General Khalifa Haftar had initially vowed to continue fighting to capture Tripoli. (Reuters pic)BENGHAZI: Libyan strongman General Khalifa Haftar on Saturday announced a ceasefire in his months-long battle to control the capital Tripoli after calls for a truce from Russia and Turkey.
The North African state has seen an escalation of the turmoil that erupted after a Nato-backed uprising killed dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011, with Haftar trying to capture Tripoli from Libya’s UN-recognised government.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan this week called for a truce in Libya starting Sunday from midnight, but Haftar had initially …read more
Source:: Free Malaysia Today
