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