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Haft´er

    (~ẽr)
n.1.A caviler; a wrangler.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Le 27 juin, les forces du gouvernement d'union nationale ont repris le controle de la ville de Ghariane, premiere conquete de Hafter dans son offensive militaire lancee le 4 avril pour conquerir la ville de Tripoli et qui a abrite l'etat-major et le dispositif logistique de l'operation.
Summary: TEHRAN (FNA)- The head of Libya's UN-supported government on Sunday proposed holding nationwide elections to end the war in the North African country, as the forces of the rival military commander Khalifa Hafter continue their two-month-long battle to take the capital, Tripoli.
Hafter explained the conditions for halting hostilities "were not met," while acknowledging that a "political dialogue" is needed to end the standoff Haftar did not make a statement after meeting with Macron for over an hour, a visit that follows Haftar's surprise trip to Rome last week for talks with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.
The ministry said in a statement that it received requests for help from the Philippines and South Korea, and with 'solid cooperation and coordination between the UAE and the Libyan National Army, led by Field Marshal Khalifa Hafter, search efforts had continued and resulted in finding them safely.'
"As a result of a solid cooperation and coordination between the UAE and the Libyan National Army, led by Field Marshal Khalifa Hafter, search efforts had continued and resulted in finding them safely.
"As a result ofa solidcooperation and coordination between the UAE and the Libyan National Army, led by Field Marshal Khalifa Hafter, search efforts resulted in finding them safely," it said.
The White House dominated Congress to continue assisting the Saudi war effort in Yemen and lent its support to the traitor general, Khalifa Hafter, during his attack on the Libyan capital, Tripoli.
Libyan commander Khalifa Hafter, whose forces hold the east of the country, launched the offensive on April 4 to seize Tripoli, seat of the UN-recognised government.The council has been divided over how to respond to the crisis in Libya, forcing Britain to put on hold a draft resolution demanding a ceasefire.
He said Libyan strongman Khalifa Hafter would not have launched a war on the capital Tripoli without the support he received from a few Gulf countries, led by Saudi Arabia, which Hafter visited three days prior to the attack.
In response to the worsening crisis and the risk of military escalation, last week the Minister of Foreign Affairs held a series of telephone contacts with the Head of the UNSMIL, the Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Libyan Army Chief Marshal Khalifa Hafter. Jhinaoui also received the President of the Libyan High Council of State Khaled Mechri in Tunis.
The presidential council in the government of the Libyan accord accused the army forces led by Marshal Khalifa Hafter of responsibility for the killing and wounding of civilians in the bombing, pointing out in a statement that its head, Fayez al-Sarraj, inspected the residential areas that were bombed late last night.