Libyan president proposed appointing former army general Khalifa Haftar as country’s chief military commander.
• Libyan PM criticizes EU, US & UK for failing to supply weapons to battle Islamist militancy.
Former Libyan army general, Khalifa Haftar, who has set himself up as a warrior against Islamist militancy and who some also see as their savior, was planning to meet with Israeli officials on a visit in Amman, an Arab newspaper reported.
The London-based daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported on Tuesday that informed sources said that Haftar secretly visited Egypt twice last week and received 400 different kinds of weapons for his forces in Libya. Continue Reading »