Published October 3, 2026 · Category: News

Overview

Western Libya’s GNU say working with Saddam Haftar ‘impossible’ as US-backed merger plan breaks down

Allegations that the son of the Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar oversaw a “terror cell” that launched drone attacks on fuel storage facilities and power stations in western Libya have upended plans for the Tripoli-based government of national unity (GNU) to continue cooperating with Haftar on a plan to unify the country.

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Saddam Haftar, the deputy commander of the so-called Libyan National Army (LNA), has increasingly been seen by the US as an important figure in its plans to unify Libyan security, judicial and political institutions.

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Originally published at www.theguardian.com.

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