Eight years after dictator Muammar Qaddafi was overthrown and killed, Libya is still a lawless country where the smugglers earn big money to take advantage of people who hope to find a better life in Europe.
A civil war fought also between the internationally recognised government troops and rebels in the Libyan national army under former general Khalifa Haftar which has its base in Benghazi.
, a town 50 kilometers south of the capital, Tripoli, after a battle with government forces, writes the news agency Reuters.
Khalifa Haftar, who are now calling himself field marshal, checks in the day a third of Libya’s territory and has now ordered his troops to continue the march towards Tripoli, writes the Libyan Express.
In a recorded message says Haftar to his troops ”peacefully to conquer Tripoli, but if they encounter resistance of any so they must defend themselves and try to save civilians ‘ lives”.
all of which show a white flag or stay indoors to feel safe and to all the institutions, private property and civilians shall be protected when the troops go out in Tripoli, the magazine writes.
at the same time, they say, pro forces, in Misrata, that it will stop Haftars forces if they would start moving towards Tripoli.
the UN secretary-general Antóntio Guterres warned on Thursday of a military confrontation, and the international community have also pointed out that one does not know which way Haftar will take the purely political. Haftar has so far refused to participate in the planning of the elections may be held at the end of 2019.
says the fight against terrorists, many people believe that his real goal is to take power in Libya.