Khalifa Haftar, the military strongman who controls much of eastern Libya, is in a coma in a Paris hospital after suffering a stroke, reports say. The 74-year-old general collapsed during a visit to Jordan earlier in the week and was flown to France for treatment. Gen Haftar was reportedly brought to the Val-de-Grace military hospital in Paris on Wednesday after falling ill in Amman, the Jordanian capital. It is thought that if Gen Haftar were permanently incapacitated one of sons might try to take up his mantle but that other elements of his coalition - especially local factions from eastern Libya - might go their own way. Ahmed al-Mismari, an LNA spokesman, initially denied those reports insisted that the general was in good health.

Source: Libya Today April 14, 2018 06:56 UTC