A US law firm representing six Libyan families has filed a lawsuit against retired Gen. Khalifa Haftar for war crimes in Libya where relatives of the plaintiffs were allegedly “murdered”. Martin F. McMahon & Associates said in a press release having lodged complaint in the Federal District Court of the District of Columbia against Haftar. His army’s operations affected the families whose “relatives were murdered, injured or faced attempted killings,” the law firm said, Anadolu news agency reports. Haftar has launched since April an offensive to seize Libyan capital Tripoli from UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA). A first truce brokered by Russia and Turkey in January has failed to materialize.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 11, 2020 15:00 UTC