Eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar tried to stage a coup by issuing an arre...
TRIPOLI - Eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar tried to stage a coup by issuing an arrest warrant for Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj, U.N. envoy Ghassan Salame said on Monday with Libya’s top rivals locked in military confrontation over the capital Tripoli.
However, Serraj’s internationally-recognised government has managed to bog them down in southern suburbs, thanks largely to armed groups who have rushed to aid them from various western Libyan factions. Haftar’s side confirmed the warrant had been issued and Serraj’s government said it had been immediately rejected.
“We are in fact in a military stalemate since eight days, or nine days,” Salame said, adding that both sides had carried out 30 air strikes each that had not changed the situation on the ground.
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