| Southern Libya offensive | ||||||||||
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| Part of the Second Libyan Civil War | ||||||||||
.svg) Map showing the LNA's advances in southern Libya | ||||||||||
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| Belligerents | ||||||||||
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 JEM[1] SLM/A[1][2] United Arab Emirates (suspected)[1]Co-belligerents:  Chad[3] France[3] |
Allied forces: NSG loyalists[4] Tuareg militias[4] Toubou militias[4] Chadian rebels[4] |
 AQIM (HoR claim)[5] | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | ||||||||||
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Khalifa Haftar (LNA supreme commander) Abd al-Salim al-Hassi[1](LNA chief for the west) Hassan Matoug al-Zadma[1](128th Brigade) Khalifa al-Seghair al-Hasnawi[1](177th Brigade) Masoud al-Jadi[1](Deterrence Brigade) |
Fayez al-Sarraj (Head of unity government) Ali Kanna[6](Southern military zone) Ahmed al-Ataybi[7](6th Infantry Unit) Muhammad Omar Hassan[4](166th Battalion) Ahmad Allal[1](30th Brigade) Ibrahim Muhammad Kari  [1](Murzuq forces) Salah Badi[4](Al-Sumud Front) |
 Al-Mahdi Rajab Dungo[a](ISIL Minister of Defence for Libya) | ||||||||
| Units involved | ||||||||||
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Libyan National Army
United Arab Emirates Air Force (suspected)[1] French Air Force (only against Chadian rebels)[3] |
Libyan Army NSG loyalists
Chadian rebels |
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In late January 2019, the Libyan National Army (LNA) led by Marshal Khalifa Haftar launched an offensive to take control of the city of Sabha and the rest of southern Libya from the internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) and local factions. Officially, the LNA announced that the reason for the operation was to remove terrorists, Chadian rebel groups, and to secure the border, but it has expanded Haftar's territorial control and acquired him oil fields near Sabha. It has also restarted some interethnic conflicts as the LNA has allied with local Arab tribes, while the Tuareg and Toubou tribal militias are loyal to the GNA.[9][10][11][12]
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- ^ "Eastern Libya government delegation visits key southern city of Sabha". Reuters. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ Megerisi, Tarek (1 April 2019). While You Weren't Looking, General Haftar Has Been Taking Over Libya. Foreign Policy.
- ^ Wintour, Patrick (8 February 2019). Conflict erupts for control of Libya's largest oil field. The Guardian.
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