Is Tripoli Next? A Warlord's Victories Risk Libya Conflagration
- Khalifa Haftar’s forces seized key oil fields in rapid assault
- Fear of carnage if his LNA forces march on the capital
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Libya’s most powerful warlord has his sights on the capital. And even his international backers are nervous.
Based in the east of Libya, Khalifa Haftar has made no secret of his ambition to capture Tripoli, the northwestern seat of the internationally-recognized government. His threats were long dismissed as bombast, but a lightning advance through the south this year has put Haftar in control of most oil resources and could embolden him to make his much-vaunted final push.