The Libyan National Army (LNA), led by Eastern Libya strongman Khalifa Haftar, has called the UN Special envoy to the North African country an enemy after the UN official bashed the army’s deadly actions in Southern Libya. A spokesman of the LNA, which is controlling the eastern part of the country, Wednesday said Ghassan Salame has turned himself as part of the Libyan crisis, Reuters reports. “The fact is that Salame has turned into an opponent … and has become part of the Libyan crisis,” said Ahmed Mismari in Benghazi. “Ghassan Salame should remember that this is a holy national duty and we will not leave Libya to be like Lebanon, a country of militias and multiple authorities,” he added, Reuters said. Haftar has criticized UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) based in Tripoli for housing terror groups as well as Muslim Brothers.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 24, 2019 13:52 UTC