Neither controls the oil, military bases or the migration routes that make Libya matter to Europe. “They can claim to support Libya’s sovereignty while backing the man who undermines it.”View image in fullscreen Khalifa Haftar in Athens in 2020. Gaddafi had always denied any Libyan military presence in Chad, and he did not acknowledge the humiliation at Ouadi Doum. Haftar was not there but in leaked audio of the meeting, Gaddafi told his eldest son that Haftar was like a brother to him. “I control everybody,” Haftar told the New York Times that April.

Source: Libya Today March 05, 2026 05:08 UTC