On Tuesday the military accused the forces of powerful Libyan commander Khalifa Hifter of supporting the RSF’s attack on the area, in a “blatant aggression against Sudan, its land, and its people.” ...

Hifter, who has enjoyed the support of Russia, France and Saudi Arabia in addition to Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, controls much of Libya’s east and south.

He met with Hifter on a tour in the fall of 2023, as well. When asked about Langley’s response to Hifter’s request for closer ties with the U.S., AFRICOM refused to comment.

He described Hifter as a “guy that we could trust.” By the late 2010s, Hifter’s LNA increasingly controlled the east of the country, while the U.N.-backed central government held the west.

Hifter, commander of the self-styled Libyan National Army, is a defendant in three separate federal lawsuits in Virginia accusing him of killings and torture in that country’s civil war.

Hifter, who lived for decades in northern Virginia, failed to show up for a deposition Monday, May 9, 2022, in a federal lawsuit in which he is accused of war crimes.

Hifter's failure to appear Monday was confirmed by Esam Omeish with the Libyan American Alliance, which supports one group of plaintiffs, as well as by Mark Zaid, a lawyer representing another group ...

Hifter’s failure to appear Monday was confirmed by Esam Omeish with the Libyan American Alliance, which supports one group of plaintiffs, as well as by Mark Zaid, a lawyer representing another ...

Libya: Hifter to run for president 11/16/2021 The divisive figure, who is wanted for war crimes, pledged to restore peace after a decade of conflict. One of his opponents will be Seif al-Islam ...

FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2020 file photo, Libyan Gen. Khalifa Hifter joins a meeting with the Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias in Athens. A U.S. judge has ruled, Thursday, July 1, 2021, that the ...