/

Al Jazeera: Tag: Khalifa Haftar https://www.aljazeera.com/topics/people/khalifa-haftar.html

Al Jazeera, 17.04.18: [Opinion]: A weakened Khalifa Haftar means more instability for Libya https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/weakened-khalifa-haftar-means-instability-libya-180417105543440.html

Polish Institute of International Affairs: PISM Bulletin No. 52, May 2017: Prospects for the Stabilisation of Libya http://www.europeansources.info/record/prospects-for-the-stabilisation-of-libya/

Italian Institute for International Political Studies: ISPI Commentary, February 2017: Time for action: EU and a new political initiative in Libya http://www.europeansources.info/record/time-for-action-eu-and-a-new-political-initiative-in-libya/

EU: EEAS: EU-Libya relations http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-libya-relations/

ECFR: Tag: Libya http://www.ecfr.eu/archives/C307

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