Libya's Haftar losing ground after loss of two major oil ports by RFI published on 2017-03-10T14:51:53Z International envoys to Libya are calling for calm amid violent clashes between rival factions over the country's lucrative oil terminals. Clashes broke out on Friday, when the Islamist-led Benghazi Defence Brigade seized oil export terminals at Sidra and Ras Lanuf ... and handed them to the UN-backed Government of National Accord, the GNA. The move marked a major blow to Libyan military commander General Khalifa Haftar ... because his capture of the ports last September had enabled him to keep up his challenge to the authority of the UN-backed government in Tripoli. RFI's Clea Broadhurst spoke to Riccardo Fabiani, a Senior Analyst on Middle East and North Africa for the Eurasia Group, Mattia Toaldo, a Libya expert with the European Council on Foreign Relations and Mohamed Eljarh, a non-resident fellow with the Atlantic Council. Genre News & Politics Comment by comprehensiveanticipatorydesignscientist4livingry so who's funding BDB and Haftar-- the Government of National Accord (GNA) via United Nations via United States via Egypt via Russia via Turkey via U.A.E. via Qatar via Israel via Saudi Arabia via NATO? and who (i.e., which owners of which corporations) are profiting from this conflict? 2021-01-19T17:24:43Z