Libya Says Missile Find Shows France Is Backing Haftar Offensive
- France’s admission that it owned U.S.-made missiles found at a Libyan base seized from strongman Khalifa Haftar’s forces indicates it had operatives on the ground supporting his offensive on Tripoli, the interior minister of Libya’s internationally-recognized government said.The Javelin anti-tank missiles were uncovered when government forces retook Gharyan from Haftar in late June, a surprise setback for the eastern commander who’d been using the city as a forward operating base for his campaign to take the capital. After wide-ranging ...
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