1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Libya: Conflict Disrupts U.S.-Backed Transition Plan Christopher M. Blanchard Coordinator of Research Planning Updated August 13, 2019 On April 4, 2019, Khalifa Haftar, the commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) coali
2、tion that has controlled eastern Libya with foreign military and financial support since 2014, ordered forces loyal to him to begin a unilateral military operation to secure the capital, Tripoli. Tripoli is the seat of the Government of National Accord (GNA), an interim body recognized by the United
3、 States and United Nations (U.N.) Security Council as Libyas legitimate governing entity. In response to the pro-LNA offensive, pro-GNA and other anti-Haftar elements in western Libya have mobilized. Fighting is ongoing south of Tripoli, but the conflict has devolved into a tactically fluid stalemat
4、e in which neither side has a clear military advantage. According to U.N. Special Representative and U.N. Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) head Ghassan Salam, “reliance on external support is a conflict driver” in spite of a U.N. arms embargo, and “armed drones, armored vehicles and pick-up trucks
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