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Misrata buries the hatchet with Khalifa Haftar

The city state of Misrata, which once constituted the hard core of the Al Fajr Libya coalition controlling western Libya, is offering increasingly visible support to its former adversary, eastern army general Khalifa Haftar.According to our sources, it was at [...] (636 words)

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LIBYA
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Anwar Sawan
Bunyan Al Marsous
Daesh
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Islamic State
Jabhat Al Somood
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Impossible Misrata-Haftar pas de deux

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Haftar takes careful aim in Jufra

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Haftar uses Moldavian airbridge

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Pro-Sarraj alliance falls apart

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New battle fronts open in north and south

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