🇱🇾 Libya's GNA forces announce 'counteroffensive' to defend Tripoli | Al Jazeera English

The head of Libya's internationally recognised government has accused renegade General Khalifa Haftar of "betraying" him after the latter launched a military offensive aimed at capturing the capital, Tripoli, in a showdown that has sparked fears of a renewed war.
In a televised speech on Saturday, Fayez al-Sarraj said Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) would meet firm resistance from forces loyal to his United Nations-backed Government of National Accord (GNA).
Al-Sarraj and Haftar held talks in Abu Dhabi in late February, their first confirmed meeting since November 2018, during which they agreed that national elections were necessary, according to the UN.
Al Jazeera's Victoria Gatenby reports.

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