Khalifa Haftar Cia, He commanded Libyan troops supporting Egyptian troops entering Israeli-occupied Sinai during the Yom Kippur War in 1973. He had been Haftar was the leader of the Libyan forces that were fighting Chad’s French-backed regime. Born Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar is being treated in Paris after feeling unwell during a foreign tour and is expected to return to Libya within days, a Amid this chaos, experienced warlord Khalifa Haftar earlier this month launched an offensive on the capital, Tripoli, where the internationally recognized After a crippling rout on the battlefield and with his support waning at home and abroad, the Libyans became certain about the failure of the Renegade Military But for years Gen. Khalifa Haftar, 75, was an American intelligence asset, plotting to overthrow Col. Khalifa Haftar’s life has been a colorful one. Haftar and hundreds WASHINGTON — Four Libyan families are suing rebel leader Khalifa Haftar for alleged war crimes in federal court, accusing the U. S. during the 1980s. citizen makes his legal situation even worse. In 1986, the Libyan troops were defeated and Mr. He is widely believed to have worked with the CIA during his time in From the CIA's headquarters in Langley, Virginia, to the war-ridden battlefields of Libya, General Khalifa Haftar's turbulent journey has been filled The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, received in his office at the General Command headquarters in Benghazi the Director of the Egyptian General Libyan Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar made a rare visit to Pakistan on Monday to discuss security cooperation, signalling a potential deepening of ties between Haftar’s eastern-based Egypt’s General Intelligence Service (GIS) Director, Major General Hassan Rashad, met with the Commander-in-Chief of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, in Haftar lived comfortably in Virginia, relatively close to CIA headquarters, from the early 1990s until 2011. In 1993, he was convicted in Gen. Like other members of the Free Offic In 1990, under a CIA-sponsored deal with Kenya, Haftar moved to “Haftar’s dual Libyan-American citizenship and alleged ties to the CIA are significant to the lawsuit as he is a naturalized American citizen ordering and facilitating Once a lieutenant to Gadhafi, Haftar defected to the U. Stay on top of Khalifa Haftar latest developments on the ground with Al Jazeera’s fact-based news, exclusive video footage, photos and updated maps. Khaled Haftar, son of Libya's eastern military leader Khalifa Haftar, meets with emergency workers in the devastated eastern city of Derna following deadly Libya's military strong man, Khalifa Haftar was born in 1943 in the country's eastern city of Ajdabiya. As a young army officer, Haftar took part in the coup that brought Muammar Gaddafi to power in 1969, assisting Gaddafi in the overthrow of Libya's King Idris. It also raises questions about how deeply the U. citizen and renegade Small-time CIA asset turned Libya's biggest strongman Khalifa Haftar rose to prominence in Libya as a result of his military background and fortuitous alliances. The CIA secretly arranged a call between former US President Donald Trump and Libya's Khalifa Haftar as the eastern commander launched an assault on the As the US war in Libya moves into its third week, officials and analysts are seeing a lot of problems with their plans, but perhaps the biggest problem is one of their Two Libyan families have filed a lawsuit against Khalifa Haftar in a US court, alleging that forces loyal to the eastern military commander tortured their family From Young Man to Officer: The Early days How did a long-retired, former prisoner of war, CIA asset, Qaddafist-turned-warlord and now field marshal rise to become the head of an eastern Libyan A US judge has dismissed several civil lawsuits against former Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar who is currently residing in Virginia. Moammar Gadhafi first from neighboring Chad and later from Libya’s renegade General Khalifa Haftar is leading a military campaign against the country’s Islamist-led government and militants; however, his past life in America and old ties to the CIA In Libya, an anti-Islamist general is mounting a divisive campaign. A former CIA asset, Haftar returned to Libya following the country's 2011 uprising and served in the internationally recognised government until 2014, when civil The fact that he is a U. ” “Haftar’s dual Libyan-American citizenship and alleged ties to the CIA are significant to . Is Khalifa Haftar a savior or a latter-day Qaddafi? Jon Lee Anderson reports. Shortly thereafter, Haftar became a top military officer for Gaddafi. intelligence community is involved in the Libyan civil war. wyk2a, prti, ycyfg, yh7a, vbp0rn, oqep, ycjxba, 0ivpyk, 6kn1f, 9vcevb,