Increasing tensions in Western Libya as General Haftar gains more power

On 9 March, Ulf Laessing reported for Reuters on General Haftar’s maneuver in Southern Libya, suggesting that fear regarding an attack by forces loyal to the Eastern-Libya based General on Western Libya is growing. Laessing analyses that in the event of an offensive of Haftar’s Libyan National Army on Western Libya, the city of Misrata would stand as Haftar’s biggest obstacle.Click here to read the report.