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Has Khalifa Haftar lost his bid for power in Libya?

Name: Has Khalifa Haftar lost his bid for power in Libya?
Uploaded: 2020-06-12T17:23:36+0100
Description: Khalifa Haftar has lost a year-long battle to wedge Libya’s Tripoli region away from the UN-backed government. Who is he? And how did he go from exiled general to self-styled military hero?

Sofia Aboudari

, Khaled Shalaby

Published date: 12 June 2020 17:42 BST | Last update: 4 years 4 months ago

Khalifa Haftar has lost a year-long battle to wedge Libya’s Tripoli region away from the UN-backed government. Who is he? And how did he go from exiled general to self-styled military hero?

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