Writing for Foreign Policy on 21 April, Emadeddin Badi denounces the role played by France in the current conflict opposing the Government of National Accord (GNA) to the Libyan National Army (LNA) through its support to the UAE’s policy in favor of Khalifa Haftar. Badi argues that ‘for the UAE, the real added value of Paris’ support of its project in Libya was not in the military realm, but the political one’, suggesting that President Macron’s policy towards Libya enabled Haftar to gain diplomatic and political momentum.Click here to read the article.
European Politics, French Politics, GNA, Haftar, Intervention, Libyan Army/Militias, LNA, Macron, UAE, Weapons
How the UAE and France enabled Haftar to gain political momentum