Khalifa Haftar

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human military officer political figure warlord

Khalifa Haftar is a Libyan military officer and warlord who leads the eastern-based Libyan National Army and has been a central figure in Libya’s post-2011 conflicts.

Aliases (3)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human → military officer → political figure → warlord →
accusedOf	human rights violations → war crimes →
allegiance	House of Representatives (Tobruk-based) →
commanded	Operation Dignity →
conflictRole	de facto authority in parts of eastern Libya →
conflictWith	Libya Dawn coalition → various Islamist militias in Libya →
countryOfCitizenship	Libya →
dateOfBirth	1943-11-07 →
education	Benghazi Military Academy →
era	post-2011 Libyan conflicts →
familyName	Haftar →
formerResidence	United States → Virginia →
givenName	Khalifa →
hasChild	Belqasim Haftar → Khalid Haftar → Saddam Haftar →
ideology	anti-Islamist →
leaderOf	Libyan National Army →
militaryBranch	Libyan Army → Libyan National Army →
militaryRank	Field Marshal →
name	Khalifa Belqasim Haftar →
notableEvent	launched offensive on Tripoli in 2019 →
notableFor	opposition to Islamist groups in Libya → role in the Second Libyan Civil War →
operatesIn	eastern Libya →
opposedTo	Government of National Accord → Tripoli-based authorities →
participatedIn	Libyan Civil War (2011) → Libyan–Chadian conflict → Second Libyan Civil War →
placeOfBirth	Ajdabiya → Cyrenaica → Libya →
positionHeld	Commander of the Libyan National Army →
religion	Sunni Islam →
residence	Benghazi →
supportedBy	Egypt → France → Russia → United Arab Emirates →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Tripoli (2019–2020) → Libyan National Army → Second Libyan Civil War →	commander
Khalifa Haftar ("Haftar") →	familyName
Libyan National Army →	foundedBy
Libyan National Army →	leader
Battle of Tripoli (2019–2020) ("Khalifa Haftar (LNA side)") →	ledBy
Khalifa Haftar ("Khalifa Belqasim Haftar") →	name
Government of National Accord →	opposedBy