Tables have been turning this week in Libya, where the Government of National Accord (GNA) has reclaimed key western coastal areas and is assailing the Libyan National Army (LNA) of Gen. Khalifa Hafter’s forces in southern Tripoli, where they’ve been trying to contest the capital for a year.
Hafter has been close to victory a few times, and now on the brink of defeat, his international allies are looking to bail him out, with reports that Sudanese forces loyal to Gen. Dagalo to rush into Libya to save Hafter and his Tripoli forces from what could be a disastrous loss.
Hafter is already being backed by Sudanese fighters, but this latest report originates with one of his richer backers, the United Arab Emirates. The UAE reportedly contacted Gen. Dagalo and offered him substantial financial and military support if he dispatched these new forces to Libya.
With so many nations behind Hafter, it looks like he might be too supported to fail, despite having repeatedly failed in attempted coups since the NATO-imposed regime change. The GNA, which beyond Turkey has little to no international support, seems unlikely to be able to match all this support.
Just wondering why they started reporting his name as “Haftar” rather than “Hifter”?
Eg. https://www.businessinsider.com/the-cias-man-in-libya-2011-4
Hifter, Hitler. Whoops.
Hardly anyone reads anymore, just skims headlines.
“Sudan” sent? Sudan has no resources at all.
What happened is that somebody else with money is paying for Sudanese men to be troops for the people with money, rather like Saudi Arabia recruits in Sudan to fight in Yemen.
Men of Sudan recruited in this way are untrained, and incompetent, but those not quickly killed do learn on the job.
They are very cheap, and their lives do not matter to anyone making any of these decisions.