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Gen Haftar’s Days Numbered As Libya’s GNA Recaptures Strategic al-Watiya Airbase

Gen Haftar’s Days Numbered As Libya’s GNA Recaptures Strategic al-Watiya Airbase

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By Elite Reporter Gen Khalifah Haftar’s days are numbered after Libya's Government of National Accord launched a counteroffensive against his forces. Libya's internationally-recognised government says it captured the strategic al-Watiya airbase from fighters loyal to renegade military commander Gen Haftar over the weekend. Military spokesman Mohamed Gnunu said in a Twitter post on Monday the forces of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) had taken over the entirety of the base near the Tunisian border. The announcement by the administration of Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj came after a month-long counteroffensive that has seen forces allied to it drive Haftar's troops out of much of Libya's western coast. Haftar launched an offensive in April 2019 to seiz...