The powerful American missiles had fallen into the hands of rebels fighting a U.S.-backed government. The U.S. appears to have sold the missiles to the U.A.E.
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Trump Endorses an Aspiring Libyan Strongman, Reversing Policy
The United States had condemned the Libyan militia leader Khalifa Hifter for trying to depose a U.N.-backed government. Now President Trump has backed him.
Libyan Forces Fighting for the Capital Disavow Extremists
The U.N.-backed government appeared to be responding to a report in The New York Times and a statement from the European Union.
Thugs and Extremists Join Battle for Tripoli, Complicating Libyan Fray
Radical Islamists and criminal gangs fighting Gen. Khalifa Hifter alarm the West, which may cast him as the lesser evil.
Tripoli’s Last Civilian Airport Reopens After Militias Mobilize Against Hifter
A militia controlled by an aspiring strongman, Gen. Khalifa Hifter, claimed credit for the attack on Mitiga International Airport, as a battle for control of Tripoli continued.
Hopes Raised During the Arab Spring Are Being Revived Across North Africa
The uprisings of 2011 are inspiring a new generation to challenge entrenched, authoritarian leaders, raising hopes as well as doubts about the future.
U.S. Military Pulls Out of Libyan Capital as Rival Militias Battle
Forces under the command of an aspiring strongman, Gen. Khalifa Hifter, advanced on Tripoli as rival factions attacked from the air for control of the capital, the repository of Libya’s oil revenue.
Ambush Slows Libyan Militia’s Drive to Take Capital
A prolonged and murky battle may lie ahead, and the United Nations secretary general left Libya with “a heavy heart.”
Militia Advances on Libyan Capital, Raising Prospect of Renewed Civil War
Gen. Khalifa Hifter, who controls eastern Libya, has for years threatened to seize the entire country. Rival militias vowed to stop him.