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Khalifa Hafter. O marechal Khalifa Belqasim Haftar (em árabe: خليفة بالقاسم حفتر; c. 1943) é um militar líbio, tendo se destacado como um dos comandantes militares do Conselho Nacional de Transição (CNT) durante a Guerra Civil Líbia. Seu sobrenome é também transliterado como Haftar, Hifter, Hefter, Huftur ...
- Early Life and Education
- Early Years in The Gaddafi Government
- War with Chad
- Opposition from The United States
- Early Role in The First Libyan Civil War
- Launch of Operation Dignity
- Leading Role in The Second Libyan Civil War
- Family Involvement in Government and Potential Succession
- Accusations of Migrant Trafficking
- Health
Haftar was born in Ajdabiya, and is a member of the Firjan tribe. He studied at al-Huda School in Ajdabiya in 1957 and then moved to Derna to obtain his secondary education between 1961 and 1964. He joined the Benghazi Military University Academy (also known as Benghazi Royal Military College) on 16 September 1964 and graduated from there in 1966. ...
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. Shortly thereafter, Haftar became a top military officer for Gaddafi. He commanded Libyan troops supporting Egyptian troops entering Israeli-occupied Sinai in 1973. Like other members of the ...
By 1986, Haftar had attained the rank of colonel, and was then the chief officer in command of Gaddafi's military forces in Chad in the Chadian–Libyan conflict. During the war, in which the Libyan forces were either captured or driven back across the border, Haftar and 600–700 of his men were captured as prisoners of war, and incarcerated in 1987 a...
Gaddafi demanded Haftar's soldiers be returned to Libya, but the Americans arranged for them to fly to Zaire instead. There, half of his soldiers decided to return to Libya. In late 1987, Haftar and a group of officers aligned themselves with the National Front for the Salvation of Libya (NFSL), a U.S. supported opposition group. On 21 June 1988, h...
In 2011, he returned to Libya at the onset of the Libyan Crisis, to support the anti-Gaddafi forces in the First Libyan Civil War. In March, a military spokesperson announced that Haftar had been appointed commander of the military, but the National Transitional Council denied this. By April, Abdul Fatah Younis held the role of commander-in-chief o...
In February 2014, Haftar appeared in a televised announcement to reveal that the General National Congress (GNC), the elected parliament which had recently unilaterally extended its mandate, had been dissolved. Haftar called for a caretaker government to oversee new elections, and urged Libyans to revolt against the GNC, the mandate of which was st...
Haftar was officially made commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) by the internationally recognized House of Representatives on 2 March 2015. The Libyan armed forces split up later in the year into the LNA under Haftar's control, which are often supported by Russia and Wagner, and the Libyan Army controlled by the Government of National Accord...
Haftar has at least six sons and a daughter. Captain Saddam Haftar and Captain Khalid Haftar are officers in the Libyan National Army heading two Madkhali brigades, including the 106th Brigade accused of abducting Seham Sergiwa in 2019. Another son, Al-Sadiq Haftar, is also in Libya. Belqasim Haftar serves as his father's top political advisor. Two...
In December 2023, Khalifa Haftar was accused of leading operations that intercepted and forcibly returned refugees trying to reach Europe. His militia, particularly the Tareq Bin Zeyad Brigade, reportedly engaged in brutal treatment of these refugees, including physical abuse and torture. They were also implicated in human trafficking, with allegat...
On 12 April 2018, it was reported that Haftar was in a coma after suffering a stroke and was hospitalized under intensive care in Paris. A spokesman for the LNA initially denied the reports. Local media later reported he was dead. However, sources close to him insisted he was alive. On 25 April, it was confirmed that Haftar was alive and had return...
- 1966–1987; 2011–present
- Field Marshal
- 6, including Saddam
23 de jan. de 2020 · 12 Aug 2021. Gaddafi's son faces arrest over Russia mercenaries. A warrant is issued against Saif al-Islam Gaddafi after a BBC investigation into mercenaries in Libya. Africa. 11 Aug 2021. Scale...
8 de abr. de 2019 · Khalifa Haftar has been part of the Libyan political scene for more than four decades, shifting from the centre to the periphery and back again as his fortunes changed. On 4 April he ordered...
5 de jan. de 2022 · 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.
16 de nov. de 2021 · Khalifa Haftar, the head of the self-styled Libyan National Army, which fought against its internationally recognised government in the 2014-20 civil war, declared he wanted to bring the Libyan...
21 de set. de 2023 · Khalifa Haftar, the warlord who controls Libya’s east, cares only about empowering his family. A catastrophe that could have been prevented is, for him, a chance to consolidate power. Rescuers...
