Libya’s Haftar orders troops to fight harder
Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar, who launched an offensive against Tripoli last month, has urged his troops to teach unity government forces an “even harder lesson”, as the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan begins. Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) launched an assault on April 4 aimed at ousting the internationally recognised government from the capital. That set off another deadly escalation in a country mired in violence since the fall of dictator Moamer Gaddafi in 2011. In a message late Sunday, Haftar urged his troops to “uproot” opposing forces from “our beloved country”. “Officers and soldiers of our armed forces and affiliates, I greet you during these glorious days and call on you to inflict on the enemy, with your force and determination, an even harder and bigger lesson than before”, Haftar wrote in a message.
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