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2020-05-27 Africa North

LNA prepares for major offensive to capture key city of Misrata

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Posted by Fred 2020-05-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
File under: Arab Spring

#1 March 2020: In Tripoli the GNA is challenged by its resurrected predecessor - the Salvation Government. ...There is a regionalist dimension to the Tripoli clashes - as many in the capital loathe the presence of armed groups from Misrata, West Libya's military power. This stems from "the Gharghur massacre" of November 2013, when Misratan fired on Tripoli protesters, causing heavy losses.
The latest clashes pit a loose coalition of Tripoli-based brigades affiliated with the GNA against mostly Misratan groups, some of which are affiliated with the Salvation Government. What complicates matters is that the Misratan form part of a military coalition, Al-Bunyan al-Marsus, which recently defeated the local Islamic State group in Sirte.
Operation Dignity, launched by gen. Khalifa Haftar in May 2014 against extremists terrorising the eastern city of Benghazi, deepened the divide. Though gaining popularity in the east, Haftar alienated factions in West Libya by vilifying political Islam.
In the wake of the June 2014 parliamentary elections, fighting erupted in Tripoli... Unable to take its seat in Tripoli, the House of Representatives settled in the east, while the capital fell under the rule of armed coalition Libya Dawn. [To this day] the GNA relies heavily on the big guns of Misrata... [Should Misrata fall, Tripoli would soon follow. The recent situation changed overnight with the arrival of Russian jets.]

Posted by b 2020-05-27 10:24|| 2020-05-27 10:24|| Front Page Top

#2 Should Misrata fall, Tripoli would soon follow.

Let us hope the good field marshal is getting good use of his American education.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-05-27 11:40|| 2020-05-27 11:40|| Front Page Top

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