Moscow looking beyond Hifter in Libya - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Vasily Kuznetsov

Vasily Kuznetsov

Aug 24, 2017

General Khalifa Haftar (L), commander in the Libyan National Army (LNA), shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a meeting in Moscow, Russia August 14, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin - RTS1BPIW — Gen. Khalifa Hifter (L), commander in the Libyan National Army, shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a meeting in Moscow, Aug. 14, 2017. — REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

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President of Libya High Council of State Khaled Al-Mishri poses for a family photo during the second day of the international conference on Libya in Palermo, Italy, November 13, 2018. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane - RC12A9144930

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) welcomes General Khalifa Haftar (L), commander in the Libyan National Army (LNA), during a meeting in Moscow, Russia August 14, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin - RTS1BPNE

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Fighters loyal to the UN-recognised Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) secure the area of Abu Qurain, half-way between the capital Tripoli and Libya's second city Benghazi, against forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is based in eastern Benghazi, on July 20, 2020. - Since 2015, a power struggle has pitted the (GNA) against forces loyal to Haftar. The strongman is mainly supported by Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Russia, while Turkey backs the GNA. (Photo by Mahmud TURKIA / AFP) (Photo by MAHMU

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