Libya how many rebels are there

Former Qaddafi officials. The first circle includes those who occupied key positions under Qaddafi. Though the soft-spoken Jalil is not charismatic, he is widely respected by Libyans in the east. In January , he announced his intention to resign over the continued incarceration of political prisoners whom the courts declared innocent of all charges. The objections he raised before the Libyan parliament were highly unusual in an autocratic state, where criticism of Qaddafi and his policies were the exclusive domain of the military officers who brought him to power in Yunis was interior minister until the revolution.

This pair, as well as Al Jalil, assumed their ministerial positions during a January cabinet reshuffle. The chief figure in this group is CT leader Mahmoud Jibreel. After serving as professor at the University of Pittsburgh, he returned to Libya in to chair the National Economic Development Council, a government-funded think tank focused on privatizing state industry and fostering economic transparency.

Out of exile. He was expelled from college in the s for his political activities and compelled to complete his studies in the United States, where he remained until the revolution. Statements from the LNA, which holds most of eastern and southern Libya, said it was engaged in military operations against what it called terrorist groups and the Chadian opposition.

The rebel group Front for Change and Concord in Chad FACT said via social media that its positions on the frontier had been attacked by Haftar's forces, fighting alongside what it said were Sudanese mercenaries and French troops. The LNA said it had carried out air strikes and was conducting aerial patrols. FACT said French air strikes had hit its positions. The French army said it had no forces on the ground or in the air in that area. Choose your subscription. Trial Try full digital access and see why over 1 million readers subscribe to the FT.

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