Libyan National Army
The Libyan National Army, a separatist group under the control of General Khalifa Haftar, was directly active in the Libyan civil war against the forces of the Government of National Accord.
Airwars documented allegations of civilian harm caused by the Libyan National Army throughout the war.
373 incidents involving Libyan National Army
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19 Mar, 2021
Investigations
Libya
The secret talks that nearly saved Gaddafi
During Libya's 2011 civil war, Norway came close to brokering a brokering deal that would have seen Colonel Gaddafi step aside. So why did the United States and France oppose it?
14 Sept, 2020
Research
Libya
The siege of Tripoli: visualising a year of violence
Two months after the brutal siege of Libya’s capital ended, new interactive Airwars mapping shows the impact of 14 months of fighting between two rival governments on the city’s beleaguered civilians. Airwars has visualised every allegation of civilian harm from air and artillery strikes during the period of war in and around Tripoli between April …
9 Jul, 2020
Update
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New UN report insists Soleimani assassination by US was ‘unlawful’
The US assassination of Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in Baghdad in January 2020, was unlawful on several counts, according to a new report submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council by its expert on extrajudicial killings. Dr Agnes Callamard, the current UN Special Rapporteur on Extra-Judicial Executions, …
6 Apr, 2020
Research
Libya
Libya: a year of living dangerously
Tripoli, the capital of Libya, has entered its second year of being under siege, part of the most significant upsurge in violence in the country’s intermittent civil war since 2012. Hundreds of civilians have so far died – with little effort either domestically or internationally to bring the fighting to an end. While most of …