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Where to Watch. The loss of al-Watiya airbase is a heavy setback for Haftar and will help Turkey expand its air operations in the conflict on behalf of the Tripoli government. The recent escalation in fighting comes despite increased international pressure on both sides to return to negotiating a political settlement and to halt the violence over concerns about the spread of coronavirus.
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Damaged vehicles at Mitiga airport in Tripoli after it was hit by shelling. Most controversially, as part of this negotiation, the GNA signed a memorandum of understanding on maritime boundaries granting Turkey exclusive exploration rights in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Not surprisingly, this provoked considerable concern from the other countries affected by this claim, notably Egypt, Cyprus and Greece. Behind their concern was a deep unease that President Erdogan was seeking to reinstall Ottoman colonial rule in Libya it is worth remembering that Mustafa Kemal Ataturk fought alongside Libyan tribesmen against the Italians in In direct opposition to the GNA were the forces under the command of General Khalifa Haftar, who returned home after a two decade spell of exile in the US to carve out a separate parallel state based in Benghazi.
In his bid for dominance he received the enthusiastic support of Egypt, which was keen to deter any fundamentalist Islamist group gaining power; likewise the United Arab Emirates UAE , which built Haftar an air base in El Kahdim. Further support was offered by French special forces and around two thousand Russian mercenaries on the payroll of the Wagner group.
Haftar needed funding for his troops and his administration and the best way of achieving this goal was to seize control of the Central Bank in Tripoli, responsible for channelling and distributing those all important oil and gas revenues. Accordingly, he launched an offensive on Tripoli in Spring , but in doing so he overreached himself and his abortive assault was repelled with the help of substantial military support from Turkey, and hitherto rival militias, who came together because of their deeper hostility to General Haftar.
Fighting went on for well over a year: according to the World Health Organisation, the siege of Tripoli led to over two thousand deaths, many more casualties and displaced people, as well as numerous human rights violations. Foreign forces are still present on the ground and as yet there is no clear sign when they will depart despite a series of UN Security Council resolutions calling for them to leave the country.
His most daunting task is to unify the military into a national fighting force and demobilise all the various militia who hold sway over many parts of the country. The UN estimates there are 18 million weapons in this country of 6.
For Europe, Libya is important because it is an abundant source of high quality oil capable of producing up to 1. German and French oil companies are also active in Libya, albeit their operations are handicapped by militia activity.
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