'He's no Abraham Lincoln' - Libya U.N. envoy warns against backing eastern commander


  • World
  • Monday, 29 Apr 2019

PARIS, France (Reuters) - The United Nations envoy for Libya on Monday warned countries tempted to continue backing eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar that he was no democrat and his political agenda was not supported by most Libyans.

Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA), which is allied to a rival administration in eastern Libya, mounted an offensive on the capital Tripoli, seat of the internationally recognised government, three weeks ago but has failed to breach defences in the city's south despite heavy fighting.

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