Mapping Libya’s armed groups
As fighting escalates in Libya, Al Jazeera takes a closer look at the major armed groups. Tripoli, Libya – The attacks on Libya’s parliament by forces of retired general Khalifa Haftar have seen Libya’s myriad armed groups split in battles that some fear are tipping the country into civil war. Haftar launched his operation on May 16, targeting Islamist militias in the eastern city of Benghazi and storming the General National Congress in the capital, Tripoli, in fighting that has left at least 72 dead. Haftar accuses Congress of allowing “terrorists” to flourish in Libya and has vowed to “wipe them out”, gaining support from much of the regular armed forces and nationalist militias. Zintan Zintan’s militias are the second most powerful armed force in Libya, after Misrata, and based in the Nafusa mountains 144km southwest of Tripoli.
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