Libyan National Army

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armed group military faction

The Libyan National Army is a faction led by General Khalifa Haftar that controls large parts of eastern Libya and has been a key military and political force in the country’s post-2011 conflict.

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Libyan National Army (LNA)	2
Khalifa Haftar forces	1
Libyan National Army (Haftar-aligned)	1
Libyan National Army (Khalifa Haftar forces)	1
national army of Libya	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed group ⓘ military faction ⓘ
accusedOf	extrajudicial killings ⓘ human rights violations ⓘ indiscriminate shelling ⓘ
alliedWith	House of Representatives (Tobruk-based) ⓘ
claimsLegitimacyFrom	2014 elections in Libya ⓘ
claimsToBe	Libyan National Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: national army of Libya
commander	Khalifa Haftar ⓘ
controlsAirbasesIn	Fezzan ⓘ surface form: eastern Libya
controlsOilFacilitiesIn	Oil Crescent region ⓘ Ras Lanuf ⓘ Sidra ⓘ
controlsTerritoryIn	Benghazi ⓘ Cyrenaica ⓘ Tobruk ⓘ
country	Libya ⓘ
engagesIn	counterterrorism operations ⓘ
foundedBy	Khalifa Haftar ⓘ
hasPart	Libyan Air Force ⓘ surface form: Libyan Air Force (aligned faction) ground forces ⓘ naval units ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Benghazi ⓘ
ideology	anti-Islamist ⓘ
involvedIn	Second Libyan Civil War ⓘ surface form: Libyan Civil War (2014–present) post-2011 Libyan conflict ⓘ
leader	Khalifa Haftar ⓘ
operatesIn	Fezzan ⓘ surface form: eastern Libya
opposedBy	Misrata militias ⓘ Tripoli-based armed groups ⓘ
opposedTo	Government of National Accord ⓘ Government of National Unity ⓘ
participatedIn	Battle of Derna ⓘ surface form: Battle for Derna Battle of Benghazi ⓘ surface form: Battle of Benghazi (2014–2017) Battle of Tripoli (2019–2020) ⓘ surface form: Western Libya campaign (2019–2020)
recognizedBy	House of Representatives (Tobruk-based) ⓘ
recruitsFrom	Salafist armed groups ⓘ former Gaddafi-era soldiers ⓘ tribal militias ⓘ
supportedBy	Egypt ⓘ Jordan ⓘ Russia ⓘ United Arab Emirates ⓘ Wagner Group (Russian private military company) ⓘ
targets	Ansar al-Sharia in Libya ⓘ Islamic State – Libya Province ⓘ surface form: Islamic State (IS) in Libya
uses	Russian-made weapons ⓘ UAE-supplied weapons ⓘ foreign mercenaries ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Tripoli (2019–2020) → belligerent → Libyan National Army ⓘ

Libyan National Army → claimsToBe → Libyan National Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: national army of Libya

Derna → experiencedControlBy → Libyan National Army ⓘ

Fayez al-Sarraj → facedOppositionFrom → Libyan National Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Libyan National Army (Khalifa Haftar forces)

Battle of Derna → hasParticipant → Libyan National Army ⓘ

Khalifa Haftar → leaderOf → Libyan National Army ⓘ

Second Libyan Civil War → mainBelligerent → Libyan National Army ⓘ

Khalifa Haftar → militaryBranch → Libyan National Army ⓘ

Ansar al-Sharia in Libya → opposed → Libyan National Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Libyan National Army (LNA)

Misrata militias → opposed → Libyan National Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Libyan National Army (LNA)

Misrata militias → opposed → Libyan National Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Khalifa Haftar forces

Government of National Accord → opposedBy → Libyan National Army ⓘ

Petroleum Facilities Guard → relatedTo → Libyan National Army ⓘ

House of Representatives (Tobruk-based) → supportedBy → Libyan National Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Libyan National Army (Haftar-aligned)