Libyan general slams Europe, US for backing terror

Libyan General Khalifa Haftar has accused several European countries and the United States of supporting terrorist groups in Libya by secretly providing them weapons and training.

In an interview aired on the Egyptian ON LIVE radio channel on Saturday, Haftar described France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, and the United States as “partners” to the terrorists in Libya.

He said those countries had to reconsider their positions.

The Libyan general also said Turkey used to back terrorists but “we sent back in coffins the terrorists that Turkey had dispatched” to Libya.

Turkey will pay dearly for the harm it did to the Libyan nation, he said, without elaborating further.

General Haftar is linked to the government based in the east, in the port city of Tobruk, and has refused to profess allegiance to the United Nations (UN)-recognized government in Tripoli. His forces have been fighting militias loyal to the Tripoli government since 2014.

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