Khalifa Haftar

EghtesadOnline: He’s likened to the general-turned-president who now runs neighboring Egypt, and is portrayed as the biggest stumbling block to international efforts to reunite fragmented Libya and get its oil flowing.

EghtesadOnline: Libyan forces loyal to eastern-based military commander Khalifa Haftar have entered Zueitina and established a presence about 10 kilometers from the city’s oil terminal.

EghtesadOnline: Russia threw its weight behind a powerful Libyan army commander, Khalifa Haftar , who’s in conflict with the UN-backed government there, saying he must have a role in the leadership of the crisis-wracked state.

EghtesadOnline: Flush with success in supporting his ally in Syria, Vladimir Putin has a new ambition: supporting another one, this time in Libya. The effort is beginning to undermine the UN-backed government there.

EghtesadOnline: Libya’s plans to restore oil production suffered a significant setback after forces loyal to the eastern region’s powerful military commander ousted government-backed fighters from key export terminals, just days before a tanker was due to load the first shipment in nearly two years.